Illustration by Fig & Ginger, drawn from the review. The venue's own photo is on its way.
Brewery taproom (Piacenza brewery) in Chinatown (Paolo Sarpi), Milan
La Buttiga Beer Room
Drink Like a Bull on Paolo Sarpi
La Buttiga began on a farm outside Piacenza in 2011, in a fifteenth century courtyard with brick vaults, horses, chickens, an orchard and a stable where the beer took shape. Four partners took over a small business started in 2008, went to every fair, festival and tasting that would have them, and grew. Their slogan, drink like a bull, comes from that stable. It is about attitude, not quantity.
In December 2016 they raised the shutter on their first Milan beer room at Via Paolo Sarpi 64, in the middle of Chinatown. There are four rooms in the city now, but this is the original, and it is mostly counter. The bar takes up nearly all the space, so the custom is to take your glass outside and stand on the street or in the small outdoor area. It is open every day from five in the afternoon to one in the morning, and it does not take reservations, for now, as they put it.
The classics are always pouring: Pils in Love, Psycho IPA, Sognodoro, Aca Toro and Goslar among them, with seasonal and one-off beers rotating behind. There is also a non-alcoholic beer called Ah No?, which they swear is their first and last. Take a glass, lean on something and watch Sarpi go by, the dumpling shops, the delivery bikes, the crowd drifting up toward the old wine shops. A beer room that is basically a counter and a pavement is honest about what it is. That is enough for me.
- Order this
- Pils in Love, Psycho IPA, Sognodoro, Ah No?, the non-alcoholic one
- The damage
- $
- Go
- Any day from 5 pm, ideally a warm evening for standing outside
- Find it
- Via Paolo Sarpi 64, Milano
- Website
- labuttiga.it