Water, malts, yeasts, and hops. These are the main ingredients we use to craft beer. Hops were not always used in brewing. In earlier times, brew masters used herb mixes to add flavor to beer. The first recorded hops used…
The Benefits of Hops
The 4 Best Weizen Beer Food Pairings
Weizen beer (or Weissbier) is refreshing and has a mild bitterness. This beer style is originally from Germany (Weizen) and Belgium (Witbier). They contain a high percentage of wheat, hence the name Weizen which means wheat in German. Generally, a…
The Best Glass of Beer at Home
We love enjoying a cold beer at home, especially on hot summer days. Whether it's relaxed gatherings, cookouts, post-yardwork, or just couch surfing, the occasions to serve a beer at home are endless. We stock our refrigerators with our favorite…
Mistral for your summer!
We are proud to introduce Fermento Mistral, the first in our Seasonal Beer Series. Each seasonal beer will be a limited-time offering centered on the season's essence. Amber Ale and Golden Breeze will continue to be offered year-round. Our inaugural…
Happy 4th Birthday Fermento Brewery!
7 Questions: Raffaele De Nicola, founder of Fermento Brewery How did it start? Brewing became a genuine interest while studying microbiology at University in Italy. In Scotland and Switzerland, I specialized in fermentation, my absolute passion for brewing was born. (see…
Fermento Beer: Best Pairing Suggestions
Summer is fast approaching Switzerland, with inevitable heat waves to follow. Soon there will be a need for refreshing, thirst-quenching beverages to serve with light dishes, cheese, and aperitif. Selecting beer is undoubtedly the natural choice. But which beer to…
Fermento, Tastefully Balanced!
The craft and passion of a lifetime are the ingredients that have inspired perfectly balanced Fermento Beer. Grains and Malts June was harvest time at my family farm in Italy, and my earliest memories hold the smell of grains and…
Happy Women’s Day
Thanks to the contemporary culture, advertisement (and not only), beer is perceived as a masculine beverage to be enjoyed by men, and exclusively among men. Does this also give you a belief that the word of brewing is a man´s…
Carnival!
Carnival is a substantial and inseparable part of Swiss tradition preceding the period of Lent. Since we have been living in Switzerland, it has been an integral part of our family event calendar. One of the warmest memories related to…
The godly combination of chocolate and beer
St. Valentine's day: the tribute to love, friendship... apart from a very commercial undertone of this day, it is a day of good feelings... and good food :). In other words, it is a day of pleasure. Following this very…