Craft beer in our minibars

We at Cavicchio are always focused on offering you quality products from our Apennines. For this reason, after many tests, we have decided to introduce a novelty for the minibars in the room; from today, in fact, you can find and taste the craft beer Beltaine, produced in Granaglione, in two varieties: spelled and chestnut and juniper!

The recovery of the chestnut as an ingredient for brewing!

One of the dominant products of the Bolognese Apennines is the chestnut: over the centuries this fruit has been a source of wealth and sustenance, allowing the populations to live in the area.
The chestnut still represents a resource today: it is a central ingredient in gastronomy and chestnut groves, and their care, give meaning to the landscape and to the relationships with the life and culture of man in the mountains.

And it is precisely from a project for the cultivation recovery of the chestnut that culminates in 2004, in Granaglione, the creation of “Beltaine, craft beer with chestnuts“: a product that identifies the territory and relaunches its typical fruit.

The chestnut has thus become the innovative ingredient in the production of craft beer in our Apennines.

Beltaine: the traditional Celtic Spring Festival celebration

The name Beltaine originates from the Celtic tradition linked to the places of Granaglione. The name derives from the Gaelic and literally means “The fires of the God Bell”, a Celtic divinity celebrated on the great spring festival which fell on May 1st and symbolized the beginning of the summer with the rebirth of nature.

The logo shown on the label and on the cap represents the “lover’s knot”, an ancient Celtic symbol that represents the continuity of life, the infinite succession of birth and death, day and night. The solid line represents fidelity, eternity, unity. It is entirely composed of four clovers, one for each season of the year, each of which represents the three forces of nature: earth, air and water, while the outer circle that surrounds the design symbolizes the sun.

The Beers of your Minibar: Spelled and Chestnuts and Juniper

The brewery produces six types of craft beer: four with chestnuts and two with spelled for an annual production of around 60,000 bottles. The beers are artisanal, unfiltered or pasteurized, produced with unique and exclusive ingredients: the water comes directly from the source (the brewery is the first user from the source towards the valley), the chestnuts come from the Granaglione area and the spelt from Bolognese Apennines.

After a careful tasting we decided to select two beers in particular that you can take directly from your minibar in your room or from the fridge of the apartments.

SPELLED LUGH AURUM

Light beer with a delicate, acidulous aroma, with notes of herbaceous, hay, chamomile, straw and crusty bread. The spelled from which it is produced is grown locally, in the Val di Zena. Thirst-quenching and ideal for refreshment after a hot day by the pool or for an aperitif with friends.

DOUBLE MALT SMOKED CHESTNUT AND JUNIPER BEER