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Moose On The Loose In Venice! Part 1: Is There Good Beer In Venice?

 


Venice is a city I always wanted to visit. I knew it wasn’t going to be a top beer destination, but was excited to see the sights and eat some good food. Here’s what me and some friends got up to!


We stayed fairly centrally at a hotel run but who I can only describe as a local character klaxon, that’s not a compliment. Anyway, we walked to St Mark’s Square:




 We visited Doge’s Palace, which was pretty but I don’t think it’s worth the entry fee. It does have one of the biggest rooms in Europe, allegedly.



There was one bit with a sign saying please don’t stop in the corridor to take photos, however I accidentally ignored it.


We then climbed (went in the lift) to the top of St Mark’s Campanile. The views were great!





It was then time for a beer, so we headed here: 


The beer was a bit average, but at least I got to try some localish beers.

With the light fading we went to see Rialto Bridge.




More on that later, but first food!



The carbonara was tasty! As was the beer, I wasn’t expecting a bock in Italy! 

We then grabbed a gelato and went to see the Rialto Bridge at night, which was stunning.


The beer place I most wanted to visit was on the way back to the hotel!



II Santa Bevitore is strange. It’s the only place I’ve ever seen a sign asking for customers to be patient because “it can take up to five minutes to pour a beer”. They have those plastic flute shaped things on all keg taps, making the beer as frothy as possible. Despite this strange attitude to froth, the beer range is pretty good! One tip, don’t drink dark beer in Italy. I tried some local dark beer and it was rancid. Every light beer I tasted was pretty good! Mosaico by Barbaforte was amazing! It was everything I want from a west coast pale, bitter and hoppy! 

That’s a wrap on day 1! Thanks for reading! 




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Location: Venice, Metropolitan City of Venice, Italy

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