Birrificio Angelo Poretti is an Italian

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located in

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. The brewery was founded in 1877 by Angelo Poretti in

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. In 1939, the company passed to the Bassetti family, who owned the

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brewery in

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. In 1982 the

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bought 50% of the shares from the company, followed in 1998 by a further 25%. In 2002, the Danish group acquired the remaining 25% and thus obtained full ownership of the company from Induno Olona.

The beers

* ''3 Luppoli (Splügen)'' (4.8%

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) gold yellow coloured; * ''4 Luppoli Originale'' (5.5%, low fermentation lager) * ''5 Luppoli Bock Chiara'' (6.5%, double malted) * ''6 Luppoli Bock Rossa'' (7.0%, double malted, red coloured) * ''Non Filtrata ai 7 Luppoli'' (7%, unfiltered beer, Vienna lager, amber lager) (four different for every season) * ''8 Luppoli Saison Chiara'' (6% saison, amber) * ''9 Luppoli witbier'' (5.2% wit, amber * ''9 Luppoli porter'' (5.5% porter draught) * ''9 Luppoli India Pale Ale'' (5.9% India pale ale, amber) * ''10 Luppoli Birra Champagne'' (6% champagne)

References

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* Beer brands of Italy Beer in Italy Companies based in Lombardy {{beer-stub