Birra Ichnusa
39°12′52″N 8°59′11″E / 39.2143138°N 8.9862801°E
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| Location | Assemini, Metropolitan City of Cagliari, Sardinia | ||||
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| Opened | 1912, Cagliari | ||||
| Owned by | Heineken International | ||||
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Birra Ichnusa, or simply Ichnusa, is a brand of Sardinian-made beer, which is brewed in Assemini, a town near the Sardinian capital Cagliari.
History
[edit]It is named after the Latinized ancient name taken from Ancient Greek Ikhnoûssa (Ἰχνοῦσσα).[1]
Birra Ichnusa is a lager (4.7% ABV) with a hoppy taste.[2]
Founded in 1912, Birra Ichnusa Special is a lager with 5.6% and Ichnusa Cruda a non pasteurized lager with 4.9% alc. Serving temperatures for all of them is 3 °C. A Zwickel-style, unfiltered, 'Ichnusa Non Filtrata' (5.0% ABV) is also available.[2]
Birra Ichnusa was founded in Cagliari in 1912. In 1967 the brewery was finally moved to Assemini. In 1981 more than 400,000 hl beer was brewed.[3] Since 1986 Birra Ichnusa is owned by Heineken.[4]
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References
[edit]- ^ "Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), SABA, SAPIRI´NE, SARDI´NIA". www.perseus.tufts.edu. Retrieved 2022-09-18.
- ^ a b "Le birre - Birra Ichnusa" (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-09-18.
- ^ "Home - Birra Ichnusa" (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-02-08.
- ^ "Ichnusa". Heineken (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-09-18.
