Birrificio del Ducato

Regional Brewery in Soragna (PR), Emilia-Romagna, Italy 🇮🇹
Owned by Duvel Moortgat

Established in 2007

Contact
Str. Argine, 43, Soragna (PR), 43019, Italy
Description
Our beers are made of passion and knowledge, culture and innovation, memories and visions of endless worlds real and futuristic.

Giovanni Campari founded Birrificio del Ducato together with two other partners. Giovanni is still the brewmaster of the brewery, which officially began the production of craft beer on March 27th 2007 in Roncole Verdi, Busseto (PR). The historic production site was transformed into Sour Brewery in 2015, when we transferred the main brewery to the new headquarters in Soragna (PR). Here we produce the main beer lines, through a fully automated system, which includes advanced PLC controls and centrifugal separator. The brewery currently has a 60-hl 5-vessel brewhouse and a total cellar capacity of 1200 hl.

At the end of 2016 Duvel Moortgat acquired 35% of the shares of the brewery. In 2018 Duvel Moortgat acquired 70% of the brewery’s shares, investing its resources in a new laboratory and in a new bottling line.

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6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottled. Yellowish golden colour, small white head. Aroma is citrus, some peppey tones, grains as well as mild caramel. Flavour is hayish, some herbal, peppery and mild citrusy and toffeeish tones. Lightly yeasty as well.
Tried from Bottle on 15 May 2023 at 15:00

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottled. Reddish brown colour with a mediumsized off-white head. Aroma is grains, toast, some slight roasted and mild nutty tones with some slight dried fruits. Flavour is roasted, nutty, some grainy, toasted and mild chocolaty and toffeish tones. A mild bittery touch to it.
Tried from Bottle on 15 May 2023 at 14:04

5.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
Bottled, thx Ogi for sharing it with Hrabren and me! Slightly hazy golden body, off-white head. Soft taste, some tangerine, herbal notes, old maltiness but not gone too far in that aspect. Lean, dry, malty, tart, minerally, tangerine taste though. Definitely shows that it's old and pretty much dead there, sadly. To be rerated hopefully fresh, if ever possible.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Apr 2023 at 10:18

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottled 330ml. –from Iper Tosano Ferrara, shared with Marko & hrabren. Unclear golden coloured, medium sized white head, herbal and light fruity nose. Sweet malty, light caramel, herbal and notes of oranges with touch of oxidation.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Apr 2023 at 20:44

4.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 3.5
0.33 l bottle thanks to Ogi who brought it from Italy, shared with Ogi and Marko. Unclear golden, small white head. Lightly hoppy, spicy, herbal. Soapy and phenolic. Light to medium body, soft carbonation. Quite bitter. Leaves, herbs in the flavour. Astringent, dry finish.
Tried from Bottle on 22 Apr 2023 at 20:23

6.8/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 6.5 Texture 7 Overall 6.5
Bottle. Clear. Crisp sweet malts, soft herbal and citrus zest. Quite hoppy, not too sweet. Nice.
Tried from Bottle on 23 Mar 2023 at 18:02

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Tried on 08 Jan 2023 at 11:54

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Draught@TCBW2018. Hazy golden colour with a small white head. Aroma is lemon, citrus, mild wooden and some tanninlike notes (red wineish). Flavour is quite acidic citrus with some grass and mild winelike notes. Easy at first, but then turns out to be quite complex in the end.
Tried on 31 Dec 2022 at 01:51

6/10
Tried from Bottle on 04 Dec 2022 at 18:13

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Tap at Stories 19, Rimini, Italy. Pours pale gold, transparent, with fine white foam. Aroma is herbaceous and hoppy. Body and carbonation are average. Taste is moderately bitter, with a bit of sweetness. Final is average.
Tried from Draft on 28 Nov 2022 at 18:41