Birrificio Toccalmatto

Microbrewery in Fidenza (PR), Emilia-Romagna, Italy 🇮🇹
Owned by Brasserie 28 (previously Caulier Developpement: La Maison Caulier)
Associated Venue: Toccalmatto

Established in 2008

Contact
Via San Michele Campagna 22/c, Fidenza (PR), 43036, Italy
Description
Since 2008, we're running the Beer Freakshow, pushing the boundaries of the Italian craft beer scene. If you do not do it our way, we do not do. Classic styles and innovative beers, Belgian or American traditions: on the whole, the mark of Toccalmatto. Luppolature exotic and extreme experiments on yeast and fermentation, exploring new tastes and flavors using fruits, spices, aged in cask. Always and only beers of character.

In 2017 the brewery was sold to the Belgian entrepreneur Eric Coppieters and his Brasserie 28.

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5.6/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 5 Flavor 5.5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Bottled 330ml. -from Harpf Brunico. Unclear pale golden coloured, medium sized white head, floral and light fruity nose. Floral, herbal, light fruity and some caramel with quite bitter finish. Seems to be a bit old.
Tried from Bottle from Harpf Getränkeladen bottiglieria on 12 Mar 2026 at 10:01

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6.5 Texture 7 Overall 7
Tap at Beer & Food Attraction 2026, Rimini, Italy. Pours golden, transparent, with fine white foam. Aroma is floral, a little honey, hoppy. Body and carbonation are average. Taste is pretty bitter, especially in the final.
Tried from Draft on 16 Feb 2026 at 00:06

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
A classical and tasteful pale ale/IPA, a perfect pint with a good and real Napolitan pizza. This beer is dry and mineral, good hop, citrus, floral, dry malt, the bitterness is staying a long time at the mouth, 20.06.20, purchased at the place de l'Aligre, Paris, drinking it at Epalinges
Tried from Bottle on 04 Feb 2026 at 21:34

6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5
(sample, bottle) Light hazy amber. Medium beige head. Sweet, caramel, malt, light toasty, light fruity. Medium body. Ok.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Jan 2026 at 20:39

5/10
Women’s Euro beers 14/16 - Italy 🇮🇹 Smells funky and tart. The flavor is extraordinarily lacking - dry and crisp, with a slightly unpleasant finish. One of the weirdest bottle arts I’ve ever seen though, so kudos I guess.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Aug 2025 at 01:11

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Il gusto al naso è indirizzato verso il fruttato. L'olfatto viene stimolato in maniera elevata e l'esistenza olfattiva è sufficiente. Il cappello di schiuma resiste poco. La grandezza delle bollicine è a grana media. Il liquido appare nuvoloso. Il colore è ambrato. Il corpo è strutturato e articolato. L'amaro non è invasivo. La forza gustativa è elevata e la permanenza è sufficiente. Le sensazioni boccali finali risultano di birra beverina. Il retrogusto è di decente intensità. Al palato arrivano note di miele, cracker, frutta secca, agrumi, spezie, arancia, erbe aromatiche, mandorla fresca e rabarbaro.
Tried from Bottle on 15 Apr 2025 at 17:50

7.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
0.33 l bottle as a gifz. Pours hazy golden with very thin head. The fruity notes and the extreme hoppy bitterness are very very good combined both in aroma and taste. At first come the sweetish fruity and floral notes and then the overwhelming bitterness on the palate. Light to medium bodied, softly carbonated. Superb brew.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Mar 2025 at 12:05

7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
75 cl bottle. Unclear orange body with a small, short lasting white head. Aroma is acidic fruity, apricot, peach and funky. Flavor is mostly acidic and tart, but has some part of sweet peach/apricot as well. Pale malt, fruity as mentioned, acidic lemon, wood and slightly bitter. Fine body and acidic apricot/lemon aftertaste. Not balanced at all, way to sour, still kinda nice at the same time, this has something real far away from lactic yogurt hell. Not as refined as Cantillon Fou' Foune, not even close but sure has some fine qualities as well.
Tried from Bottle on 13 Mar 2025 at 05:22

4.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 4
Bottle. Some sour beers are not too bad. This is not one of those beers. Just rancid sour and nasty fruit. Not too good.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Mar 2025 at 05:50

7.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Draft @ ML Fontainas. Une brasserie qui m'avait été introduite par ML à l'époque de tous ces festivals italiens - une époque révolue malheureusement. De plus qu'avace la fermeture du Caulier 28 de la Gare Centrale, la disponibilité de Toccalmato s'en est retrouvée encore plus faible.
De fait, cela toujours plaisir de trouver leur bière à Bruxelles. Je pense que ce fût doit être dans la cave du Moeder depuis pas mal de temps.
Cpouleur brune trouble, franchement pas top au visu, qcq bulles à la surface sur un effet blanc-cassé.
Arôme est centré sur l'apport de cette barrique de marsala qui domine, au même titre que le bouquet aigrelet. Pointe d'oxydaton, fruits secs avec une petite touche toastée.
Palais présente un léger acatctère boisé assez fort avec un retrait d'acidité-aigreur marquée mais sans tomber dans un côté trop surfait voire infecté. Je note cependant une pointe acétique. La mise en barrique de marasala donne une note fine oxydée voire de vin cuit. Note de tamarin, finement sirupeux mais contrebalancé par le côté aigre, effet d'abricot mariné sur la fin.
Tried from Draft at Moeder Lambic Fontainas on 06 Mar 2025 at 12:23