Luppolo Brewing Company

Visited for dinner on a Saturday with my wife and kids.

They had maybe 10ish beers on tap, mostly lager, a couple sour and IPA. I had a couple of their lagers, which were all right. I tried one served via side-pull (despite the menu saying this was available for lagers, it was only available for the one), and it was the least lukr-like side pull I've ever experienced. My wife ordered a sour, which was quite good.

We had some pizza, which was pretty good. They customized to some extent to cater to our picky children, which was nice.

Servers were friendly, though we didn't get into much beer conversation.

They had a number of cans in singles and four packs to take out (also available to drink there) -- my wife took another sour (again, really good) and I took another lager (again, OK).

Definitely a worthwhile stop. I might try some of their IPA or focus on their sour if I revisited, though.

It doesn't quite nail the Italian Vibe which you would think they'd be playing up a bit more, but more a generic brewhouse atomosphere with some Italian elements. That said, it makes up for it with decent beer selection and simply put...awesome authentic Italian Pizza. I've had Italian restaurant Pizza that wasn't this good. Service was good and friendly although it wasn't very busy and took a bit of time to get my order. Certainly a place I would love to go back to if I was in the area as it's a gem I wish I had back home.

 

Opened late October 2016. On Venables right by La Casa Gelato. I tasted four different beers and loved three of them (the other wasn't bad, but not quite what I wanted it to be). Small menu of Italian snacks and flatbread sandwiches called piadina - I had the one with fior di latte, arugula and sliced cherry tomatoes, and my buddy had the one with prosciutto. Tasty. Very much looking forward to going back.