Tre Fontane in Florence

Been here three months and haven't seen anything CLOSE. Hitting my last opportunity tomorrow night, I'll let you know, but basically there is no good place that sells normal craft beer, you can forget about any Belgium lambics or saisons or anything of the sort

 

I'm certainly no Florence expert, but I would have assumed there were a few options. If there's really nothing in sight though, take a 30 minute train ride to Bologna and stock up, there are at least half a dozen places that sell good sour beers.
Haven't seen Tre Fontane yet though

 

I don't know, maybe I haven't searched hard enough, but I can't find ANYTHING. Not one beer store. There are two breweries I know of, one is close and one is far. MolstoDolce is unfortunately the close one and I don't like it. Brewdogs is good, and I'll leave it at that. Beer House Club is alright, no to go bottles. Checking out Diorama and Archea Brewery tomorrow night and I'll post back. I hear Diorama MAY have Cantillon at times, we'll see. I'd be down for a train ride, got any suggestions on specific bottle shops? Looking for Brussels lambics and sours. Grazie!

 

At the moment I got 24 bottles of it...

 

Okay so didn't get to Archea because I was told by a resident that they don't actually sell their beer there for on-site consumption (didn't verify, could be wrong) so we went straight to Diorama. Holy shit that place is awesome. A MUST visit for anyone going to Florence that cares a slight but about beer. They had ~20 bottles of Cantillon including Kriek, Iris, 100%, and one other non-fruited. They also had a magnum on display! I asked how much and he laughed and basically said it's not for sale but if I really wanted it I could buy it. About five different bottles of Tilquin also! No Fantome or 3F currently. He also occasionaly gets kegs of Cantillon as well. Had American brews too. Probably 70 different cans/bottles available for on site or to go consumption, and 10-15 taps. Food is basic, the meat and cheese platter was good. Oh and right down the street, (towards the gate) there is a new brewery, forget the name, but they had some crazy stuff as well! A stout brewed with 11 herbs, 9 malts,and 7 hops. Also have an "Alien" beer that is literally green. They like doing weird shit which I love.

 

What's the context? 24 bottles of what and where?

 

tre fontane. Some belgian shops are selling it at the moment for about 8 euros a pop. Tried it and have one left but not worth that amount imo.

 

Well it looks like you may have found what you were looking for in Florence, but if you're looking for sours in Bologna check out Astral beers, La Tana del Luppolo, or Il Punto(not sure if this one sells bottles to go.)
Both Astral Beers and La Tana usually have a very good selection of Cantillon, among others.
http://www.astralbeers.it/