CANNOLI CONNECTION

An unprecedented collaboration with the US brewery 3 Sons from Dania Beach, Florida, and the Danish To Øl, carried out in two phases.

The first part, focusing on prototyping and conceptualization, was dubbed the “Basalt Bash” and took the brewers on a journey to the slopes of Mount Etna. It was a three-day gastronomic full immersion that allowed them to experience firsthand the aromas and contradictions of Sicily, inspiring a pilot recipe brewed "on the road" at the Compagnia del Fermento facilities in Mascalucia (Catania).

The second part, the actual production phase, saw the base recipe enriched with technical evolutions brought by each of the three protagonist breweries, along with a special ingredient gifted by the volcano's lava-rich soil. Each brewery then reproduced its own version of the recipe on its own equipment, further personalizing it with individual technical and aging choices.

An Imperial Pastry Stout with a viscous and dense body, perfectly balanced between sweetness, alcoholic warmth, and roasted notes. The Birrificio Italiano version was made with the cold addition of large quantities of Sicilian sheep's milk ricotta and aged for a year in Tuscan Vinsanto casks.

  One shot beer, brewed only once in September 2026