# Birrificio Italiano

> <p><strong>Known for:</strong> Inventing the Italian Pilsner. Tipopils (1996) created a sub-style now copied in craft bars from Brooklyn to Tokyo. The original is still the reference.</p>

**Ownership:** Agostino Arioli (founder) — Limido Comasco, Lombardy, founded 1996

**Known for:** Inventing the Italian Pilsner. Tipopils (1996) created a sub-style now copied in craft bars from Brooklyn to Tokyo. The original is still the reference.

**History:** When Agostino Arioli opened Birrificio Italiano in 1996, Italy was not a beer country. His Tipopils — a dry-hopped, highly carbonated, crisp pilsner with more bitterness and aroma than its German or Czech cousins — defined what became known as the Italian Pilsner style, one of the most influential brewing categories of the 21st century. A single brewery in Lombardy changed how the world thinks about pilsner.

https://birrificio.it