“Open Breweries” come back for the fifth time and promise moments of pleasure and discovery in the word of beer.
“Open Breweries” is an initiative of the Hellenic Association of Brewers organized with remarkable success already four times in the previous years: 2018, 2019, 2022 & 2023.
The Hellenic Association and its members renew their annual meeting with beer lovers, and not only, to share their common passion for the world’s most popular drink, beer.
“Open Breweries” initiative gives the possibility to the public to visit some of the most important breweries and microbreweries in Greece.
Through visiting the breweries, the visitors get to know beer, its characteristics, and its history, to learn about the beer production procedure, the ingredients of beer, to meet the brewers in person, try different types of beer and find out what are the special characteristics that make them stand out.
The breweries that participate in 2024 initiative are the following:
- Athenian Brewery: Athens, Patras, Thessaloniki
- Elixi Microbrewery: Drosia Chalkidas, Evia
- Pineios Brewery: Larissa
- Ikariaki Brewery: Ikaria
- Cretan Breweries -Zidianakis: Heraklion Crete
- Cretan Brewery: Chania Crete
- Cyclades Microbrewery on Tinos Island: Tinos
- Microbrewery Local streets beer: Volos
- Septem Microbrewery: Orologio Avlonariou, Evia
- Olympic Brewery: Ritsona, Evia
- Standard Microbrewery of Thessaloniki: Thessaloniki
- Siris Craft Brewery: Serres
Type of events offered by the breweries:
- Guided tours in the brewing section of the breweries
- Guided beer tasting of diverse types of beer, to get familiar with the correct way beer is tasted and learn its characteristics.
- Opportunity to meet the brewers in person and to interact directly.
- Tasting of well-known beers and of new beer recipes and tasting of fresh beer directly from the production
Entrance to all breweries and participation in the activities is free. For more information on Open Breweries and the detailed programme per brewery visit the official website of the Hellenic Association of Brewers here. Pre-registration is requested for the tours and tastings and/ or priority order is respected due to the limited space. We recommend communicating directly with the brewery you plan to visit to find out opening days and hours and to book your tour (all breweries accept a limited number of people by tour – booking or registration is required). It is pointed out that beer consumption is permitted for people over the age of 18, while keeping as reminder that we always consume responsibly!
The Hellenic Association of Brewers encourages and supports initiatives that further strengthen the beer culture, while at the same time promoting its responsible consumption.
