Birreria Centrale is a brewery in Centro Storico, Florence.
Birreria Centrale in Florence's Piazza dei Cimatori is the historic centre's Tuscan and South Tyrolean beer hall, with house-brewed beers alongside a kitchen.
Editorially verified May 31, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Must order: House-brewed lager, polenta with speck, Val Senales smoked steak platter.
Tip: Closed Sunday. The piazzetta tables fill from 19:00; bookable via Quandoo for the dinner service.
Address: Piazza dei Cimatori 1/r, 50122 Firenze, Florence
Rione is San Frediano's brewpub, the only Florence pub brewing its own beer on the premises with visible fermentation tanks behind the bar, pouring.
Order: An Il Bovaro pour straight from the tank, the house pilsner, a wood-fired pizza margherita.
Tip: Lunch service 12:00-15:00; reopens 17:30. Brewing tours run by request through the website's prenota form.
Archea Brewery in Florence's Oltrarno is an independent craft pub on Via dei Serragli, leaning Italian and Tuscan on a rotating tap list that runs about.
Order: Black Tower IPA, a Tuscan craft IPA from the rotating taps, a fresh take-home can sealed at the bar.
Tip: Open daily from 18:00. The barman canners fresh take-home cans on request.
Mostodolce in Florence's San Lorenzo is the brewpub-and-pizzeria for the Tuscan craft-beer scene, brewing eight house Tuscan-style lagers and ales since 2010.
Order: The house IPA on tap, the Tuscan-style lager, a pizza margherita.
Tip: Open daily 18:00-02:00; closed for August holidays. Pizza programme runs until 23:30.
Birreria Art. 17 sits just behind Piazza Sant'Ambrogio, a small craft beer tavern with a rotating tap line of Tuscan brewers like degli Archi.
Order: A Tuscan IPA on tap, a degli Archi pour, the seasonal home brew.
Tip: Closed Sundays; doors 17:00-02:00. Weekend crowd builds from 21:00; outdoor seating spills onto Borgo la Croce.
