Where Palermo drinks local: brewpubs, taprooms and the new wave.
Taprooms, brewpubs and the local beer scene in Palermo worth taking a tram to.
Ballarak on Piazza Magione in Palermo's Kalsa is the city's first craft brewery since 2016, four house taps with rotating IPAs, lager and stouts, brewpub kitchen with Sicilian carte.
Tip: Tap list rotates monthly. The Suino Nero burger pairs with the IPA; piazza tables fill first in summer.
Bruno Ribadi Birrificio on Via Ammiraglio Rizzo in Palermo's Borgo Vecchio brews Belgian-style ales using Sicilian wheat and citrus from the Trapani-Marsala hinterland, three-room taproom.
Tip: Closed Monday and Tuesday. The wheat beer with Sicilian lemon zest is the house signature.
Birrificio Trambarr on Via Alessio Narbone in Palermo brews American hop-forward IPAs and pale ales in a small Albergheria taproom, with six house taps and rotating guest pours.
Tip: Closed Monday to Wednesday. The double IPA is the house signature; cash works fastest.
Ballarak's Via Maqueda branch in Palermo is the central-city tap room of the city's first craft brewery, four house taps with rotating IPAs alongside brewpub burgers and pizza.
Tip: Open seven days, later than the Magione branch. The hazy pale is the easiest entry to the house lineup.
FUD Bottega Sicula on Piazza Olivella in Palermo collaborates with Sicilian craft breweries for own-label house beers on six taps, sold alongside the Sicilian-ingredient burger carte.
Tip: Lunch is the value entry. The house IPA collab rotates every six months; ask which Sicilian brewer is on tap.
Trink Birra Artigianale on Via Argenteria in Palermo's Vucciria runs a 30-tap craft beer pub with Sicilian, Italian and European pours, the city's deepest tap list and bottle list.
Tip: Closed Monday. Cask ales rotate weekly; the bottle list runs 200-plus.