Ballarak Magione is a brewery in Kalsa, Palermo.
Ballarak Magione on Via Castrofilippo in Palermo's Kalsa is the city's first craft brewery, with 30 taps of house and Sicilian beers and gastropub plates.
Editorially verified June 2, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: Closed Monday. The saison and the Bittersweet Symphony IPA are the house pours; piazza Magione fills with regulars at golden hour.
Address: Via Castrofilippo 20, 90133 Palermo
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.
Tip: Tap list rotates monthly. The Suino Nero burger pairs with the IPA; piazza tables fill first in summer.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Tip: Lunch is the value entry. The house IPA collab rotates every six months; ask which Sicilian brewer is on tap.
