Naturally wild – barrel aged beers

About Us

Established in 2020, Arbànt is a beer project located in Bellinzona, Southern Switzerland. In a market standardized by big industry, we feel the need to offer beers that are respectful of nature and authentic expressions of our terroir. By applying historical brewing techniques, we focus on natural beers brewed with organic and preferably local sourced ingredients. We also love wild, spontaneously fermented and mixed fermentation beers.
The nature and millennia-long history of beer are our sources of inspiration.
Our wild ales are slowly fermented and matured in barriques (that previously held Merlot wine from local wineries) in the 1878 historic cellars of the Antica Birreria of Bellinzona.

Arbànt is a recognised Slow Food producer and also is the first brewery in Ticino to be certified organic & regio garantie on selected beers.

PLACE

Our barrels rest in the Antica Birreria Bellinzona 1878 historic cellars

TIME

Slow seasonal fermentation over many months or years

ORGANIC

Most of our beers are brewed with organic ingredients only

LOCAL

We use local ingredients whenever available

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TEAM

Fabio earned his brewing diploma from the University of California San Diego, where he also gained his first professional experiences at breweries such as Stone Brewing, Saint Archer Brewing, and O’Sullivan Brewing. He later returned to Switzerland, co-founded Broken City Brewing, and since 2020 he has focused on barrel-aged fermentations with Arbànt.

Nicolas comes from the world of paragliding (which led him to travel extensively across the Americas and Europe as an tour guide), as well as from the world of wine. In addition to Arbànt, he is a winemaker and produces Todero, a classic Ticino Merlot. He also worked for five years with Dieter Meier, both in Zurich and at the Ojo de Agua winery in Mendoza, Argentina.

Together, we bring brewing and winemaking expertise, which is reflected in our barrel-aged beers. In a market standardized by large industries, we feel the need to create craft beers that are unique and authentic expressions of our territory.
Nature and the millennia-old history of beer are our sources of inspiration.

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FIND

BEER

SOTTOCENERI
  • VINARTE LUGANO
  • VINARTE AGNO
  • NATURAL FOOD LUGANO
  • BIO SFUSO ITINERANTE LUGANO
  • CASA DEL VINO LUGANO
  • LIDO SAN DOMENICO LUGANO
  • PANE LENTO LUGANO
  • LA SERRA PAMBIO NORANCO
  • ENOTECA DEL CONVENTO
  • GROTTO DELLA VALLETTA LUGANO
  • MANOR LUGANO
  • MANOR VEZIA
  • CAMPING LUGANO LAKE
  • OSTERIA NOV MATAG MENDRISIO
  • BAR INDIOS STABIO
  • GROTTO GRASSI TREMONA
  • ROLF BURKHARD MENDRISIO
  • OSTERIA BARATTO MORBIO INFERIORE
REST OF SWITZERLAND
  • INTERCOMESTIBLES DER LADEN ZÃœRICH
  • BUONVINI ZÃœRICH
  • INTERNATIONAL BEER BAR ZÃœRICH
  • HAKO WINTERTHUR
  • FIDIBUS.BEER SCHMERIKON
  • BIERLIEBE LUZERN
  • HOPFNUNG ALTDORF
  • BIERTIPP LIESTAL
  • WITTICH OLTEN
SOPRACENERI

  • VELO CAFÈ GIUBIASCO

  • VINARTE SANT’ANTONINO

  • MIMA TEA ROOM CAMORINO

  • MELA VERDE BELLINZONA

  • GUSTO TICINO CADENAZZO

  • BAR GAZZANIGA BELLINZONA

  • SALUMEE DI PETROV LJUPCE BELLINZONA

  • TO HOLD WELL BODIO

  • CHIERICATI BELLINZONA

  • RISTOBAR AL PONT CALANCA

  • MALTERIA TICINESE CADENAZZO

  • FOLK BELLINZONA

  • LA COLOMBERA SANT’ANTONINO

  • ABASTO GORDOLA

  • VINARTE RIAZZINO

  • VINARTE MINUSIO

  • VINARTE LOCARNO

  • DALLA CANAPA AL LUPPOLO LOCARNO

  • BAR LUME LOCARNO

  • OSTERIA LA FABBRICA LOSONE

  • CORIPPO ALBERGO DIFFUSO CORIPPO

  • BEERLAB GORDOLA

  • LA COCOTTE DEGUSTERIA VIRA

     

     

ITALY

  • NO HYPE MERATE

  • DUFF PUB MILANOÂ

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