Pietra Brewery

Pietra, which means "stone" in Italian (petra is the Corsican equivalent) and is also known as "A biera corsa", is a brand of beer from the Mediterranean French island of Corsica.

Pietra Brewery

Pietra Brewery logo
Location	Route de La Marana 20600 FURIANI France
Opened	1996
Annual production volume	25,000 hectolitres (21,000 US bbl)[1]
Active beers
Name Type Pietra Amber Beer Colomba White Beer Serena Pure Malt Blond Beer

History

The Pietra Brewery opened in 1996. The name "Pietra" comes from Pietraserena, the Corsican home village of the brewery’s founder.

Pietra beer is a 6% ABV amber beer brewed from a blend of malt and chestnut flour. Chestnuts have long been used in Corsica as a cereal, but it took many years of research to validate the qualities of chestnut flour. The high fermentability of chestnuts helps maintain the beer's head and contributes to Pietra beer's golden color.

The annual production of Pietra beer is over 25,000 hectolitres.^[1]

Other beers brewed by Pietra

• Serena (5% ABV) has a very light head and is just slightly bitter.
• Colomba is an un-pasteurized^[2] white beer perfumed with herbes du maquis (strawberry tree, myrtle, cistus, and juniper).

Corsica Cola

Main article: Corsica Cola

Pietra brewery has also produced Corsica Cola, a non-alcoholic soft drink, since 2003.