“Open Breweries” all over Greece: Live the beer experience from …within!
The Hellenic Association of Brewers and its member- breweries welcome the public to their breweries on Saturday 27th & Sunday 28th September 2025
The Hellenic Association of Brewers and its members renew on Saturday 27th & Sunday 28th their annual meeting with beer lovers, and not only, to share their common passion for the world’s most popular drink, beer.
“Open Breweries,” organized this year for the 6th time, is an initiative of the Hellenic Association of Brewers which takes place once a year during the last weekend of September.
What is “Open Breweries”
“Open Breweries” initiative gives the possibility to the public to visit some of the most important breweries and microbreweries in Greece. The visitors have the opportunity to:
• get to know beer, its characteristics, and its history,
• learn about the beer production procedure and the ingredients of beer,
• meet the brewers in person,
• and most importantly, try different types of beer and find out what are the special characteristics that make them stand out.
Breweries-members of The Hellenic Association of Brewers that participate in 2025 initiative:
• Athenian Brewery: Athens, Patras, Thessaloniki
• Pineios Brewery: Larissa
• Ikariaki Brewery: Ikaria
• Cretan Breweries -Zidianakis: Heraklion Crete
• Cretan Brewery: Chania Crete
• Cyclades Microbrewery on Tinos Island: Tinos
• Microbrewery Local streets beer: Volos
• Mykonos Microbrewery: Mykonos
• Septem Microbrewery: Orologio Avlonariou, Evia
• Olympic Brewery: Ritsona, Evia
• Standard Microbrewery of Thessaloniki: Thessaloniki
• Siris Craft Brewery: Serres
Type of events offered by the breweries:
• Guided tours in the brewing & bottling sections of the breweries
• Guided beer tasting of diverse types of beer, to get familiar with the correct way beer is tasted and learn its characteristics.
• Opportunity to meet the brewers in person and to interact directly.
• Tasting of well-known beers and of new beer recipes and tasting of fresh beer directly from the production
Useful information
Entrance to all breweries and participation in the activities is free.
The programme of the participating breweries is available HERE.
For more information visit the official website of the Hellenic Association of Brewers: https://www.ellinikienosizithopoion.gr/en/open-breweries/
Pre-registration is requested for the tours and tastings and/ or priority order is respected due to the limited space. We recommend communicating directly with the brewery you plan to visit.
Responsible consumption
It is pointed out that beer consumption is permitted for people over the age of 18, while keeping as reminder that we always consume responsibly.
The Hellenic Association of Brewers encourages and supports initiatives that further strengthen the beer culture, while at the same time promoting its responsible consumption.
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A few words on The Hellenic Association of Brewers
The Hellenic Association of Brewers was launched in 2004 as an association of big breweries in Greece. In 2016 there was an initiative which led to its expansion, as the participation of small and big breweries was foreseen. Today, members of the association are two big breweries and 16 microbreweries, whereas their representation in the Management committee is equal.
The mission of the association is to support the breweries operating in Greece so they can produce and distribute beer freely, responsibly, and legally with respect for the consumer, society, and the environment.
The Hellenic Association of Brewers is a member of The Brewers of Europe.
For more information:
Ms. Kelly Tsichli, Hellenic Association of Brewers
Tel: 698 1499350
Email: info@ellinikienosizithopoion.gr
Website: www.ellinikenosizithopoion.gr
