Birra Karma Lupila - Pilsner

Lupins are on the rise, in every form: The magnificent flowers have long since found their way into our native flora and their seeds are also popular in our latitudes However, before Europe acquired a taste for lupins, they had already been cultivated in the Andes for thousands of years The bean-like seeds were valued for their high protein content and were also used to replenish the soil after excessive cultivation, Today, the miracle fruit has also arrived here and is used as a substitute for soy You can make yoghurt from it, grind the fruit into flour or process it into a kind of tofu In the south, people even make coffee from the seeds or roast them and snack on them with beer

The resourceful brewers at Italian brewery Karma are fans of the versatile lupin and have teamed up with their friends at Masseria del Sesto to create a very special beer The farmers grow the lupin and other ancient crops on the sunny slopes of Pietravairano They have made their lupila available to the brewers at Karma for the beer of the same name, who have brewed a pale Pilsen-style beer from it in a gentle process Time-honored craftsmanship meets old varieties - a magical symbiosis!