{{Short description|Brand of beer from Sardinia, Italy}} {{coord|39.2143138|8.9862801|display=title}} {{Infobox Brewery | name = Birra Ichnusa | image = File:Birra_Ichnusa.png | caption = | location = Assemini, Metropolitan City of Cagliari, Sardinia | owner = Heineken International | opened = 1912, Cagliari | production = | active_beers = {{brewbox_beer|name=Ichnusa|style=Lager}} | seasonal_beers = | other_beers = }}
'''Birra Ichnusa''', or simply '''Ichnusa''', is a brand of Sardinian-made beer, which is brewed in Assemini, a town near the Sardinian capital Cagliari.
== History == It is named after the Latinized ancient name taken from Ancient Greek ''Ikhnoûssa'' (Ἰχνοῦσσα).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), SABA, SAPIRI´NE, SARDI´NIA |url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0064:alphabetic+letter=S:entry+group=5:entry=sardinia-geo |access-date=2022-09-18 |website=www.perseus.tufts.edu}}</ref>
Birra Ichnusa is a lager (4.7% ABV) with a hoppy taste.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Le birre - Birra Ichnusa |url=https://www.birraichnusa.it/le-birre/ |access-date=2022-09-18 |language=it-IT}}</ref>
Founded in 1912, Birra Ichnusa Special is a lager with 5.6% and Ichnusa Cruda a non pasteurized lager with 4.9% alc. Serving temperatures for all of them is 3 °C. A Zwickel-style, unfiltered, 'Ichnusa Non Filtrata' (5.0% ABV) is also available.<ref name=":0" />
Birra Ichnusa was founded in Cagliari in 1912. In 1967 the brewery was finally moved to Assemini. In 1981 more than 400,000 hl beer was brewed.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Home - Birra Ichnusa|url=https://www.birraichnusa.it/|access-date=2022-02-08|language=it-IT}}</ref> Since 1986 Birra Ichnusa is owned by Heineken.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ichnusa |url=https://heinekenitalia.it/le-nostre-birre/ichnusa/ |access-date=2022-09-18 |website=Heineken |language=it-IT}}</ref>
<gallery> File:Birra Ichnusa, 66 cl..JPG|Birra Ichnusa File:Ichnusa Cruda.JPG|Ichnusa Cruda File:Ichnusa Flasche 0,5l 2023.jpeg|alt=|Ichnusa Non Filtrata </gallery>
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==External links== *[https://www.birraichnusa.it Birra Ichnusa website] {{Heineken International}}
Category:Heineken brands Category:Beer brands of Italy Category:Economy of Sardinia Category:Metropolitan City of Cagliari