Noctua Brewery

When Iasonas Panagiotopoulos and his three partners, long-time homebrewers, opened Noctua in 2016 on Pireos Avenue, it was the only microbrewery in Athens — and its name, that of Athena's owl (Athene noctua), instantly made it the emblem of the capital's craft scene. A decade on, its Craft Pilsner is a benchmark cited even in the British specialist press, and its gleaming kit in the Gazi-Kerameikos district can be visited on regular open days, since Greek legislation doesn't allow a permanent taproom. Its beers pour in the city's best bars, from Pulp beneath the Acropolis to the counters of Psyrri.