Patraiki Microbrewery (ORA Beer

On the old national road to Pyrgos, in Vrachneika on the shore of the Gulf of Patras, Patraiki Mikrozythopoiia lines up five beers that tell the story of Greece's third city: the blonde Dioni, a tribute to the nymph mother of Aphrodite, the ORA range in India Pale Ale and stout versions, and the Fest Beer Carnival, a nod to the country's biggest carnival that sets Patras alight every winter. Twenty minutes from the Rio-Antirrio bridge and the Achaia Clauss winery, the brewery anchors beer in a region dominated by wine and, together with its neighbour Kykao, forms a genuine little Patras brewing hub to explore between ferries to Italy or the Ionian islands.