Samos Brewery (Mikrozythopoiia Samou)

Samos is the island of Pythagoras, Epicurus and a sweet muscat once fought over by Europe's courts — but the wine island now has its microbrewery too: Mikrozythopoiia Samou makes fresh local beers that find their way onto the taverna tables of Pythagorio, the ancient port where Polycrates' fleet once moored, and of Kokkari and Vathy. Facing the Turkish coast just across the water, between the Eupalinos tunnel — an engineering marvel of the sixth century BC — the UNESCO-listed Heraion and the beaches of Tsamadou, Samian beer adds a hopped note to the most learned island of the eastern Aegean.