The passion comes from Giuseppe Collesi and Roberto Bini, who together are taking Collesi beers to every part of the world – from the United States to Japan, from Russia to Northern Europe – accompanying them in their constant and continuous growth. The experience comes from Collesi master brewer Marc Knops, from Belgium, who right from the start has worked to make Imper Ale a perfectly balanced beer with great appeal, true to the Belgian Trappist brewing traditions of which he is one of the foremost exponents. The Collesi distillery, situated at Apecchio, a delightful countryside town in the province of Pesaro and Urbino wedged between the regions of Marche, Umbria and Tuscany, first started distilling with the pomace of the 2000 grape harvest, using an elegant steam-bath still to produce batches of five varieties of grappa and two other distillates bearing the names of the vines from which they were obtained: Verdicchio, Sangiovese, Bianchello del Metauro, Montepulciano and Lacrima di Morro d’Alba.