SVIA Craft Beer — Gastronomy in Kakheti, Georgia

In short

SVIA Craft Beer is the brewery and tasting room at Lost Ridge Inn, a small hospitality property in the village of Qedeli, near Sighnaghi in Kakheti. The site combines a petite indoor tasting room with an outdoor beer garden, a fire kitchen, a boutique six-room inn, a horse ranch and several restored guest cottages. The beer is brewed on the premises in a three-barrel microbrewery, using imported malts and hops alongside fruit, herbs and honey grown or foraged locally. The address given is 8 Noneshvili Street, which corresponds to the Qedeli settlement location used by Lost Ridge Inn.

The concept, the chef and the room

The website describes Lost Ridge as “the very first of its kind in Georgia,” a project started by self-described travel designers who wanted a destination that combined the comforts they look for on their own trips. In a wine-producing region, the operators say they “dared to be different” by focusing on craft beer rather than wine, brewing farmhouse-style ales onsite with well water, imported grains and hops, and local seasonal ingredients.

The property, as described by Lost Ridge, is spread across several structures on a crest above the Alazani Valley, overlooking the hills of Magaro. It includes the small tasting room and the beer garden where SVIA beers are served, an outdoor fire kitchen that the website calls “the Fire Kitchen,” a terrace cafe, a horse ranch run in partnership with a neighbouring operation, and separate lodging in restored local houses referred to as the Archaeology Suite and Piruza Cottage. An onsite beer cave is used for bottling and ageing the brewery’s special, limited-run beers.

No head chef is named on the website. The Fire Kitchen is described as working with ingredients from private farms and small local producers in Kakheti, with a menu that the site says changes seasonally. The head brewer is not named individually either, though the website notes that one of the Tripel recipes draws on herbs gathered from the Tushetian Highlands, described as “the native village land of our head brewer.”

What to order

• Wit — brewed with Franco Belges French wheat and Great Western Pilsner malt, fermented with Belgian Ardennes yeast and lightly hopped with Hallertau hops.
• Blonde — made with premium two-row malt from Western U.S. barley, lightly hopped with Styrian Goldings and fermented with a Belgian Abbaye yeast.
• Belgian Pale Ale — Belgian aromatic and dark crystal malts added to a Pilsner malt base with Hallertau hops, fermented with American ale yeast.
• IPA — brewed with Northwest Pale and Crystal malts, fermented with Belgian Abbaye yeast, and hopped with Cascade, Chinook, Mosaic and Simcoe.
• Hazy IPA — made with Northwest Pale malt, flaked wheat and Canada Superior flaked oats, hopped with Azacca, Chinook and Nugget.
• Classic Tripel — brewed with Czech Saaz and Hallertau hops, Great Western Superior Pilsner malt and Great Western flaked wheat, with Belgian yeast; bottled in 750 ml.
• Orange Tripel — fermented with juice from Georgian Black Sea oranges.
• Tushetian Meadow Tripel — steeped with umbrella mushrooms, St. John’s Wort, black thyme and Tushetian sweet mint gathered in the Tushetian Highlands; the website describes it as high in alcohol and low in carbonation.
• Linden Flower Saison — made with dried linden flowers from the Lost Ridge farm, steeped during the first fermentation.
• Pomegranate Saison — juice from wild pomegranates grown in Qedeli village added during primary fermentation.
• Quince Saison — crushed quince from Qedeli village added during primary fermentation.
• Rkatsiteli Saison — fermented with the addition of young orange wine from Pheasant’s Tears, using its wild yeast.
• Sea Buckthorn Saison — juice and pulp from wild sea buckthorn berries collected in Meskheti.
• Acacia Saison — a second-fermentation syrup made from acacia flowers grown on the Lost Ridge farm in Qedeli village.

Menus, hours and prices

The website does not publish fixed opening hours, a food menu with dishes and prices, or a beer-by-the-glass price list. What is stated is that the classic beer range — Wit, Blonde, Belgian Pale Ale, IPA and Hazy IPA — is bottled in 330 ml formats, while the limited-batch Tripels and Saisons are bottled in 750 ml and described as handcrafted in small, limited stock. The Fire Kitchen’s food offering is described only in general terms, as a seasonal selection built around produce from private farms and small local producers in Kakheti; no printed menu or pricing is given on the site.

Reservations and practical details

Lost Ridge invites visitors to “Book Brewery Tour & Beer Tasting,” indicating that tastings and tours can be arranged in advance rather than simply dropping in. For bookings and general enquiries, the website lists an information and reservations phone number, +995 599 795529, and a separate line for partnerships and media, +995 555 588831. General correspondence can also be sent to info@lostridgeinn.com or through the contact form on the website.

Location and getting there

The stated address is 8 Noneshvili Street, Qedeli settlement, Sighnaghi, Georgia. Lost Ridge describes itself as close enough to walk to Bodbe Monastery and the town of Sighnaghi, while remaining off the main tourist route in a rural setting above the Alazani Valley.

The website gives detailed driving directions from Tbilisi, warning that the property is easy to miss. Travellers are told to head toward Sighnaghi and, before reaching the town centre, to watch for a right-hand turn off the serpentine descent road, at coordinates 41.606808, 45.927579 (also referenced via the what3words address biweekly.heaven.racehorse). The site cautions that Google Maps can mistakenly route visitors via a longer road through Bodbe Monastery. The turn-off is marked by a blue highway sign reading “Bodbiskhevi” and “Zemo Machkhaani,” with additional signs at the junction for “Lost Ridge,” “Qedeli community” and “Mtevani restaurant.” From that turn, the property is about 600 metres down an unpaved village road. Drivers are told to continue straight and downward without turning, pass a horse ranch sign on the left, pass a second left turn marked “ranch café” (relevant only for guests of the Archaeology Suite or Piruza Cottage), and take the third left turn, signed “Lost Ridge Inn,” which leads slightly uphill to a property marked by a red roof and wooden fence.

Good to know

• SVIA Craft Beer is brewed and served on the Lost Ridge Inn property in Qedeli, near Sighnaghi, Kakheti.
• Beer is produced in a three-barrel onsite microbrewery using imported malts and hops combined with local fruit, herbs and honey.
• Classic beers (Wit, Blonde, Belgian Pale Ale, IPA, Hazy IPA) are bottled in 330 ml; limited-batch Tripels and Saisons are bottled in 750 ml.
• Special beers are aged and bottled in an onsite beer cave.
• Brewery tours and beer tastings are bookable in advance via the website.
• An outdoor fire kitchen offers food built around local and seasonal ingredients; no fixed menu or prices are published.
• The access road from the highway is unpaved; the website provides GPS coordinates and turn-by-turn directions because the turn-off is easy to miss.
• The property also includes a boutique six-room inn, a horse ranch and separate cottage accommodation (Archaeology Suite and Piruza Cottage).

Questions travellers ask

Is SVIA Craft Beer a standalone restaurant or part of a larger property?

It is part of Lost Ridge Inn, a combined boutique hotel, microbrewery and horse ranch in Qedeli village near Sighnaghi. The brewery’s tasting room and beer garden, along with an outdoor fire kitchen, operate alongside the inn’s guest rooms and cottages.

What kind of beer does SVIA brew?

According to the website, SVIA produces farmhouse-style craft ales, including classic styles such as Wit, Blonde, Belgian Pale Ale, IPA and Hazy IPA, plus limited-batch Tripels and Saisons flavoured with local ingredients such as orange, quince, pomegranate, linden flower, sea buckthorn and acacia.

Can visitors eat a meal there, or is it beer tastings only?

The property has an outdoor fire kitchen described as serving food made with ingredients from private farms and small local producers in Kakheti, with a seasonal selection. The website does not publish a specific food menu or prices, so details of individual dishes are not confirmed.

Do you need to book ahead for a beer tasting?

The website presents brewery tours and beer tastings as bookable experiences, with a dedicated “Book Brewery Tour & Beer Tasting” option, rather than describing the tasting room as a casual walk-in bar.

Is the location easy to find by car?

Not automatically. Lost Ridge’s own directions warn that the turn-off from the highway near Sighnaghi is easy to miss and that GPS apps such as Google Maps can route drivers the long way via Bodbe Monastery. The website provides specific coordinates and a turn-by-turn description of the unpaved village road leading to the property.

Sources

• SVIA Craft Beer — official website (lostridgeinn.com)
• SVIA Craft Beer: Our Story
• SVIA Craft Beer: LR Experiences
• SVIA Craft Beer: Contact Us

Profiled in depth by the GTour desk on 28 October 2026 from the property’s official website; photographs are the property’s own, from its official website, credited under each image. Not sponsored; tell us if something has changed.