Spanish Beer?
Pjk
beers I should look out for? Everything about the country primarily
mentions the wines of each region.
Thanks
Pjk
VW
Enjoy the wine
You might try rec.food.drink.beer, there is a guy on there called jds
who has a lot of European experience
dgs
You don't go to Spain for the beer. It's pretty much a bunch of pale
lagers from industrial-strength breweries, with the occasional amber or
dark exception. There's a brewpub in Madrid and (I think) one in
Barcelona; what I remember about the one in Madrid was that the beer
wasn't interesting, but rather unassuming. If you're lucky, you might
find a place with imported beer from Belgium or Germany. That's usually
about as good as it gets.
"Everything about the country primarily mentions the wines" for a good
reason.
--
dgs
Steve Jackson
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> I'm heading out to Southern Spain next month. Are there any Spanish
> beers I should look out for? Everything about the country primarily
> mentions the wines of each region.
There's a reason for that.
-Steve
H.Pinkster
Be surprised
Over 100 spanish beers at my homepage
http://www.pinkgron.nl
(collection/spain)
gr
Harry Pinkster
Pjk
Thanks! Looks like it won't be a wasted trip.
Pjk
H.Pinkster
>>>reason.
>>
>>Be surprised
>>Over 100 spanish beers at my homepage
>>http://www.pinkgron.nl
>>
>
>
> Thanks! Looks like it won't be a wasted trip.
>
> Pjk
>
Most of them were lager beers
and a lot of them were not special
but as usual alway a few excellent beers
gr
Harry Pinkster
http://www.pinkgron.nl
Irwin Peckinloomer
peter_k...@MSN.COM says...
Don't buy a car there either.
Pjk
Irwin Peckinloomer wrote:
> In article <1147277915.8...@u72g2000cwu.googlegroups.com>,
> peter_k...@MSN.COM says...
> > I'm heading out to Southern Spain next month. Are there any Spanish
> > beers I should look out for? Everything about the country primarily
> > mentions the wines of each region.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Pjk
> >
We got back a month ago and what a beautiful country Spain is. We flew
into Madrid then too a fout hour trainride south to Malaga. We stayed
there two days then bussed to Ronda for seven days. Then back to Madrid
for two more days before flying home. Everywhere we went had Cruz Campo
on tap which tasted very good, partly because Spain was hot and dry. I
also recall Mahou (?) which was also popular, but the beer I liked the
best I discovered on the last day in Madrid. It was called Cerveza
Toastados which is probably a type of dark beer and not a brand. I
could have just drank that.
Everywhere you go they give you a plate of olives to go with your
drink, but the best snack with a beer was in Malaga. A man came up to
the outdoor cafe where we were sitting carrying a large drawer-shaped
box on his head. He put this on a stand, openned it and started selling
hot, roasted almonds. For one euro you got a small funnal of them and
for 2 euors, a slightly larger funnel of almonds. We were just leaving
and I got one to go, but if he had gotten there earlier he could have
retired at the end of the night.
Of all the places we ate and drank, my favorite was just outside of
Ronda in San Francisco at a place called the Bar El Pilar which served
a glass of beer for one euro...
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/peterkrynicki/detail?.dir=d646re2&.dnm=c9a5re2.jpg&.src=ph
I'll probably go back next spring.
Pjk
BC Clifton
years ago)
While they don't have many beers that are "outstanding", the Mahou "Cinco
Estrella" (five stars) is one of the more popular and tasty beverages. Also,
if you are a dark beer fan - see if you can still find Bock Dahm (?). The
San Miguel over there is interesting, and wasn't pasteurized - so it was
always an adventure opening a bottle. Some were absolutley phenomenal, and
others couldn't be poured out quick enough. Generally, that was their
lighter beer.
Enjoy,
BC
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greenspot
Cruzcampo and Estrella Damm are very decent beers commonly available.