Good beer is drunk and brewed in Granada. We have discovered some regional craft beers in Granada.
Beer from the region
We discovered some of the craft beers from Granada while shopping in smaller shops, others we picked up from restaurants or pubs. The selection of good beers was simply fantastic.
SEDUCTIVE a beer from the SEGRAL BREWING brewery
The SEGRAL BREWING brewery is located in Almuñécar near Granada. The brewery can be visited, offers tastings and also sells its beer directly on site.
SEDUCTIVE is a tropical stout. It smells of roasted and caramelised malt, with a hint of coffee and cocoa. The caramel malt gives the beer a beautiful dark colour. You don’t notice the 6.5% alcohol content when you drink it, the stout just sips away. The roasted flavour was a little too dominant for me.
Cerveza Al-Andalus Rubia
The pale ale is produced in the Ribera del Andarax, more precisely in Huercal de Almería. The craft beer has an alcohol content of 4.5%. Visually, it is a beer with a dense, elegant, blonde head and a reddish colour.
It is hardly bitter, tastes rather soft and flatters the palate. I really enjoyed the beer. It was refreshing and light, ideal for the warmer months of the year.
Irish Red
The Granada Beer Company has created Irish Red according to recipes that date back to Ireland in the early 18th century. They used roasted caramel-flavoured malt, which also gives the beer its beautiful red colour.
The Irish Red tastes slightly fruity and intensely of caramel / toffee. The alcohol content is 5%.
Cream Ale
My favourite craft beer in Granada was the cream ale from the Granada Beer Company. This type of beer originated in the USA in the 19th century and the brewery has tried to recreate it as faithfully as possible.
It shines brightly in the glass with a beautiful head. It tastes refreshing and mild. A great summer beer with an alcohol content of 4.5%.
Mahou Session IPA
Mahou Session IPA is milder and less bitter than conventional IPA beers. The alcohol content is 4.5%.
The beer comes from a large Spanish brewery that has bottling plants worldwide and produces numerous beers. Even though many beers from large producers are aimed at the broad market and therefore often have a “one-size-fits-all” flavour, I found this beer to be quite tasty and very drinkable.
Drinking beer in the Páprika restaurant
On a longer tour through the city, we passed a small restaurant that tempted us with vegan food and regional beer.
The dining room was cosy and as there aren’t many tables, you should book a table at peak times. We can really recommend the vegan food. It was tasty, well flavoured and plentiful. We drank craft beer from a regional brewery with our meal.
La Gavach – Goma 3
A pale ale-style beer with a sweet malt flavour and a slight taste of honey. The three major hop varieties Mosaïc, Amarillo and Nugget develop tropical fruit flavours both on the nose and in the mouth. The beer has an alcohol content of 5.3%.
SEXITANA
SEXITANA is an India Pale Ale with an alcohol content of 6.5%.
Sexitana beer has a dark golden colour. I found it tasted very hoppy and slightly of tropical fruits such as mango and passion fruit.
The SEGRAL BREWING brewery is located in Almuñécar in Granada.
Address:
Cta. de Abarqueros, 3, 1 8010 Granada, Spanien
Pub Los Bandios
We were thirsty, so we spontaneously stopped off at the Los Bandios pub, hoping for a craft beer in Granada. The beer was quite good, but apart from that we didn’t really like the pub. This was partly due to the rather uncomfortable seating, but also to the food. Although the food tasted good (chicken wings), it was carried into the pub from somewhere in plastic containers, unpacked there and placed on the plate. The packaging ended up in the rubbish. For us, this is a point that we cannot endorse.
Address:
Artesana Los Bandios Calle Sta. Escolástica, 19, 18009 Granada, Spanien
Brewery El Fermentador
Our tip for lovers of good beer is the El Fermentor brewery. Although it is not particularly central, it was easy to reach on foot.
El Fermentador is a brewery burger bar where you can drink craft beer in Granada and eat good home-cooked food. We have limited ourselves to the craft beer selection. In addition to freshly tapped beers, they also offer numerous bottled beers. These can also be bought and taken home. Over 100 varieties and 10 taps offer everything a beer lover’s heart desires, from Scotch Ales, IPA, Cream, Sessions, Lager, Pale Ale, Stouts and Hefeweizen.
We tried some of the freshly tapped beers and were not disappointed. My personal favourite beer was the Spring Ale from the Granada Beer Company.
Address:
C/ San Juan de Letran 17 Bajo, Esquina Guirao Gea, 18012 Granada, Spanien
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