Following a successful collaboration in 2016, MBCF is renewing its partnership with Barcelona Beer Festival and welcoming five of Spain’s best breweries to the Barcelona Beer Festival bar at the 2018 festival.
Visitors to MBCF can get a small taste of the incredible craft beer scene in and around Barcelona with five of BBF’s favourite brewers from Catalonia and the Basque region attending MBCF, each bringing two draft beers. The beers will rotate throughout the festival and brewers from all five breweries will be on hand along with Barcelona’ Beer Festival director Juan Fiol.
In return, visitors to BBF will be able to enjoy beers from our own Blackjack, Marble, RedWillow, Runaway & Track when Barcelona Beer Festival opens the doors to it’s 7th Edition on 16th March 2018. The Festival is one of southern Europe’s largest events with 30,000 people attending.
The visiting brewers are
Dougall’s (Liérganes, Cantabria)
Andrew Dougall was born in London. He fell in love with this village in the north of Spain but he missed good beer. So, he started to brew it. 12 years on he has one of the best breweries with a variety of good beers.
Bidassoa Basque Brewery (Irún, Basque Country)
The passion of 3 friends & beer lovers become reality a few years ago creating one of the most promising breweries of the new beer scene in the Basque Country. Beers with international inspiration & local roots.
Garage Brew Co (Barcelona, Catalonia)
Garage Beer Co are a brewery & bar in the heart of Barcelona. They brew a wide variety using modern brewing techniques and are pioneering the New England beer revolution in Spain.
Cervesa Lo Vilot (Almacellas, Catalonia)
Innovative Full Circle Beer Project controlling the whole cycle from the initial production of raw materials in ecological fields through brewing to the final distribution
BlackLab (Barcelona, Catalonia)
BlackLab is a Brewpub & restaurant in the heart of Barcelona. They brew American Style Beers, experimenting with beer like a beer lab.
For more information on Barcelona Beer Festival visit barcelonabeerfestival.com or follow @bcnbeerfest
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BlackLab | Punto De Rocio | American Pale Ale | 5.5 | Punto de Rocío is an easy drinker. Ideal for those hot Barcelona afternoons when the rest of the world is taking the siesta. A classic APA with a round flavor that enters with a touch of sweetness and hops, and leaves you with a slightly citrusy aroma. |
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| BlackLab | Claudia | American IPA | 7.0 | Claudia is the star of the BlackLab. With intense citrus and tropical fruit aromas like mango and papaya, Claudia is very refreshing and has a perfect balance of sweetness, acidity and bitterness. Barcelona's IPA! |
| Bidassoa Basque Brewery | Cenitz | American IPA | 6.2 | Light sweet notes of cereal balanced by a mild bitterness with a marked citrus character, tropical fruit and herbal nuances |
| Bidassoa Basque Brewery | Russian Imperial Stout | Russian Imperial Stout | 10.2 | Intense aromas and flavors of coffee and cocoa combined with citrus nuances of orange peel and grapefruit. Soft citrus and bitter finish complemented by sweet nuances of caramel malts. |
| Cervesa Lo Vilot | Black Power | American Imperial Stout | 8.5 | An intense stout which is strong, alcoholic, malty and yet hoppy with toasted notes and black and/or dried fruits with a warm finish. Dense head and a lasting dark cinnamon colour. Despite the intense flavours, the components blend together to create a complex yet harmonious beer. |
| Cervesa Lo Vilot | Tropical Funky | Hoppy Fruit Sour | 4.8 | Mixed style between a sour beer with fruits and an IPA. Made with local natural apricots and a large amound of hops in dry hopping, these make it an original and very aromatic beer, while in mouth is bitter and acid. |
| Dougalls | Happy Otter | Indian Pale Ale | 6.0 | Dry, blond beer, made with a very generous contribution of American hops that gives the beer flavors and aromas reminiscent of citrus and tropical fruits, with a moderate bitterness. |
| Dougalls | IPA9 | American Pale Ale | 3.5 | Double dry hopp with a load of american hops. Maris Otter, Extra pale, Oats. |
| Garage Beer Co | Soup | IPA | 6.0 | New England IPA with Mosaic and Citra hops. |
| Garage Beer Co | No/Country | Imperial stout | 10.0 | Coffee crema catalana imperial stout |