As mentioned
in my last few posts I spent last weekend at a stag do in Barcelona. I drank
some excellent beers en route to my flight but subsequently spent my time there
drinking San Miguel Especial. As it was my first time in the city I had decided
to stay for an extra couple of days to do a spot of sight-seeing (and beer shopping)
before taking the train back to London. Thus, last Monday having checked out
the Sagrada Familia and Park Güell I headed to Rosses I Torrades, a super ‘celler
de cerveses’ a short walk from the main tourist sites. I plan to write a short
review of the shop in the next couple of days so won’t go into too much detail
now, but my plan was to pick up a few Catalan beers to take home with me. I’d
read that the area had a burgeoning craft beer scene and the shop seemed to
attest to that with a decent selection of locally brewed beers. I picked up
five bottles to take away and back at my accommodation I cracked a couple of them
open. The first was Tølv Ulfhednar from Catalan Brewery. Now I’ve had to rely on Google
translate quite a bit in the production of this blog post, but apparently Catalan
Brewery has been in operation since 2011 with the brewer inspired by a trip to
Scotland. Indeed the brewery seems quite taken with Northern Europe, this beer
somehow being inspired by Vikings. Enough of the speculation. This was an APA
brewed with Centennial, Cascade and Citra hops. The pour was an attractive, hazy
deep amber. The aroma and flavour were both robust with bitter, citrus hops
dominating. The beer tasted extremely fresh and was very drinkable with a
lovely smooth mouth feel. It disappeared very quickly and I was soon reaching
for another beer, impressive stuff.
Brewery: Catalan Brewery
Country: Spain
ABV: 5.2% ABV
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