Anything worth drinking in Valencia?
Bottles of Mahou, Estrella Damm perhaps?

Bruce

On 18 Mar 2005 03:57:51 -0800, bruce_phipps@my-deja.com wrote:


>Anything worth drinking in Valencia?
>Bottles of Mahou, Estrella Damm perhaps?
>
>Bruce



I lived 18 years near Valencia and go back there about 5 times a year,
either to see my folks who are expats and still live near there, or to
support Valencia CF, my football team. I run the 200+ strong Valencia
fanclub here in the UK, as it happens. Good result on Sunday, wish
we'd got rid of Ranieri sooner... he completely mucked around with a
championship-winning team.

Anyway, back to beer. I'm not a real ale drinker (my attention was
brought to this post from someone else), so I can't help there. The
only place you're likely to find any kind of ale is going to be in one
of those ghastly Irish or British pubs that litter the European
landscape like sores. Valencia has a fair few of them, and I guess
what they have on tap is going to depend very much on the barman.

As for local beers, Mahou and San Miguel are your best lagers.
Estrella Damm and Cruzcampo are readily available. Aguila (=Amstel)
can be a tad gassy at times although it's OK on tap. Sadly, Valencia's
own lager - Turia - is not one of my favourites and tastes a bit like
Skol. Guinness and Murphys though are becoming readily available in a
number of Spanish bars.

One interesting note: San Miguel bottles of 1/3 litre are 5.4%, whilst
the litre bottles are 4.9% or even 4.5%. No idea why this is, but
important to remember. Personally, I think Mahou is pretty hard to
beat!

Thanks, Tristan.

>.The only place you're likely to find any kind of ale is going to be
in one
> of those ghastly Irish or British pubs that litter the European
> landscape like sores. Valencia has a fair few of them, and I guess
> what they have on tap is going to depend very much on the barman.
>

I will be avoiding such places. Why go to Spain to drink in an "Irish"
pub?


> As for local beers, Mahou and San Miguel are your best lagers.
> Estrella Damm and Cruzcampo are readily available.


I have had Damm in Barca and really liked it; same with Mahou in
Madrid.

Bruce