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   The 2023 edition of the Barcelona Beer Festival was held last weekend. Nothing strange, on paper: the eleventh edition of a major event, which is already part of the annual calendar of re...

http://eng.birraire.com/2023/06/in-which-i-meet-randy.html

Photo by Dani Ruiz (CerveTV) As a part of the X BARCELONA BEER FESTIVAL, held on October 14, 15 and 16 at La Farga de l'Hospitalet, a new Round Table session was organised to continue with th...

http://eng.birraire.com/2022/10/birraire-podcast-round-table-of.html

The first week of April had two dates circled with a red marker on the beer calendar, due to the celebration of the second edition of the trade fair Innbrew , and the first edition of a very ...

http://eng.birraire.com/2022/04/innbrew-present-and-future.html

  In spite of my PESSIMISM ABOUT THE STATE OF THE LOCAL BEER BLOGOSPHERE, I still firmly believe in the role that blogs can play as a fundamental piece for the dissemination and quality discu...

http://eng.birraire.com/2022/01/birraires-golden-pints-2021.html

It feels good to hit the 'publish' button again after an uneventful period. Despite a remarkably active start this year, I suppose that I WAS FINALLY CAUGHT UP IN THE DEPRESSION AND STANDSTIL...

http://eng.birraire.com/2020/11/concentration.html

So here's the summary post of the Back of the Closet Weekend -BOTCW-, which as you know from the previous entries is a COLLECTIVE VIRTUAL EVENT consisting of taking out beers that, for one r...

http://eng.birraire.com/2020/06/back-of-closet-may-2020-botcw-summary.html

In line with what was commented in the previous post , THE #BOTCW IS A COLLECTIVE VIRTUAL EVENT consisting of taking out beers that, for one reason or another, be it accidental or voluntary, ...

http://eng.birraire.com/2020/05/back-of-closet-may-2020-my-botcw.html

In the current situation of confinement, a SOCIAL RECOVERY OF OLD HABITS has been observed in different areas: from cooking certain foods at home to the production of all kinds of handicrafts...

http://eng.birraire.com/2020/05/back-of-closet-may-2020-botcw.html

At the end of 2013, during the celebration of Fes-t'hi beer festival in Vilanova i la Geltrú, two Americans -Scott and Alan- appeared all of a sudden announcing that they would open a brewe...

http://eng.birraire.com/2020/05/at-home-3-america-and-meaning-of-local.html

One of the brands you will easily find everytime in my fridge is CERVESA DEL MONTSENY, currently the oldest operating microbrewery in Catalonia*. If there is one thing I always highlight abou...

http://eng.birraire.com/2020/05/at-home-2-seasonal-beer.html

With the present post I start a series -At Home-, with no determined duration or periodicity, with the will to write a bit more during this period of confinement due to Covid-19, while SHARI...

http://eng.birraire.com/2020/04/at-home-1-on-trends-and-styles.html

The CELEBRATION OF THE BARCELONA BEER CHALLENGE -hereinafter BBC- AWARDS CEREMONY, which until now had always been held during the weekend of the Barcelona Beer Festival, took place this pas...

http://eng.birraire.com/2020/04/self-identity-views-on-outcome-of-bbc.html

In these days of confinement I receive constant messages about HOW OUR LIFE WILL BE LIKE AFTER THIS SITUATION. Leaving socio-economic and philosophical reflections aside, in terms of enterta...

http://eng.birraire.com/2020/04/positive-thinking-three-beers-you-wish.html

After close to a whole year of work, we are in the final stretch to start the NINTH EDITION OF THE BARCELONA BEER FESTIVAL. Below I set out to SUMMARISE THOSE KEY POINTS to take into acco...

http://eng.birraire.com/2020/03/barcelona-beer-festival-2020-quick-guide.html

To start with some activity the year in which this blog will celebrate its tenth anniversary, I will proceed to briefly review SOME MEMORABLE BEER MOMENTS OF 2019, inspired by this publicatio...

http://eng.birraire.com/2020/01/through-rearview-mirror-highlights-of.html

'I have intolerance to slackers. And to fascists'. With this forcefulness, Eusebi Sánchez replies to me after getting to know my own -food- intolerances. At 72, and after a lifetime of high...

http://eng.birraire.com/2019/09/craft-and-local-with-jordi-sanchez-puig.html

It was one week ago that we ended May, a month that will be especially remembered for the news -made public through a message in Beer Advocate - of the MERGER BETWEEN TWO PIONEERING COMPANIE...

http://eng.birraire.com/2019/06/curated-reads-2.html

Sometimes it scares me to see how fast time goes by. It was at the end of 2017, that is a year and a half ago, when I published a tweet that for some reason I thought was far more recent. The...

http://eng.birraire.com/2019/05/in-praise-of-regular-offerings.html

I have wanted to start a series like this for years, but had never found the formula that pleased my expectations. After chewing on it for a long time, one finally realises that making thing...

http://eng.birraire.com/2019/04/curated-reads-1.html

After close to a whole year of work, we are in the final stretch to start the EIGHTH EDITION OF THE BARCELONA BEER FESTIVAL. With great enthusiasm, I set out to SUMMARISE THOSE KEY POINTS to...

http://eng.birraire.com/2019/03/barcelona-beer-festival-2019-quick-guide.html

Europa Press published yesterday the piece of news that had been rumoured for the last weeks among people in the scene: HEINEKEN ACQUIRES 51% OF MADRID-BASED LA CIBELES BREWERY . Founded by D...

http://eng.birraire.com/2018/12/if-you-cant-beat-them.html

Five months ago, a piece of news caused a stir: DAMM LAUNCHES AN IPA. A similar move, albeit much more daring, than the one by San Miguel with their MANILA in December 2017, or Moritz's move ...

http://eng.birraire.com/2018/09/little-more-than-noise.html

My first two beer books, the beginning of a journey. One of the nice things about getting involved with the beer industry over the last ten years is BEING ABLE TO OBSERVE THE PAST WITH THE P...

http://eng.birraire.com/2018/07/retrospection-and-new-experiences.html

Nine days ago the THIRTEENTH EDITION OF THE MOSTRA DE MEDIONA* was held: if we think about it twice, we will realise that thirteen years is tremendous. I could write the chronicle of the fair...

http://eng.birraire.com/2018/06/ripening-in-sun.html

Saturday afternoon at the Barcelona Beer Festival 2018. In a joint effort between the Catalan Tourism Board and Beer Events -the company behind the Barcelona Beer Festival- THE CRAFT BEER & ...

http://eng.birraire.com/2018/06/as-seen-from-outside.html