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Offline MDixon

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Barcelona and Rome
« on: May 22, 2017, 08:50:47 am »
I have three nights in Barcelona followed by four in Rome coming up in September. Any suggestions for beer/breweries in either or both cities?
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Re: Barcelona and Rome
« Reply #1 on: May 31, 2017, 07:27:39 am »
Nobody? Guess I'll have to blaze a trail...
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Re: Barcelona and Rome
« Reply #2 on: May 31, 2017, 12:09:05 pm »
There's a thread in the general section that links to these in Barcelona

http://www.naparbcn.com/

https://www.brewdog.com/bars/worldwide/barcelona?gclid=CJqJsdCtmtQCFW4A0wodDi0K8g

https://www.abirradero.com/

Personally, the wine is so good and inexpensive in Spain that I don't seek out beer. But it looks like Napar and Brewdog are pretty close to each other, so maybe next trip there I'll check them out.

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Re: Barcelona and Rome
« Reply #3 on: May 31, 2017, 03:10:12 pm »
My Rome trip was before craft beer in Italy. The wine was pretty good.
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Re: Barcelona and Rome
« Reply #4 on: June 14, 2017, 04:19:21 pm »
I have three nights in Barcelona followed by four in Rome coming up in September. Any suggestions for beer/breweries in either or both cities?

Hi,

I am from Barcelona and I will be happy to show you some places here. The craft beer scene is increasing a lot of and we are brewing good quality beers.

My first choice is BierCab. NaparBCN is also good.
Let me know what are you looking for.

Regards
César!

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Re: Barcelona and Rome
« Reply #5 on: June 16, 2017, 06:55:20 pm »
Awesome, I will certainly be reaching out!!!
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Offline MDixon

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Re: Barcelona and Rome
« Reply #6 on: September 12, 2017, 09:05:37 am »
So I'm back from Barcelona and Rome and will eventually update my thought on Barcelona. In the meantime let's talk Rome. I did not find any appreciable craft beer presence in Rome. I did see one listing for a local APA on a menu, but it was 12 euro and I didn't feel like shelling out almost $15 for a bottle or can of unknown APA. I ordered a Ceres Stout at one place, but of course it was from Denmark. I did a few specialty Morettis, but they were nothing to write home about. There were a few beers here and there, but most of the list were not Italian beers. At least the food was wonderful and wine was flowing. ;)
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Re: Barcelona and Rome
« Reply #7 on: March 19, 2018, 08:03:28 am »
Forgot to add my comments.

Barcelona is a beer city with craft beers easily found.

BierCaB is a must. We sat with gentlemen from Belgium at the community table and some others from the US on a beer tour.
https://biercab.com/en/

La Menuda is another must for the beer lover. Service was on the slow side, but the food was great as were the beers.
http://www.lamenuda.es/

There are several breweries/brewpubs in the area, but we spent more time at the sights as this was not a beer centric trip. Often the hole in the wall place would have something local and if all else fails order a pitcher of sangria.
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Re: Barcelona and Rome
« Reply #8 on: April 11, 2018, 01:35:46 am »
Good info and useful thread. I'll be in Barcelona in a week. César, are you still around? I'll buy you a beer!

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Re: Barcelona and Rome
« Reply #9 on: April 11, 2018, 01:39:07 am »
Amazing football (soccer) match between Rome and Barcelona last night!   8)