Spain is not a "beer country", we are a wine country and beer has not been one of our traditional drinks. When king Charles the 5th. came to rule Spain from the Netherlands in the early 16th. century, he had to carry with him his own brewers, because he was not able to find some here. Beer started to be more or less usual at the beginning of the century, but always on the lager or pilsen styles. Apart of that, we are a really warm country, so we always appreciate beer as a refreshing drink. For spaniards, a warm beer is "donkey piss"!.

Even in the late years, with the arrival of many import beers and the growing of many "beer pubs" where u can find dozens of different beers from all over the world, our knowledge of beer has increased, (I have a collection with more or less 215 bottles(empty ;)) from many places of the 5 continents, and the list never stops growing!),... but we always drink our beer chilled!

¡Chilled salud!

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