The beer tastings in Madrid are an alternative for a birthday plan a bachelor party or simply to exponentially improve the quality of your weekend plans.
This drink is so integrated in our culture that Spain was the second country in beer consumption in 2021, only behind the Czech Republic. According to the portal Expensivity spaniards drink an average of 417 beers per person per year. So, with beer being so widely accepted and consumed, there is nothing better than learning about its brewing processes through one of these tastings:
1. Mad Beer Hall
The first experience at Mad Beer Hall is the tasting. The brewing details and flavors of four craft beers, which can vary: wheat, black, mad lager, classic blonde and California love (IPA), among others, are explained. The tour continues with a visit to the Mad Brewing factory where the processes that transform water, hops, malt and yeast into beer are explained. To finish, a few laughs in company, thanks to the monologue presented by the comedian Alberto Graupera. A round plan.
Julián Camarillo Street, 19
2. Beer tasting in Vinopremier
Vinopremier offers a refreshing tasting of craft beers accompanied by a cheese tasting. With the help of their expert sommeliers you will be able to discover all the nuances of a simple beer. A journey through the timeline, from the origins of this ancestral beverage to the present day, when craft beers are very much in vogue. All this through the tasting of six different types of craft beer.
Beer tasting and organic cheese tasting for one person.
Francisco Silvela Street, 25
3. Alhambra Beer Garden
In the Alhambra Beer Garden, which will be open until August 7 at the Santa Bárbara Palace, you can enjoy four beer tasting experiences, with which you can discover all the details of the different varieties of Alhambra Beers, led by a sommelier.
In addition to guided tastings, you can enjoy an extensive leisure program that includes activities as varied as: gastronomic experiences, craft workshops with personalities from different disciplines such as lettering, illustration or photography, intimate acoustic concerts by the musical cycle Momentos Alhambra or DJ sessions during the weekends at noon and late afternoon, with names such as Guacamayo Tropical, DJ Floro or Marcos Boricua.
87 Hortaleza Street, Hortaleza Street
4. La Virgen beer tasting tour
In all of La Virgen’s locations, the Madrid beer that was established in 2009, you can order what they call a flight, that is, a tasting of their most important beers. In addition, they have tastings throughout the year in their premises in which they delve into the details of some types of beer, such as IPA.
On the outskirts of Madrid, in their warehouse in Las Rozas, they also have a tasting plus factory tour. Here they explain firsthand how beer is produced in a tour of more than an hour, where you can also try all the beers they have available. It is also a good opportunity to visit the restaurant inside the factory, where they serve hamburgers that are ideal to accompany the drink.
Turín Street, 13 (Las Rozas)
5. Labirratorium
Labirratourium wants you to learn about beer. They have beer tastings for beginners, where you can learn to differentiate basic styles, to recognize the ingredients that compose it and to detect the aromas. Pairings to know which type of beer goes best with which type of cheese. And, of course, specialty tastings to learn about some of the most popular beer styles, such as IPA.
34 Vallehermoso Street, 34
Although blonde beer is the most consumed in Spain, craft beer is gaining followers, and this has awakened interest in beer tastings, which in cities like Madrid are experiencing a boom.