Cervezas Alhambra
Commercial Brewery
in
Granada,
Andalusia,
Spain 🇪🇸
Owned by
Mahou San Miguel
Established in 1925
Contact
Avenida de Murcia Nº1, Granada, 18012, Spain
Description
The Alhambra Brewery was founded in 1925 by Carlos Bouvard, owner of the malt house La Moravia in Barcelona, and Antonio Knörr, from a family with a long beer tradition. Until 1954, this would remain a small brewery with only 20 employees, a subsidiary of the malt house in Barcelona. In that year, the Damm brewery takes a majority stake in the company and the Granada plant begins its steady growth. In 1979 Damm S.A. reorganizes Cervezas Alhambra, and Cruzcampo acquires a minority stake in the company. In 1999, Cervezas Alhambra became, thanks to the purchase of the Cordoban brewer of, among other things, the beer Mezquita, the largest brewer in Andalusia. In 2006 the company was bought by the Grupo Mahou-San Miguel, the largest beer company in Spain, of which it is still part today.
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
30/10 0.33 l can brought from Barcelona by a friend, thanks a lot Mike. It poured very dark brown body with medium sized brownish head. Caramel is dominant in its aroma, with some other spices in the background, like some hops. Flavor was quite pleasant, sweetish with caramel and roasted sugar, full bodied considering the style. Quite carbonated. Longer, sweet but also slightly bitter finish. Very nice and enjoyable beer. A nice surprise indeed.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Nov 2008
at 19:20
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Canned(330ml). -courtesy of heavy(thanks!), shared with him and Doggythedog.
Black coloured, small beige head, malty caramel nose. Roasted malt, carame and chocolate taste with light smoked notes. Dry bitter finish. Good Spanish dunkel.
Black coloured, small beige head, malty caramel nose. Roasted malt, carame and chocolate taste with light smoked notes. Dry bitter finish. Good Spanish dunkel.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Nov 2008
at 14:57
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
330 ml green bottle, courtesy of Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. Crystal clear deep golden colour, big to moderate white head. Fairly nice and moderately sweetish aroma, notes of hops and spices. The flavour has a noticeable malty sweetness but also fairly decent hops, with some spicy notes. Hints of caramel. Better than I feared.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Oct 2008
at 11:04
4.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
ar:quite faint, app: clear yellow, small white head. fl: sweetish, a bit honey, not much hops or bitternes.
Tried
on 25 Oct 2008
at 10:52
4.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Bottled(330ml). -Courtesy of and shared with Doggythedog (thanks!).
Golden coloured, medium sized white head, lively carbonation. Cardboard, glue and touch of alcohol in the nose. Moderate malty, light butterscotch and some alcoholic taste with notes of yeast and touch of vanilla in the finish. Unbalanced beer from interesting bottle.
Golden coloured, medium sized white head, lively carbonation. Cardboard, glue and touch of alcohol in the nose. Moderate malty, light butterscotch and some alcoholic taste with notes of yeast and touch of vanilla in the finish. Unbalanced beer from interesting bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Oct 2008
at 05:13
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 6
Bottle courtesy of a friend who brought it from Spain (thanks Ivana!), shared with ogivlado Poured a n odd ochre-gold colour, like a veeery light brown. Small fluffy white head. The nose is damn faint... just some maltiness with very light dust. The taste started off with a burst of alcohol, and I thought that this would end up in the ones but then it settled down and went into hiding, showing some sweet maltiness, weak yeastiness and some light light chewy white grape like hop and dust. The taste isn’t all that full, but that and the disappearance of alcohol helped the drinkability a lot. All in all, odd, but not the worst thing you can get.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Oct 2008
at 13:53
4.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
can, alhambra sin
Tried
from Can
on 17 Oct 2008
at 05:51
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Bottled@SBWF2008. Yellowish golden colour, small white head. Aroma is flowery hops, alcohol and some maize along with breadyness. Flavour is alcohol, some maize as well as mild notes of hops. Quite balanced and nice, even though it tastes like a macromade strong lager.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Sep 2008
at 01:36
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle, 5.4%. Strangely vinous aroma. Almost black colour. Small light brown head. The flavour is roasted and dry. Quite clean.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Sep 2008
at 07:05
4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Clear golden with tiny white head. Sweet grainy aroma with fruity notes. Sweet malty flavor with caramel and grainy notes. Ends mild bitter.
Tried
on 07 Sep 2008
at 06:08