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.

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6.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
(Bottle 33 cl) Very dark brown with a reddish hue and a creamy, beige head leaving laces. Aroma of roasted malt. Medium-bodied with roasted malt, but nothing burned here. Dry as a bone, no sweetness at all to be detected. Dry, light bitter finish. 140107
Tried from Bottle on 14 Jan 2007 at 14:44

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Bottle. Medium head with medium duration. Color is dark brown. Aroma and taste are both caramel and roast malt.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Jan 2007 at 13:30

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
(Bottle 33 cl) Clear, warm, amber golden with a neat, off-white head. Sweetish caramel aroma. Medium body with sweet caramel and some warming alcohol. Quite pleasant - especially considering the style. 291206
Tried from Bottle on 04 Jan 2007 at 08:32

4.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 5
Bottle 0,33l. Deep brown colured. Almost black. A creamy head. Faint aroma of chocolate. Strange flavour of cardboard. Sweet bitter aftertaste with fruity hints.Thanks to Egil Børge for taking the bottle with him from Spain.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Oct 2006 at 10:40

4.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 3 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
330ml bottle sampled with Finn. Deep rusty body. Off-White foam that last for a while. Roasted grainy aroma. Flavour is dominated by burnt, dark malts, chocolate and hints of brown sugar. Medium sweetness. Rather watered (25.10.2006).
Tried from Bottle on 26 Oct 2006 at 05:54

5.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Bottle, picked up at the Dodgy Deli’, Cowley Rd, Oxford, 15-09-06.Reddy/amber coloured beer very malty aroma and this was also one of the main features in the taste, along with a distinct fruitiness. Quite a bit of flavour but not in any harmony, ok.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Sep 2006 at 01:51

4.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 3 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 3.5
This is the second beer that I have encountered from this brewer. Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a black color with a trace of a tan head that fades quickly. The aroma is sour and light roasty on the finish. The flavor is sour, tangy and bitter with a hint of dark malts and a sour and tangy finish. Fairly macroish but tolerable.
Tried from Bottle on 20 Aug 2006 at 10:13

2.9/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 1 Flavor 3 Texture 6 Overall 2.5
This is the first that I have encountered this company. Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a medium golden color with a small soapy white head that fades quickly. The aroma is moderately skunky with little else to distinguish it. The flavor is light dry malts, a bit toasty in nature and has a trace of floral hops on the finish. The beer is moderately skunky on the finish.
Tried from Bottle on 20 Aug 2006 at 10:10

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle in Spansih Tapas bar on former Oxford Jail site 01-04-06. Not bad at all quite hoppy some maltiness alcohol lingers a little but much better than many others of this style.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Apr 2006 at 03:41

4.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4
Amber color. Light aroma, metallic caramel. Some residual sweetness, sweet caramel, but overall wrong.
Tried on 27 Dec 2005 at 19:14