Font Salem - Coceda S.L.
Commercial Brewery
in
El Puig,
Valencia,
Spain 🇪🇸
Owned by
Grupo Damm
Established in 1992
Contact
Camino del Mar, nº 11, El Puig, 46540, Spain
Description
Font Salem is a Spanish company that markets its products both in Spain and in neighboring Portugal. Their strength is making beer, soft drinks and water for third parties. Their industry experience is over 25 years, as they have earned the trust of the major companies they work with (Mercadona, El Corte Inglés, Lidl, Eroski etc.). Grupo Damm acquired the company in several steps since 1999.
The company has three plants, two in Valencia and one in Portugal. The one in El Puig de Santa María, in Valencia, is dedicated to brewing beer, the second, in Salem, Valencia, makes soft drinks. The Santarém factory in Portugal produces both beer and soft drinks.
Acquired in 2023 by COCEDA (Damm)
The company has three plants, two in Valencia and one in Portugal. The one in El Puig de Santa María, in Valencia, is dedicated to brewing beer, the second, in Salem, Valencia, makes soft drinks. The Santarém factory in Portugal produces both beer and soft drinks.
Acquired in 2023 by COCEDA (Damm)
8.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 9
11.2 oz. can from Total Wine. Pours a crystal clear gold color with a tiny white head and poor retention. No lacing. Sweet malt aroma. Very good, basic lager flavor with no Euro sulfur notes. Clean and smooth. Lightly sweet. Crisp and refreshing. Medium body and medium carbonation. Not bitter. Better than I expected.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Sep 2025
at 22:59
5.1/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 5
Overall 5.5
1 Litre bottle from SUMA supermarket.
Label looks quite similar to a san miguel brewed beer (according to untapped), but this version I have here has the text CERVESA GARAGARDOA at the top of the label which is not there in the old version. Perhaps sumo and gourmet retained the brand, but moved to font salem for the beer.
I felt tempted to create this as a pale lager, but the label says pilsen.
Clear yellow white fluffy head mild malty aroma, slighlty metallic hops, but that metallic note went away quite fast.
flavor is mild malty, bordering slightly buttery or toasty, a soft almost velvety water treatment and about as little hoppy bitterness as they would be able to get away with, without the beer going flat. Brewed , i think , to be easy drinking and drinakble in large quantities.
I might becrazy, but it tastes more portugese to me, than spanish. bottle found in las palmas, gran canaria, and no hints i can find of portugese origin so i'll put it at font salem (spain).
Label looks quite similar to a san miguel brewed beer (according to untapped), but this version I have here has the text CERVESA GARAGARDOA at the top of the label which is not there in the old version. Perhaps sumo and gourmet retained the brand, but moved to font salem for the beer.
I felt tempted to create this as a pale lager, but the label says pilsen.
Clear yellow white fluffy head mild malty aroma, slighlty metallic hops, but that metallic note went away quite fast.
flavor is mild malty, bordering slightly buttery or toasty, a soft almost velvety water treatment and about as little hoppy bitterness as they would be able to get away with, without the beer going flat. Brewed , i think , to be easy drinking and drinakble in large quantities.
I might becrazy, but it tastes more portugese to me, than spanish. bottle found in las palmas, gran canaria, and no hints i can find of portugese origin so i'll put it at font salem (spain).
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Aug 2025
at 21:31
3.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 5
Overall 3
(sample, can) Clear yellow color. Minimal white head. Grainy, sweet, soap. Meh.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Aug 2025
at 22:48
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
From one supermarket, close to the ibis styles, Santa Justa. Average beer after a trip by bus from Granada, a oven and this beer is basic but it is really welcomed, not bad, a classical helles for the worker, malty, bready, medium body, extract of hop.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Aug 2025
at 17:52
3.3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 5
Overall 2.5
EB - Can 330ml. @ [ Petalax 🇫🇮 💻👀 Virtual Tasting ] - fonefan & Brugmansia House. 🏡🇩🇰 ☀️ 🐝🦋 [ As Hiper Dino Cerveza ]. ABV: 4.8%. [20250620]. 3/2/3/-3/-5
Tried
from Can
on 20 Jun 2025
at 19:17
3.5/10
Tried
on 20 Jun 2025
at 19:15
5/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 5
Overall 5
Plain easy going pilsner
You know what you get
Malty and herbal
[Can from Mohsen]
You know what you get
Malty and herbal
[Can from Mohsen]
Tried
from Can
on 08 Jun 2025
at 08:56
5/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 5
Overall 5
Old rating from 06-06-16 - 250ml bottle from the Hiper Dino supermarket in Lanzarote. Pours a clear yellow colour with a small white head. Aromas of grains & sweet malt. Tastes of cereals, grains & sweet malt leading a medium bitter finish
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jun 2025
at 10:46
5/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 5
Overall 5
250ml bottle. Pours clear blonde with a white head. Aromas & tastes of cereal, grain & malt. Moderate bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jun 2025
at 09:01
4.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Earlier Rating: 8/11/2018 Total Score: 2.1
Tried
on 05 Jun 2025
at 13:10