Tre Amigos

Moritz Brewery Barcelona

We were meant to take a train from Barcelona to San Sebastian last Friday, but when we got to the train station on Thursday afternoon to reserve out seat, we found out that both trains for Friday were fully booked. Needless to say we reserved the earliest train for saturday morning.

Thankfully, this slight deviation in plans turned out to be one of the best things that has happened to us so far. Firstly, it meant we got to stay an extra night in Barcelona, which is one of the coolest cities I’ve ever been too, and it meant we could chill out Thursday afternoon with the possibility of heading to a bar of some sorts.

My sister is currently studying architecture at university, and sent me through this link to the Moritz brewery, because the interior of the building was designed by the world famous architect, Jean Nouvel. I’d never heard of this guy before, and after flicking through a few photos, was amazed at this building and how beautiful it really was.

I think by the time we actually reached Barcelona I’d all but forgotten about this email, and only chanced upon it as I was clearing out a backlog of junk I’d received. After google maps told me it was only 15 minutes walk from the hostel, we both decided to grab a drink on this gorgeous day, and while away a few hours before heading out to dinner with a few of our new friends.

The building is spectacular. While the beers they serve are not that impressive, and are representative of the majority of Spanish beers available (the sweeter lager variety), I would highly recommend a trip there if you’re ever in Barcelona just to see the brewery itself.

While we were at the brewery we tried all three of the beers available, the Moritz, the Epidor and a half half mix of the two, which was probably our favourite of the three. It had the best balance of sweetness and malt, whereas the others by themselves had too much of one flavour and not enough of the other.

All in all it was a great afternoon, and as the total bill was less than €10 including a tapa, it was pretty reasonably priced too.

JG