Today March 15 and until this Sunday 17 the VIII Barcelona Beer Festival (BBF) in the The Forge of l'Hospitalet. It is the benchmark beer tasting festival in southern Europe and will, these days, turn the city into the world's brewing epicenter. It already received about 33.000 visitors in the previous edition, but this year it plans to increase attendance by 20%. Will be tasted 646 craft beers different. It will be attended by 1.500 professional brewers from around the world.
This is how this VIII Barcelona Beer Festival will be
In this VIII Barcelona Beer Festivall There will be 120 beer taps from 314 brewers, 33% more than in the previous edition. Among these is beer Daring, a special edition made by Tibidabo. With this beer we want to demonstrate the commitment of the city of L'Hospitalet with the fair.
BBF It has also wanted to strengthen alliances with the international beer sector. The collaboration with the Foreign Agricultural Service US Embassy. Also with the Chamber of Commerce of Costa Rica and Québec House.
On the other hand, it also collaborates with other beer festivals such as the Big Craft Day Moscow (Russia), Bieres et Saveurs (Québec) or Craft beer perkele (Finland).
Barcelona Beer Challenge Awards
At Barcelona Beer Festival 2019 the winners of the last BBF. This is the international competition organized annually by the festival. In this they participate 218 breweries with a total of 1112 beers from 21 countries. The jury is made up of 50 accredited judges with the certification BJCP as well as recognized sommeliers graduates.
The last day of BBF the awards of the Barcelona Beer Challenge and it will be known which is the best beer in three categories. These are: award for the best beer by style, the best beer and the best new beer.
Steve Huxley Award
Coinciding with the VIII Barcelona Beer Festival the Steve Huxley award (Liverpool 1950 - Barcelona, 2015). It will be awarded to the professional beer career and in honor of who it was teacher, popularizer and inspirer. For many, in Catalonia, the father of the Catalan craft beer sector.
The objective of this award is to disseminate and value the Craft beer as well as recognizing career paths full of dedication and passion. For this, the positive values of fraternity, camaraderie, innovation and knowledge exchange.
