Cheap beer in Spain

Tourists from all over Europe who visit the Costa del Sol can enjoy cheap beer in Spain

Whether your favourite tipple comes in a glass or a can you can sit in the sunshine and quench your thirst with a variety of different beers and lagers from other countries or sample the Spanish ales such as San Miguel or Cruzcampo.

An alcoholic beverage made from malted grain. Fermentation is the process by which yeast converts the glucose in the wort to ethyl alcohol and carbon dioxide gas, giving the beer both its alcohol content and its carbonation. Commercial breweries use sophisticated equipment and processes to control hundreds of variables so that each batch of beer will taste the same.

There are four main ingredients in beer, barley, water, hops and yeast. The mash is the process that converts the starches in the malted barley into fermentable sugars. Depending on what type of beer is being brewed, more hops may be added near the end of the boil, these are called finishing hops.

When fermentation has finished, the beer is cooled to about 32 F (0 C). This helps the remaining yeast settle to the bottom of the fermenter, along with other undesirable proteins that come out of solution at this lower temperature.

The most important thing about the bottling and kegging process is to keep the beer from being contaminated by stray yeasts, and to keep oxygen away from the beer.

Cheapest beer in Spain