Eighteen Catalan craft breweries join Prodeca at Barcelona Beer Festival 2025

From 11 to 13 April, Fira de Barcelona's Montjuïc venue hosts the 13th Barcelona Beer Festival (BBF), the benchmark event for craft beer lovers in southern Europe. Prodeca, a public company of the Catalan Government's Department of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food, is organising the grouped participation of 18 Catalan breweries to boost the marketing and visibility of the Catalan craft beer sector, especially SMEs and micro-enterprises.

This selection of local and emerging breweries will exhibit under the Catalonia, World Region of Gastronomy 2025 brand to champion the quality, innovation and character of beer brewed across the territory. Over the three days the participating breweries present their beers on fixed taps in a space open to professionals, end consumers and distributors.

In addition, to celebrate the world distinction, renowned chef Marc Martínez (Rooster&Bubbles, Barcelona) has created a traditional Catalan cooking space by designing two exclusive tapas for the festival, paired with Catalan beer. 

The initiative is completed by four tastings led by experts such as chef Toni Romero and sommelier Edgar Rodríguez, with sessions such as "Beer with a Catalan accent" or "La Llacuna in the glass: pairing cured meats and craft beer".

Catalan breweries taking part with Prodeca

• Birra08 – Barcelona (Barcelonès)
• Cerveses JK – Barcelona (Barcelonès)
• Espina de Ferro – Vilanova del Camí (Anoia)
• Kibus Cervesers – Barcelona (Barcelonès)
• NEWAZA Beer – L'Hospitalet de Llobregat (Barcelonès)
• Reptilian Brewery – Lliçà d'Amunt (Vallès Oriental)
• Zulogaarden – Lliçà d'Amunt (Vallès Oriental)
• La Montnegre – Calella (Maresme)
• Gro Brewers S.L – Girona (Gironès)
• Albera – Garriguella (Alt Empordà)
• Cervesa DMR – Girona (Gironès)
• Cooperativa Cervesera de Cadaqués – Cadaqués (Alt Empordà)
• Moska de Girona – Sarrià de Ter (Gironès)
• Poch’s Cervesa Artesana – Castellfollit de la Roca (Garrotxa)
• Soma – Cornellà del Terri (Pla de l'Estany)
• El Gall Negre – Arsèguel (Alt Urgell)
• FlyBrew – Benissanet (Ribera d’Ebre)
• Les Clandestines de Montferri – Montferri (Alt Camp)

Prodeca's collaboration allows Barcelona Beer Festival 2025 to complement and strengthen the festival as a platform for the sector's reflection and training. The InnBrew trade space hosts talks and debates such as a round table on the importance of having up-to-date technical reports for strategic decision-making in the sector.

About Barcelona Beer Festival

With more than 15,000 visitors last year, Barcelona Beer Festival has established itself as southern Europe's largest craft beer event. It is also the first beer festival to earn Biosphere accreditation as a sustainable tourism destination. This year's edition features beers from around the world — from Germany, Belgium and Ireland to the guest regions: the Basque Country, Quebec, Poland, Italy and France — and includes an extensive food programme with showcookings by renowned cooks such as Jordi Esteve (Nectari*), Jordi Vilà (Alkimia*), Carlota Claver (La Gormanda), Toni Romero (Bart Gastronòmic) and Marc Puig-Pey (Alícia Foundation). Local offerings such as Abarka, Acid bar, Pulponeta and Fundente also feature, and this year a selection from the prestigious Barrel & Flow Fest — named the best brew fest in the United States by USA Today — takes part.

The festival also includes InnBrew: The Brewers Convention, the only Spanish convention aimed exclusively at trade audiences, and the Barcelona Beer Challenge, a competition recognising the craft beers that stand out for quality and innovation, which this year adds a sustainability award. 

The event reflects the vitality of the Catalan beer sector, made up of more than a hundred brewers producing over 4 million litres a year and generating more than 200 direct jobs. Current trends point towards innovation, the use of local ingredients and sustainability, with a clear commitment to diversifying flavours and styles, as well as to beer tourism and online sales, which have become key channels for growth and for connecting with the end consumer.