Technical Days 2018

Posted on 18 December, 2025

We share our experiences in the Technical Days 2018 of the Generalitat of Catalonia

The organic agricultural production sector is growing progressively, both in the number of operators and in the number of consumers who a13> demand organic products.
More and more citizens are becoming aware of ecology, who a6> incorporate into their weekly shopping basket, organic and locally sourced products.
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On Onda Cero Catalunya’s ‘La Ciutat’ program with Mònica Gunther.

Posted on 18 December, 2025

We attended Onda Cero Catalunya’s ‘La Ciutat’ program with Mònica Gunther. Listen to the interview here.

Appearance on Lleida TV, Diari de Nit Magazín

Posted on 18 December, 2025

You can find the video here

Dinner with authorities.

Posted on 18 December, 2025

Dinner with the Minister of Business and Knowledge (Àngels Chacón), the Director General of Business and Knowledge in Lleida (Ramon Alturo), and the Mayor of Almacelles (Josep Ibarz). At La Tabola restaurant in Almacelles.

Interview on the back cover of “El periodico”

Posted on 7 December, 2018

Interview with Quiònia Pujol

CO-OWNER OF FARMBREWERY LO VILOT, WINNER OF THE BBVA QUINTANES PRIZE

“You have to believe in your project”

Lo Vilot elaborates ‘farm beer’

The Vilot is defined as farm beer. How is it different from the rest?
-We speak of a brewing farm because here all the necessary ingredients are produced and transformed to produce our craft beers. We have an ecological and gluten-free certificate.
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Interview with Quiònia Pujol at La Vanguardia

Posted on 23 November, 2018

Lo Vilot is a unique project in Europe. It is a brewery farm created in 2013 in Almacelles (Segrià) by Quiònia Pujol and Óscar Mogilnicki, where they make craft beer, organic and made with 100% local ingredients. More information

Viewpoints of Catalonia, La Vanguardia

Posted on 23 November, 2018

We participate in the debate on youth and new rurality organized by La Vanguardia. More information

Entrepreneurship Award Quintanes

Posted on 11 November, 2018

The company Farm Brewery Lo Vilot, from Almacelles (Lleida) has been the winner of the second edition of the Quintanes / BBVA Entrepreneurship Award for the rural environment. More information and Video.

We receive visits along the SetmanaBIO

Posted on 19 October, 2018

SetmanaBIO

We participate in the SetmanaBIO, it is a week to know the ecological production and feeding.
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We appear in TV3 TV show 30 minuts

Posted on 14 October, 2018

Craft beer: ReEvolution

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Nou disseny etiquetes

Posted on 21 September, 2018

NOVA IMATGE DE LES ETIQUETES DE LA GRANJA CERVESERA LO VILOT. Presentem els nous dissenys de les nostres cerveses fixes, totes elles amb segell de venda de proximitat:

• BLAT ECO: Weissbier amb certificació ecològica
• ZATEC: Belgian Ale amb certificació sense gluten
• SANT JOSEPH: Pale Ale amb certificació ecològica i sense gluten
• TU RAY: IPA de sègol
• TROPICAL FUNKY: Hoppy Berliner Weisse amb iogurt i albercoc

 

Reportage in the magazine La Terra

Posted on 31 August, 2018

La Terra:

“Quiònia Pujol and Òscar Mogilnicki started making beer at home. It was the difficulty of finding organic ingredients that they decided would produce them themselves …” More information

We have been interviewed in the magazine Ruralcat

Posted on 15 June, 2018

Ruralcat

QUIÒNIA PUJOL AND ÒSCAR MOGILNICKI “Having achieved the first beer in Catalonia that bears the stamp of proximity has been a dream come true” The project to establish the Lo Vilot brewery was the winner of the 16th edition of the Agricultural and Food Technology Innovation Award (PITA) 2017 in the agri-industry category. Quiona and Oscar started brewing beer at home and, given the difficulty of finding organic ingredients, soon they decided to grow them themselves, at first with a small quantity to see the viability of As of today, they have the only brewery farm in the country and one one of the few at a European level. More information

WELCOME TO PAGÈS

Posted on 8 June, 2018

Welcome to PAGÈS

We open our doors on the weekend of visits (9 and 10 June) in the event Welcome to PAGÈS. More information

Super-Photo report from activities presents at @benvingutsapages at @diariara

Posted on 18 May, 2018

Craft brewery: day of open doors

Activities presents at @benvingutsapages from @diariara. Open doors to our craft brewery and other agricultural activities. Days 9 and 10 of june. Link. The agricultural companies and farms open doors to the general public the days of Benvinguts a Pagès. Come to Almacelles and enjoy of @cervesa_lo_vilot @prunus_cerezas @carnsargaire and @calquiteria Almacellas, Catalunya, Spain

Interview by Radio at programme “Som Terra”

Posted on 18 May, 2018

Craft beer Lo Vilot

Interview with Pili Garcia’s at “Som Terra” programme. A value-added primary sector programme about the craft beer Lo Vilot. We have spoken about the 2017 PITA award; we are winners of the Agro-Industry Innovation Awards for introducing innovations in the primary processing and/or preservation of agricultural products. Audio. When it comes to beers, we have a very varied selection: wheat, toasted, gluten-free, stouts, IPAs, sour, with fruit, aged in a whisky barrel, in a wine barrel… We have the organic certificate CT/3938/ and international gluten-free certificates. (Spiga Barrada: OATS-ES-036-001). Three of our beers have won international medals (one gold and two silver).  

Report on TV3, on the creation of Cooperatives and the Social Economy.

Posted on 7 May, 2018

Cooperatives and the Social Economy

Lo Vilot Full Cercle Beer Project has a Report on TV3 about Cooperatives and the Social Economy. In the TV news, on the way to the cooperative of the work of @Ponent Coopera. If you are thinking about becoming a cooperative, you will talk to them, great work and advice. We are looking for an ecological cooperative with companies in the rural world and our environment to close the cycle.  Video  

Let’s repeat the best beer award at the 9th Arboç fair. Berliner Weisse with pear of Lleida.

Posted on 5 May, 2018

The Repera. We repeat the award for the best beer at the Arboç fair. Berliner Weisse with pear from Lleida, col • collaboration with our friends @blackjackbeers from Manchester.   Fira de la Cervesa Artesanal Catalana. We have participated 15 artisan producers that have shown our products. . As the two guided beer tastings, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, with expert producers who have helped to appreciate the different nuances and characteristics of each beer.  

Today at @biocultura, cooking with organic beer at the Show Cooking and Sponsors of the Ecological Labeling Workshop.

Posted on 4 May, 2018

More than 70 Catalan organic food companies participate in  BioCultura Barcelona 2018

  The organic sector demonstrates year after year that its commitment to respectful foods with health and the environment is not a fad but an unstoppable train that goes at full speed, as the slogan of Bioculture of this year says. We have also participated in the eco-labeling workshop as sponsors and we have presented to the public the San Joseph Eco, which is the first Catalan beer in the vicinity and also certified gluten-free.

Press article in the newspaper “La Vanguardia”. From a paragliding accident in the 1st brewery of farm Spain.

Posted on 29 April, 2018

Lo Vilot de Almacelles has been the first micromaltery of organic production in Catalonia A paragliding accident would change your life. Quiònia Pujol and Óscar Mogilnicki have created Lo Vilot, the first Farm Brewery in Spain. They make beer with raw materials that they themselves produce at Almacelles  farm, a project for which they have won the Prize for Agri-Food Technological Innovation (PITA) in the agri-food industry of the Ministry of Agriculture.     Link

Press article in the newspaper “Punt Avui”. From the field to the bottle.

Posted on 19 April, 2018

From ground to pint Craft beer from farm to bottle

This “brewery farm” is built on the pillars of sustainability and proximity in brewing its craft beer.

Craft beer Lo Vilot brews a dozen of varieties of beer, with cereals from its own harvest. This year it opens up to exports.

Lo Vilot craft beer is a unique craft brewery, because it uses its own raw materials in brewing. With proximity and sustainability as its pillars, this two-person company from Almacelles has won the PITA Award for agri-food innovation, presented by the Catalan government. We are a rarity in Europe

Guests Lo Vilot the TV Ben Trobats Contest the Punt Avui. And medal winners.

Posted on 18 April, 2018

@cervesa_Lo_Vilot together with Cervezas Popaire de Blanes we were invited to the TV in the Ben Trobats contest and we won a medal. Video. Punt Avui TV is a generalist television channel based in Sant Just Desvern (Barcelona). The channel began its regular broadcasts on Sant Jordi day of 2014. The channel is available through digital terrestrial television in different demarcations of Catalonia and also through the Internet.

Medalla de Oro para la Tropical Funky

Posted on 10 April, 2018

Medalla de oro internacional para la TROPICAL FUNKY una cerveza Ácida de Lo Vilot Farm Brewery elaborada con albaricoques y melocotones locales, Estilo: Hoppy Fruto Sour. Concurso realizado en Frankfurt – Alemania Descripción: Ale ácida, color albaricoque y afrutada. Temperatura 6-8ºC. Mezcla de estilos entre las cervezas ácidas con frutas y las Ipas. Elaborada con albaricoques naturales locales y gran cantidad de lúpulo añadido después de la fermentación, que la hacen una cerveza original y muy aromática, mientras que en boca es poco amarga ya la vez ácida. Link.  

Visit per the PT trip Blog Beer Craft & Gastronomy. Organitzat per Catalunya Experience.

Posted on 4 April, 2018

Blog Trip organitzat per Catalunya Experience with the presence of diferents Bloggers, youtubers and journalists of England, EUA i Canada, with Martin Simon (Youtuber from England). Video , Video2.   Also with the presence of James Besson (popular Blogger from England, who started Good Beer Hunting and recently won the Best Blogger Novell Award for the British Guide Of Beer Writers). Link. At the same time Martyn Cornell (Long-time journalist, writer and historian of beer, the most influential in UK and the highest authority in the history of the IPA and the Porter). Link. And Stephen Beaumont, Jak Brooks, Lew Bryson, Joshua Bernstein, Pete Brown, Chris John Heaney, Zsolt Stefkovic and Hugh Thomas.

News article in the magazine Todo Oci de Lleida in the month of April

Posted on 1 April, 2018

It is a unique project throughout Europe. With our own organic ingredients, we grow ourselves. The concept of Farm Brewery is very extensive in Northern Europe and it is called to those breweries that produce some of its ingredients. In Lo Vilot Farm Brewery, let’s go a little further and do what we call Full Circle Beer Project, making the closed circle in the production of handmade beer from the beginning to the end and controlling the different parts of the process. Link.

Interview with the “Arrela” Radio Program of UA1. 104.5FM Lleida

Posted on 31 March, 2018

Quiònia Pujol and Oscar Mogilniqui have been interviewed in the radio program “Arrela” at 104.5FM to talk about the peculiarities of this award-winning handmade beer. Link.

Newspaper article “el Segre”

Posted on 25 March, 2018

AN ARTISANAL BEER FROM ALMACELLAS, INNOVATION AWARDS 2017 The introduction of a new business model based on adding value to the apples of second categories, the creation of a brewery and a demonstration garden in the nursery itself in the framework of a sustainable gardening, have been deserving of the award for the in Agro-alimentary technological Innnovation 2017 of the agriculture State Department. The award winning agro-industry, for the implantation of innovations in the processes of first transformation and/or preservation of products, has been Quionia Pujol Sabaté from Almacellas, for the creation of a brewery, from the production and collection of materials First such as barley, wheat or hops, in organic production, and yeast, going through the processes of Maltería and pelletization of hops, to the elaboration of artisanal quality beers, one of them without gluten.

Agricultural Technological  Innovation Award 2017 

Posted on 23 March, 2018

AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGICAL  INNOVATION AWARD 2017 LO VILOT FARM BREWERY. Located in Almacelles (Segrià) wins the prize for Agricultural technological innovation in the announcement of the year 2017 in the form in the agro-industry. The award is endowed with €6,000 for the implementation of innovations in the creation of a food-processing industry of beer (FULL CIRCLE BEER PROJECT) which encompass from the first transformation, harvesting and conservation of raw materials such as barley, wheat and hops of different varieties, in organic production, and the propagation of yeasts and lactic bacteria, through the processes of malteria and pel·letització of hops, to the production of several varieties of artisan beer quality, some of them without gluten and other aged in oak barrels.

Fair Vella Terra. Lo Vilot starring since the 1st edition.

Posted on 12 February, 2018

Lo Vilot beer and its handmade beers from Almacelles (Lleida), made from the own harvest of Hops and Citives. A couple of tireless and innovative in the art of making beer. Link.

Interview with the YouTube channel “The brewer factory” by Alfred Nuñez and Manu Nuñez.

Posted on 14 November, 2017

Audio 1. Audio 2. Audio 3. Here we have the entire interview for the YouTube channel “The brewer factory”. We define with must be a km.0 to handmade beer until it reaches the bottle. Link.

1st Cervecería Artesana del Estado with international certification Without Gluten

Posted on 1 September, 2017

ZATEC is the first artisan beer that has the international certification granted by the barbed wire to gluten-free foods from April 25, 2017. This beer, besides being GLUTEN FREE, was awarded a gold medal at the Barcelona Beer Challenge 2017 international competition, which was held within the framework of the Barcelona Beer Festival – BBF17 at the Farga de l’Hospitalet on March 26 Of 2017. The gold medal was in the style: BELGIUM ALE second BJCP.

As of Today, we are part of the Guild of Manufacturers of craft and natural beer of Catalonia.

Posted on 1 September, 2017

Interview with the Baron publication

Posted on 1 September, 2017

You can find the interview of this prestigious publication through this link : http://baronmag.ca/2017/03/cervesa-lo-vilot/

Article about gluten free beers in La Vanguardia

Posted on 1 September, 2017

You can find more info at the following link http://www.lavanguardia.com/comer/materia-prima/20170322/421071377239/mejores-cervezas-artesanas-sin-gluten.html

Invited to the BEN TROBATED TV show today

Posted on 1 September, 2017

Lo Vilot Beer was invited to the Ben Trobats television show on March 31, 2016, together with Cervita Rosita and Segadors del Delta to talk about the Artisan Beer in Catalonia. Magazine interview directed and presented by Clara Tena. http://www.xiptv.cat/ben-trobats/capitol/cerveses-artesanes  

2 silver medals for Beer Lo Vilot – BBF 2016- Barcelona Beer Challenge

Posted on 1 September, 2017

Happy to have participated in the BARCELONA BEER FESTIVAL 2016 with our ANCIENT beer and excited because two of our beers (Scottish and Antigua) have won a silver medal in the Scottish Ale and Old Ale styles at the Barcelona Beer Challenge International Contest Frame of the BBF Festival, with the participation of more than 500 beers from 16 different countries.

Finalists PITA 2015 Awards

Posted on 1 September, 2017

In the form of the agrarian company, for the implantation of innovations within the productive process, in Quiònia Pujol Sabaté – Almacelles (Segrià – Lleida), for the implantation of systems of production of raw materials for the production of previous artisan beer Selection of the varieties of hops and barley to grow in ecological agricultural production. The awards ceremony was on December 1 at 5:00 pm at the Pedralbes Palace in Barcelona DOGC: RESOLUTION ARP / 2592/2015, of October 30 (DOGC No.6999-17.11.2015)

Micro-Interview: 1001 Beers

Posted on 2 May, 2017

Beermad Festival – Micro-interview with the girls from 1001 beers.

https://milyunacervezas.com/entrevistas Interview conducted at the 1st Beermad in Madrid – Museum of the Railway of Madrid 02/05/2017

The first Beermad Festival, which was held from 29 April to 2 May 2017 at the Madrid Railway Museum. It was the first edition and the atmosphere was very lively, with lots of people and a very special setting among old locomotives.

There were many craft breweries, a wide variety of beer styles to sample, street food and live music. You could talk to the brewers and discover very different beers. Overall, it was a very positive experience and it was clear that the event had come to stay.

We took the opportunity to present our first certified gluten-free beer. – the Zatec.

Zatec, Gold medal at the Barcelona Beer Challenge 2017

Posted on 27 March, 2017

Gold medal at the Barcelona Beer Challenge 2017

This year, 2017, was the second edition of the Barcelona Beer Challenge, the craft beer competition that is part of the Barcelona Beer Festival. Almost 800 different beers and 203 beer brands from all over the world were entered in the competition, some of which were from Lleida. The Barcelona Beer Festival was held from 24 to 26 March 2017 at La Farga de L’Hospitalet (Barcelona). To date, it is the most important craft beer event in the country. This year, it had to change venue to a larger space at La Farga de L’Hospitalet, which was attended by 32,000 people. Lo Vilot Beer from the town of Almacelles has been awarded a prize for the second consecutive year in the international competition. This time with a gold medal for the BELGIAN ALE style with their ZATEC, which is also a gluten-free beer suitable for coeliacs. Since 25 March 2017, ZATEC gluten-free has been the first craft beer to hold the international certification. This certification is awarded by the crossed-grain symbol for gluten-free foods.

Interview with Cadena SER – Lleida 13/11/2015

Posted on 13 November, 2015

Association Brewers of Lleida

The Association brewers of Lleida has been developed the Beer Route of Lleida. On the programme “Hora Lleida” of the Cadena Ser with Maricel Benabarre, from 13:30 to 14:00 hours, interview with the entrepreneurs of craft beer production in the Province of Lleida. In the programme interview Quiònia Pujol from Cervesa Lo Vilot d’Almacelles and Joel and Abel from the brewery Ctretze in Pobla de Segur.

Newspaper La Mañana – 02/10/2015

Posted on 1 October, 2015

First catalan craft beer; beer craft produced entirely in Almacelles, Lleida.

Article in the provincial newspaper La Mañana, p. 50 Presenting Lo Vilot, the first catalan craft beer, brewed in a artisan manner in its entirety in Almacelles. The presentation took place at the weekly market in Almacelles. Taking advantage of the town’s weekly market, yesterday saw the launch of the first batches of Lo Vilot craft beer from Almacelles. This new brand of beer is produced in four varieties: Wheat IPA, made with wheat; Original IPA, made with barley; Escocesa, made with wheat, barley and oat flakes; and Antiga…

Diari El Segre – 27/09/2015

Posted on 27 September, 2015

100% Lleida beer.

Reportage in the provincial newspaper El Segre, pg 50 The full circle beer projecte: 100% Lleida beer. Two entrepreneurs from Almacelles in the province of Lleida have decided to manufacture their own beer, growing the ingredients themselves. In tha way, all raw materials are produced organically, and the product is crafted artisanally, without additives or colorants. It is the first organic hop plantation in Lleida and the first closed-loop system in craft beer production in the whole country.

Fira Sant Miquel 2015- Lleida 26/09/2015

Posted on 26 September, 2015

Hops technical day.

In the programme of the Technical Days of the Fira Sant Miquel de Lleida, Day of Alternatives to traditional crops: The cultivation of hops (current situation, future prospects, pros and cons). Technical hop workshop.   10:15 h Hops. Mr Antoni López Querol; IRTA. Cervesa “Lo Vilot”; (Almacelles). Catalana del Llúpol SL; (Pallars Jussà). Sr. Josep Anton Betbese Lucas; IRTA.