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.
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