Alhambra Reserve Beer 1925 33 cl. (Pack of 6)

THE SENSE OF SMELL:

Intense and complex aroma. At first it manifests a dry fragrance, which is followed by notes of floral and fresh hops, typical of Saaz hops. We also find notes of banana and red apple together with delicate aromas of toast and caramel from the malts.

It is called by various names ('la milno', 'la 25', 'la verde'...) but all the names can be summed up in one: the 1925 reserve, the one that gave credibility to the beer produced in Granada and the one that saved a company The beer that was timidly born in 1994, like a baby lacking weight and character, has become a wonderful 'creature' and one of the most demanded drinks by lovers of good beer. She has turned 15 and is the pretty girl from Cervezas Alhambra.

His father, the chemist who created it, is called Miguel Hernáiz Bérmudez de Castro and has a commandment (the eleventh for him) that he strictly complies with: «I never go where they don't call me». He defines himself as a man in love with personal ostracism and does not want any kind of recognition. "Everyone in Granada knows me and that's enough for me," says Hernáiz. He resists the interview and refuses to be photographed, but that doesn't mean he's aloof. "Forgive me, but it's just the way I am. I never liked being in the foreground. If you are going to talk about that beer, mention everyone who was with me. The credit belongs to everyone. And it's not false modesty, really."

«The 1925 was born out of necessity. The company needed something new and fortunately we found the formula”, says José Antonio Martín Lagos, a chemist at the factory. «The truth is that when we launched it we thought it would have little success because it was a beer with a high alcohol content that customers were not used to. That's why we made a very short print run. Our surprise was that after two weeks or so it was over. We were overwhelmed by the success it had had. We had to put an ad in the IDEAL apologizing for running out of stock. I remember that many people believed that this was part of a commercial strategy for its introduction into the market and that people had monkeys of that brand, but nothing could be further from the truth. It's just that we ran out in two weeks!” recalls Antonio Perera, who is convinced that this product has true followers.

• Name of the food: EXTRA BEER
• Country of origin: Spain
• Name of the operator: MAHOU, S.A.
• Net Quantity: 0.70 liters
• Alcohol percentage: 6.4%

Ingredients and allergens

• Water, barley malt, corn, hops