Although it is hard to believe for anyone who has never tried, beer is a drink that can be made in the kitchen of the house. There are four basic components: malt, hops, yeast and water. It is not easy to find them all at the usual points of sale, but on the network you can buy a box with all the components through the web Lupulu lupulu.com, for example. Irasuegi and Karrika, also the creators of Localbier, launched the initiative five years ago. In addition to raw materials, the workshop offers tools for refining the preparation, and many courses have been taught explaining the process step by step. They are, in part, responsible for the widespread fondness for brewing in the Basque Country. By far gusto.Como you can
do it at home, associations, gaztetxes, etc. They're also a good place to brew. It is the road they have taken in the gaztetxe de Añorga (Donostia-San Sebastián). Two of its members started out with the illusion of making their own beer and fighting the multinationals. Some ingredients are bought in the net, others in the usual shops, and the rest are asked for in bars or associations. The bottles, for example, are given by a Lasarte bar. Currently, Iker Criado is the one who receives the most workload, although it is also sometimes accompanied by other members of the gaztetxe.Una once the kitchen is finished and the beer bottled, it is put on sale in
gaztetxe, in exchange for a euro. “At first, our intention was to produce enough to fully respond to gaztetxe’s demand for beer, and we have not yet managed to do the same.” However, and given that current production has not yet reached, the goal is to make a 50 liter barrels by 2015. So far they have used traditional recipes, but soon they want to guess something new. They have also named the beer created in the gaztetxe itself: Tartalo.