As Estrella Damm, ‘the beer of Barcelona’, celebrates its 150th anniversary, UK MD Luke White speaks to Jo Gilbert about the Spanish beer craze, why Damm’s UK production sets it apart from rivals like Madrí and its plans to make the region a global innovation hub Few beer brands reach 150 years of age with both their identity and relevance intact.

Damm UK has been announced as the newest member of The Portman Group, bringing its membership to 22 companies across the drinks industry.  The news breaks as the social responsibility body enters its 30th year of acting as the industry’s self-regulator.  Damm UK, which is best known for its Estrella Damm lager, said that it is pleased to…

Damm, the largest brewing business in Spain, has launched a brewery in Bedford.  The brewer said that The Damm Eagle Brewery is its first outside the Iberian Peninsula and follows a £70m investment.  Since first acquiring the site in 2022, the group has added a state-of-the-art canning line and an additional brewstream, which it said doubles brewing capacity to 1.8…

Carlsberg Marston’s Brewing Co (CMBC) has announced plans to offload its Eagle Brewery in Bedford to Spanish brewer Damm. Eagle will become Damm’s first brewery outside of mainland Europe. As part of the agreement, which is expected to be completed by the end of the year, the Eagle Brewery’s beers will remain part of CMBC’s portfolio. A spokesperson for CMBC said the beers “will continue to…