A rich Porter brewed with a blend of Spanish coffees, including Torrefacto roasted beans. A smooth and chocolaty Porter base beer is tuned to artfully deliver the depth and smooth complexity of Spanish coffee.
Café Olé was first brewed in June of 2014. It is brewed at Cerveses Spigha. The brewery is in the small mountain town of Alcoi about 30 miles from the west / central coast of Spain. The region is known for a coffee liquor officially named "Aperitivo Café de Alcoy".
Pau and Toni, of Spigha, and I were considering different ideas using local fruits or herbs, messaging back and forth over a few days. One morning I was grinding my favorite blend of coffee beans and I realized that the answer to what kind of beer would best represent Spigha and Alcoi was right in front of my face – literally. Present the extraordinary character of Spanish coffee with a rich Porter as the base beer.