Xibeca
Encyclopedia
Xibeca or Xibeca-Damm, is a Spanish
beer
brand of Barcelona
brewery S.A. Damm
, produced and mostly sold in its home Catalan
market.
It is a low-alcohol grade, pale lager-style, table-beer coming in large one-liter bottles. "Xibeca" was meant to be consumed along with meals, as a cheap substitute for red table wine when the prices of table wines rose at the end of the 1960s. It was very popular among the low-middle class in Catalonia during the 1970s.
Damm is one of the main breweries in Barcelona
. During the heyday of baseball
in Spain in the 1950s and 1960s, S.A. Damm sponsored a local baseball team, Picadero Damm
.
Other Damm products include Estrella Damm
and Voll-Damm
.
Spain
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beer
Beer
Beer is the world's most widely consumed andprobably oldest alcoholic beverage; it is the third most popular drink overall, after water and tea. It is produced by the brewing and fermentation of sugars, mainly derived from malted cereal grains, most commonly malted barley and malted wheat...
brand of Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
brewery S.A. Damm
S.A. Damm
S.A. Damm is a Spanish brewery founded in 1876. Its best known beer products include the following four:*Estrella Damm, formerly "Estrella Dorada", a pale beer, one of the most popular beers in the Barcelona area. It has been brewed since 1876. Its bottles and caps used to display a characteristic...
, produced and mostly sold in its home Catalan
Catalonia
Catalonia is an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, with the official status of a "nationality" of Spain. Catalonia comprises four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. Its capital and largest city is Barcelona. Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an...
market.
It is a low-alcohol grade, pale lager-style, table-beer coming in large one-liter bottles. "Xibeca" was meant to be consumed along with meals, as a cheap substitute for red table wine when the prices of table wines rose at the end of the 1960s. It was very popular among the low-middle class in Catalonia during the 1970s.
Damm is one of the main breweries in Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
. During the heyday of baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
in Spain in the 1950s and 1960s, S.A. Damm sponsored a local baseball team, Picadero Damm
Picadero Damm
Picadero Damm was the commercial name of the baseball team from the Picadero Jockey Club in Barcelona, Catalonia during the heyday of baseball in Spain in the 1950s and 1960s. Picadero Jockey Club is now a defunct sports club who had also basketball and handball teams. The commercial name was due...
.
Other Damm products include Estrella Damm
Estrella Damm
Estrella Damm is a Catalan pilsener. It has been brewed in Barcelona since 1876 and is the flagship beer of S.A. Damm, a prominent Barcelona brewery. "Estrella" means "Star" in both Catalan and Spanish....
and Voll-Damm
Voll-Damm
Voll damm is a lager manufactured by S.A. Damm, a brewery in Barcelona, Spain. This robust, full-bodied beer emulates a German-style "Vollbier" and contains 7.2% alcohol by volume. Its dark-green colored labels display writing in the Gothic script....
.