Hijos de Rivera, S.A. is a Spanish
brewery
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founded in 1906 in the city of
A Coruña
A Coruña (; es, La Coruña ; historical English: Corunna or The Groyne) is a city and municipality of Galicia, Spain. A Coruña is the most populated city in Galicia and the second most populated municipality in the autonomous community and s ...
,
Galicia. The main brand is
Estrella Galicia, a 5.5%
abv pale lager
Pale lager is a very pale-to-golden-colored lager beer with a well- attenuated body and a varying degree of noble hop bitterness.
The brewing process for this beer developed in the mid-19th century, when Gabriel Sedlmayr took pale ale brewing ...
.
History
The company's origins date back to 1906 when José María Rivera Corral established La Estrella de Galicia brewery in the city of A Coruña.
In 2006, the company celebrated its
centenary
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Notable events
Notable centennial events at ...
in the company of
King Juan Carlos. A beer named 1906 Reserva Especial was launched to commemorate the occasion. In 2017, the company purchased a 32% stake in
Carlow Brewing Company
The Carlow Brewing Company, also known as O'Hara's Brewing Company, is an Irish craft brewery located in Muine Bheag, County Carlow. It is one of the largest craft breweries in Ireland. , an Irish-based brewery.
In 2022, he transformed his online store into a
marketplace
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, called BigCrafters, to promote the sale of its own and third-party artisan products.
Brands
* Estrella Galicia Cerveza de Bodega (no
pasteurization
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The ...
)
* Estrella Galicia Cerveza Especial
* Estrella Galicia Cerveza Especial Sin Gluten (no
gluten)
* Estrella Galicia 0,0 (no
alcohol
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* Alcohol (chemistry), an organic compound in which a hydroxyl group is bound to a carbon atom
* Alcohol (drug), an intoxicant found in alcoholic drinks
Alcohol may also refer to:
Chemicals
* Ethanol, one of sev ...
)
* La Estrella de Galicia
* Estrella de Navidad
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]
* Shandy Estrella Galicia (with
lemon)
* 1906 Reserva Especial
* 1906 Red Vintage
* 1906 Black Coupage
* 1906 Galician Irish Red Ale
* Agua de Cabreiroa
* Agua de Cuevas
* Agua Fontarel
*
Sidra Sidra may refer to:
*Sidra (name)
Places
*Gulf of Sidra, a body of water in the Mediterranean Sea on the northern coast of Libya
*Sidra, Libya, a Libyan port
*Sidra, Sokółka County, a village in Poland
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Maeloc
Notes
:1. Sons of Rivera
References
{{reflist
External links
Estrella Galicia web site1906
Food and drink companies established in 1906
Companies based in Galicia (Spain)
Beer in Spain
Spanish companies established in 1906