Garage Soupita

Garage helped put Barcelona firmly on the modern craft beer map and has become one of Europe’s most recognisable breweries for fresh IPA, pale ale and lager. Founded by a group of beer obsessives who originally started with a brewpub in the city, Garage quickly built a huge following thanks to consistently excellent beer and a style that balances big flavour with surprisingly clean drinkability.

Hop-forward beer is very much the main event here. The brewery specialises in hazy IPAs and pale ales loaded with citrus, tropical fruit and soft bitterness, but unlike some breweries chasing maximum haze at all costs, Garage usually keeps things polished and precise underneath. The beers feel fresh and expressive rather than messy.

Barcelona itself suits the brewery perfectly. There’s a relaxed Mediterranean energy running through everything Garage does, and the beers tend to carry that same easy-going feel. Even stronger releases usually stay balanced enough that you could happily drink more than one without needing a lie down afterwards.

Garage also deserves a lot of credit for helping grow Spain’s modern craft beer scene internationally. At a time when most people still associated Spanish beer with fairly straightforward lager, breweries like Garage were suddenly putting out world-class IPA that could comfortably stand alongside some of the biggest names in Europe.

The range now stretches well beyond hazy beer too, with lagers, mixed fermentation releases and darker styles all getting the same attention to detail. Whatever the style, there’s usually a freshness and confidence to the brewing that keeps people coming back.