CERVEZA MICA

   We are a sustainable brewery in Aranda de Duero, like an hour and a half away from Madrid, in the heart of the PDO region Ribera del Duero. We won more than 50 international awards, some of them as Best Beer in the World, as well as numerous innovation and sustainability recognitions. These are some of our main characteristics:

- We cultivate our barley in our tiny village, Fuentenebro, at more than 1,000 m high, in a land very rich in mica mineral, which gives very interesting properties to the barley, as well as it gives the brand its name.

- We donate the bagasse to local shepherds to feed their livestock. We are also into I+D projects to create biodegradable plastic.

- Many of our beer are aged in wine barrels, mainly Ribera del Duero barrels, but we also have the brand Toro, craft beer aged in Sherry casks from the Osborne cellars.

- Sr Mendrugo (Mr Breadcrust) is one of our latest beers. It has been born to fight food waste, since it is made from surplus bread that we locally collect from supermarkets and bakeries. This bread can not be sold anymore, in spite of it being in perfect conditions. So, by making this beer, we avoid tons of bread from being thrown away, and we also save litres and litres of water from cultivating barley.