Bilbao Bizkaia Beer Guide: Your Bilbao Bizkaia guide to beer, beer bars, breweries and brewpubs

Latest reviews from Bilbao Bizkaia

72 /100 ARECHAGA, 6
“Visited October 2021. Just 4 taps, and one was a macro lager on my visit, but a good bottle / can selection. Small café with a good ambiance. Next one please!“
Taboada 1012 days ago
82 /100
Singular (Bar)
LERSUNDI 2
“Visited October 2021. Very nice couple of hours spent here. Service was outstanding. Very friendly staff that makes you feel welcome. 8 taps and a nice bottle selection. Next one please!“
Taboada 1012 days ago
74 /100 GREGORIO DE LA REVILLA 8
“Visited October 2021. Friendly service, good selection with some of their house beers (Brewed at a local brewery]. Next one please!“
Taboada 1012 days ago
52 /100 IBAÑEZ DE BILBAO 4
“Visited October 2021. Seven taps pouring their own beers. Service was not great. Small bottle selection. Not a fan.“
Taboada 1012 days ago
70 /100 IBAÑEZ DE BILBAO 4
“Mezcla de panadería/restaurante/Brewpub. No sabe muy bien dónde situarse. Las cervezas bien. Local moderno. Acogedor. El servicio mejorable.“
fombe89 1014 days ago
80 /100 GREGORIO DE LA REVILLA 8
“Visita después del Bizkaia Beer Festival. Trato amable, buena selecion de cervezas local acogedor. Para repetir.“
fombe89 1014 days ago
76 /100
Singular (Bar)
LERSUNDI 2
“Moderno local, buena selecion de grifos y botellas. Dispone de algo de comida. Última visita del día.“
fombe89 1014 days ago
78 /100 C/PRINCIPE 3
“Visited October 2021. Trato muy agradable, terraza pequeña pero cojonuda. En barril tenían cervezas exclusivas elaboradas en una fábrica local (Tito Blas). Nevera con bastantes referencias locales frescas. No probamos la comida. Buenos precios. Altamente recomendable. “
Taboada 1043 days ago
76 /100 CARNICERÍA VIEJA 23
“Medium sized place with a wide selection of locals, trendy crafts and classics. Average to high prices in some cases.“
Lowenbrau 1067 days ago
76 /100 C/PRINCIPE 3
“Local con 6 grifos de cervezas locales, una nevera con buena selección, mayoritariamente local. Trato amable. Recomendable.“
fombe89 1074 days ago
78 /100
Singular (Bar)
LERSUNDI 2
“Visited july 2021. Modern look place, hype, 8 taps, 2 or 3 mainstream ones, rest craft ones, mix of local and international. A cooler with a few cans and bottles. Some eating options and outdoor seating.“
Lowenbrau 1151 days ago
72 /100 GREGORIO DE LA REVILLA 8
“nice ambient wide selection 16 taps and a lot of bottle knowledgeable staff“
imho 1697 days ago
66 /100
Singular (Bar)
LERSUNDI 2
“elegant place restaurant style worth a visit“
imho 1697 days ago
72 /100 ARECHAGA, 6
“it s not a proper beer pub for session but a nice and relaxing cafe in fact they serve cake, coffee and tea 6 taps and bottles selection“
imho 1697 days ago
68 /100
Singular (Bar)
LERSUNDI 2
“Oferta de cerveza clásica y algo de comer.“
Richi81 1853 days ago
74 /100 GREGORIO DE LA REVILLA 8
“Buena oferta en barril, pero precios de locura en algunos casos.“
Richi81 1853 days ago
66 /100
La Manducateca (Beer Store)
ALAMEDA URQUIJO 35
“Found this store by sheer coincidence. Nice little place with many unique things and a small but nice beer selection, the service was quite pleasant.“
Leeale 1954 days ago
62 /100 IBAÑEZ DE BILBAO 4
“Not a bad place if you might be close by and fancy a beer.“
Leeale 1954 days ago
86 /100 C/HEROS,14
“Buen ambiente y atención inmejorable. Opciones de pintxos aunque no probé. Varios grifos, además de buena selección en nevera.“
Kozniku 2108 days ago
72 /100 C/PRINCIPE 3
“7 taps (3 of them their own beer) and about 30 bottles. Quite a good variety. A small place furnished with odd chairs and tables. Helpful straff. Did not try the food. I enjoyed sitting here for an hour.“
mzaar 2163 days ago
78 /100 MUÑOZ MARIA KALEA, 8
“Great selection of local craft beer on bottles. Both international and domestic on tap. Nice pinxtos. Quite crowded in the evening and it tends to get very noisy.“
mzaar 2164 days ago
70 /100 C/HEROS,14
“Tasty pinxtos and a descent selection of Basque, Spanish and international craft beer. Maybe a bit pricy for Bilbao (still rather cheap though) but nice atmosphere and nice and serviceminded straff.“
mzaar 2164 days ago
84 /100
La Manducateca (Beer Store)
ALAMEDA URQUIJO 35
“Store that offers artisanal cheese, bread, coffee, chocolate, jams - and a quite well curated selection of locals at a decent price, plus some Belgians, and even the whole Ayinger range. The people here know what they're doing!“
herrklemann 2205 days ago
78 /100 BARRENKALE BARRENA 8
“Dive bar that has around thirty bottles and a regional brewery from tap. We got a few looks from other patrons because, well, we're tourists, and had a good look at the pinxtos that looked surprisingly tasty. Service was friendly. Bottle selection of mostly basque micros is really good. Open all week. A good option in the old town. Value is great at 3,5/bottle.“
herrklemann 2205 days ago
56 /100
El Corte Ingles (Bilbao) (Grocery Store)
GRAN VIA, 7-9, 48001 BILBAO
“Okay selection of a lot of spanish beers. Few Gastro options as well. There's a supermarket right next to the Corte Ingles alcohol section as well.“
herrklemann 2205 days ago
70 /100 BARRENKALE BARRENA 18
“Cool buzzing bar with a few taps and bottles. Nice pinxtos, cool atmosphere, good value. Go for it.“
herrklemann 2205 days ago
66 /100 IBAÑEZ DE BILBAO 4
“Nice place with a shop, a bakery, a big eating area and a big crowd trying to get in. Reserve a table if you want to have dinner. Seven taps, their own beers, something local. Bottle shop has more international offers as well. Service was slow but friendly, value alright but not great.“
herrklemann 2205 days ago
78 /100 GREGORIO DE LA REVILLA 8
“Nice bar with a lot of taps and great selection, although a few more regional options from tap, apart from the house beers, would have been nice. Scored many great Wylam offers here as well, tap and cans. Range of different sours were available as well, staff was nice and happy to recommend more. Prices can be a little steep sometimes, depending on the beers.“
herrklemann 2205 days ago
84 /100 ARECHAGA, 6
“Really nice and cozy Café that has six taps and quite a few cans and bottles available. Selection is nice, local mixed with classics and contemporary hop artistry. Value is good, coffee is great too and the cake was amazing. Service was nice.“
herrklemann 2205 days ago
70 /100 BARRENKALE BARRENA 18
“We visited here Monday 9th July 2018, we had asked the owner of La Catedral de Cerveza where we might get a decent beer locally and possibly bite to eat and was directed here. So for orientation purposes this is very close to the aforementioned beer shop and also close to the Mercado de la Ribera (Indoor market) so it is quite central and located on the east side of the river.

The area outside opens up a tiny bit so they might possibly get some chairs out here, and this is close to the end of the alley/passageway so whilst in an otherwise dark area with narrow stress and alleys this is a part where light does start to penetrate this area. The bar is a small simple set up, a few stools up to the bar and a few tables to the side. They do quite a lot of small snacks (Pinxtos). Beer choice was modest but very good, 5 on tap including a couple of very good micros, I recall Basqueland on and there were some very good bottles from the likes of Laugar, Basqueland, Urban Beer and La Pirata to name but a few. Service was good and the prices were also very reasonable. We only stayed for the one beer but on the basis that the choice is very good and it appears to be open at lunchtime during the week (we visited about 13:00 on a Monday) then it is a good place for beer in this area.“
Fin 2249 days ago
76 /100 CARNICERÍA VIEJA 23
“We visited La Catedral de la Cerveza Monday 9th July 2018. It is centrally located on the east side of the river and close to the large Mercado de la Ribera (Bilbaos huge indoor market, by the river. When we arrived it was probably quite close to lunchtime, it looked dark and appeared closed however a gentle push and the door opened. I think that we had just got here in time as the owner turned lights back on and seemed to suggest that he would hold off closing until we were done. It's a straightforward rectangular set up with beer stacked on shelves on both sides of the shop, the counter was at the rear.

Maybe there had been a rush on over the weekend but I noticed many of the shelves were a little sparse, I think that the owner did start to mention something in relation to stock but I didn't quite catch what he said. We felt a bit guiltily taking too long as the owner and an individual whom I presumed was his wife/partner (who was breast feeding their baby) probably wanted to shut up so we quickly scanned the Spanish Micros (left hand shelving) and picked up half a dozen beers. I never really took a good look at other beers but I did note that it appeared there were Belgian beers on the opposite side nearer the front of the shop. Prices were good, there was some great stuff from Laugar, Naparbier, Redneck and many others, however in terms of choice I tend to think that the beer shops that I had been to earlier on our holiday pipped this place. Más Ibus Despacho de Cervezas in Torralvega seemed better for Spanish beers and it had some taps and 3er Tiempo Tienda de Cervezas in Santander also had a decent Spanish selection but was streets ahead with it's excellent American selection, however please let me state this was a very nice shop and the owner seemed a lovely friendly and helpful person, I would have liked some further time here. As we paid I asked the owner for a suggestion of somewhere locally for a good beer and that would be open and thankfully he obliged with a suggestion that isn't currently on the site but was very handily literally just around the corner, I will add that in due course.“
Fin 2255 days ago
86 /100 IBAÑEZ DE BILBAO 4
“Combined brew pub, bottle shop and deli. Really nicely placed in a basement. 7 tap beers, 4 of them house brewed when I was there. Small but nice selection of bottles to go.“
PMgep 2303 days ago
100 /100 GREGORIO DE LA REVILLA 8
“Uno de los bares de cerveza artesana que más me ha gustado. Muy buen ambiente, acogedor. Amplia variedad de cervezas artesanales. Las personas que atienden son profesionales y muy conocedores, ellos podrán orientarte sobre lo que desees pedir. Lo que tengan pinchado en barril seguro será una cerveza para recordar“
LouranGarage 2424 days ago
66 /100 IBAÑEZ DE BILBAO 4
“Pretty nice place, a must if you go to Bilbao, they mix bread baking and beer brewing, what better combination?“
Monas 2458 days ago
84 /100 C/PRINCIPE 3
“Nice place with own beers and local beers. Excelent food, they make the ketchup! Must“
actampiquito 2620 days ago
80 /100
Singular (Bar)
LERSUNDI 2
“Pierwsze wrażenie to, ze jest to bardzo zadbany lokal, następnie ta bez sensu numeracja literkami, z plusów dużo butelek, jest omnipollo na kranie, zdecydowanie robione jest tam wszystko z większym rozmachem ale ciagle kranów nie za dużo. Jest tez jedzenie i pierwszy raz widziałem w multitapy ludzi w krawatach i garniturach Xd dziwny lokal, bez rewelacji“
crim 2641 days ago
80 /100 ARECHAGA, 6
“6 kranów, maly wybor butelek, mozna coś tam zjeść ale nie próbowałem, ujdzie“
crim 2641 days ago
78 /100 CARNICERÍA VIEJA 23
“Nice little shop in the old part of the town. Rather impressive collection of Basque and Spanish micros, and a lot of well-known Belgian, Danish, German, American and Canadian brews.“
blackisle 2653 days ago
80 /100
Singular (Bar)
LERSUNDI 2
“Very nice place, modern no-nonsense design but cosy feeling, small sidewalk terrace. Six beers from tap and about 50 bottles. Lively yet relaxed public of all ages. Good and friendly service, pricing okay.“
blackisle 2654 days ago
76 /100 GREGORIO DE LA REVILLA 8
“Un local muy chulo y acogedor y una camarera muy simpatica. lo malo son los precios, aunque sea Bilbao están muy inflados.“
Emperador 2692 days ago
88 /100 GREGORIO DE LA REVILLA 8
“Nice beer bar in a central and very nice part of Bilbao. Service was great, very attentive and they know their beers, also specialize on coffee and have some basic but well made food to go with beer (mostly snacks and some cakes). Range was great, a couple of german lagers, some local stuff and then around 8 taps very well curated (Fourpure, Siren, Abraxas, Founders KBS, etc...). A great find in Bilbao!“
Fukito 2704 days ago