Estrella Galicia Museum & Beer Tasting in A Coruña

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Duration3h

GroupUp to 8

LanguagesES

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Inside the Estrella Galicia Factory: 110 Years & Five Beers

You walk through eight museum spaces inside an active brewery, learning 110 years of Estrella Galicia history while touching raw materials and watching production. A guide teaches you the Perfect Draft pour, then you taste five beers plus choose a sixth drink. You leave with a branded cup, bag, and opener. Tours run in Spanish and groups stay under 15 people.

Step-by-step itinerary

Guided tour and beer tasting

Discover beer ingredients
Explore eight museum sectors
Learn beer history and production
See advertising campaigns
Visit factory and boiler room
Watch Perfect Draft demonstration
Throw your own beer
Enjoy tasting of five beers
Receive welcome gift pack

The Experience

You walk through the doors of the Estrella Galicia Museum in A Coruña and the first thing that hits you is the smell — not just beer, but the whole story of it. Hops, yeast, malt, water. The guide moves you through eight separate spaces, each one peeling back a layer of how this brewery has been running for more than 110 years. You're not watching from behind glass; the factory floor is right there, the boiler room is real, and the production line is still moving while you're standing in it. It's the kind of place where you can actually touch the raw materials, hold the grain, understand why each ingredient matters before you ever taste a single drop.

The tour builds toward the tasting room, where things get hands-on in a different way. Your guide teaches you how to pour a Perfect Draft beer — there's a technique to it, a rod you pull, and it's one of those small skills that sticks with you. Then you taste five different beers, each one 12 cl, and you get to choose a sixth drink after that, either another beer or something non-alcoholic if that's what you want. The tasting set can shift depending on what Estrella Galicia is running that season, so it's not the same experience twice. By the time you reach the final sector, you've moved through advertising campaigns, sponsorship history, and the whole arc of how this Galician beer became what it is.

Before you leave, there's a gift pack waiting — an Estrella Galicia cup, a fabric bag, a wooden opener, and a virtual tasting code for their 1906 beer. It's the kind of thing that makes the visit feel complete, not rushed. Groups stay small, capped at 14 people, so the guide can actually talk to you instead of shouting over a crowd. The museum is wheelchair accessible, and public transport stops nearby if you're not driving yourself.

What’s included

Your visit includes a guided tour through all eight museum sectors, a demonstration of the Perfect Draft pour technique, a tasting of five beers in 12 cl glasses plus one additional drink (beer or non-alcoholic), non-alcoholic beer and water, an appetizer of Bonilla a la Vista potato chips, and a gift pack containing an Estrella Galicia cup, coasters, a touch pointer, and a wooden opener.

Good to know

Easy physical levelWheelchair accessibleAccessible transportStroller friendlyPets welcomePublic transport nearby

Operated by MEGA Mundo Estrella Galicia

Is this one for you?Book this if you want to understand how a major Spanish brewery works and taste its beers in context — the factory setting and small group size are what make the tasting feel like something more than a bar visit.