Americans Kevin Patricia, Ben Matz and Benjamin Rozzi have set up the Basqueland Brewing Project (BPP) to supply high-quality, flavoursome beers to the growing craft beer market in northern Spain. Their new brewery opens in August and the beers tehy produce will be bottled in Beatson Clark's standard 330ml amber beer bottles with a standard crown neck finish. "We chose Beatson Clark's bottle because of its quality," said Benjamin Rozzi. "It was an easy decision because there is a night and day difference in the quality of Beatson Clark's bottles and those of its competitors. At BBP we strive to make the freshest and highest quality beers available in our marketplace, and these bottles will help us to achieve that." BBP currently has six beers on shelves: Aupa, a pale ale smelling of bread and tasting of pine and citrus; Arraun, an amber ale with tropical fruit aromas; Equinox wheat ale; A well hopped IPA; Begi Haundi oatmeal stout and Captain Norbert Kolsch, a dry-hopped German style lager. Drinking beer rather than wine is traditional in the Basque country but for many years the market has been dominated by bland, industrially produced lagers. However, a new wave of craft brewers is leading a revolution in Spain's beer drinking habits.
