🤫Candid Questions: What’s the Deal with Alcohol Consumption When Hiking the Camino de Santiago?🍷🍺

Happy spring celebration! Ha ha. Cashew's expression reminds me so much of when we would try to put antlers on our labrador--she was like, uh, no, we're not doing this. CruzCampo--so "cross country"? That's an interesting name for a beer while walking the Camino! Ooh--tequila shots--bad undergrad party memories. Doesn't alcohol make you tired/sleepy while you are walking? That's great that it gives you fuerza! I've never heard about people getting wasted on the Camino in all my research. You're right though--it must happen sometimes. It doesn't seem to go with the Camino ethos though. Salud!

Ahh I miss the wine and beer. Estrella Galicia is so good. I like the Estrella del Camino edition. Super Bock in Portugal is good. I think I'll go back now

Hey Kate...praying your wife is well soon! Estrella Galicia is magic...a thirst quencher to be sure, especially after a hot day on the Meseta. Great wine too! A blessed Easter to you and all of your family! bc!

Oh my gosh - I was into the video for 5 seconds and smashed the like button - what a cutie!!

Hope your wife gets well quickly!

More great content - thank you for giving us your time and effort. Sending positive vibes for your wife’s continued recovery.

Great video! Love Alberino wine but especially Estrella Galicia when on Caminos! Cruz Campo was my intro to Spanish beers when I first visited Andalucia over 20 years ago. That's interesting about feeling less of the 'buzz' effect from beers in Spain as from my (limited, just 2 visits to NY) experience of American beers, they tend to be lower in alcohol. Maybe the Spanish beers have fewer chemicals? I've seen 0 alcohol Estrella a lot in my last Camino (Ingles) and one of the Camino 'family' was not drinking and she found the 0 versions in every cafe/bar we stopped in. Wishing a speedy recovery to your wife.

Thanks so much for this! I’m hoping to walk my first Camino mid May > and I haven’t drank for a little over 2 years and I was wondering about the alcohol culture <3

Public drunkenness happens, though it’s not necessarily tolerated. Historically read, Hemingway. He goes into the drinking habits of Spaniards and foreigners living in Spain, in quite some detail. Things haven’t changed that much, just remember if you feel the need to go over the top, make sure your Albergue is nearby, that way the intolerable side won’t be too public. Cruz Campo? Personally, yuk. I get it, that it’s a light beer from Seville but no. Personally, Mahou and Estrella Galicia both make 0.0% beers, their tostas are a great flavour. Don’t get me wrong I do the alcohol thing, you know a glass of vino tinto, third press and pintxo, a couple of times a day and a couple of glasses over evening meal. There’s a great craft beer bar next door to the huge municipal albergue near the cathedral in Burgos. They serve canas as well as cerveza. There’s about nine different beers in canas, with glasses in 30cl and 50cl. It’s a great little place, to wind up in at the end of a days hiking. As for your liking IPA’s, I suspect you’ve fallen into the fashion of American IPA, for me it’s way over the top in citrus flavours, not particularly pleasant at all. If you happen to be this way sometime, let me introduce you to a Sussex pale or even a Suffolk IPA, they’re a lot more subtle….a lot more feet up in the back garden on a sunny day….. Love the picture of Cashew in bunny ears…..

Speedy recovery to your wife. In Florida, you can find Estrella de Galicia and Mahou at Total Wine. The one in my area even carries the nonalcoholic Estrella de Galicia which is 00 and really good, no sacrificing on taste with the alcohol free.

Public drunkenness is considered socially unacceptable in both Spain and Portugal. If you want to get really wasted come to the UK 😱😱😱.

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