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Estrella Damm

Estrella Damm (Spanish: [esˈtɾeʎa ˈðan], Catalan: [əsˈtɾeʎə ˈðam]) is a lager beer brewed in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain and Bedford, UK. It has existed since 1876, when August Küntzmann Damm founded his brewery in Barcelona, and is the flagship beer of S.A. Damm, a prominent brewery in the city. The brand is the oldest in Catalonia and the name Estrella means "star" in both Catalan and Spanish.

Estrella Damm is available in many countries, including Ireland, Hungary, Palestine, Israel, Australia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Peru, Bulgaria, Canada, Cyprus, Croatia, Greece, Ukraine, Norway, Poland, Estonia, Portugal, Finland, Sweden, South Korea, Taiwan, Georgia, Honduras and the UK in a 4.6% version.

In 2009, the chefs and sommeliers from El Bulli Restaurant created a luxury bottled lager beer called Inedit ("Unprecedented") for Estrella Damm by mixing blend of lager and wheat beer styles, then a combination of barley malt, flavoured with coriander, orange skin and liquorice.

Estrella Damm was founded in Barcelona in 1876 by two Alsatians who had arrived to the city fleeing from the consequences of the Franco-Prussian War: August Küntzmann Damm and his cousin Joseph Damm. They founded the Damm Corporation and opened a brewery where they brewed their own beer: a lager lighter than Central European, adapted to the climate and tastes of the Mediterranean, making it known as "Mediterranean lager beer".

It was marketed as "Strasburger Bier", although the symbol, a five-pointed red star, was what made it popular, to the point that people[who?] referred to it as "[the one with] the star".[citation needed]

In 1905, after the growth of production, a new factory was inaugurated on Carrer Rosselló, in the heart of Barcelona's Eixample. The factory would be known as "la Bohemia" as a tribute to the brewing area of Central Europe.

By 1907, beer had already received international recognition at trade fairs in Rome, London, Antwerp, Paris, and Genoa.

In 1921 the first name change took place. The star went from being the symbol to the name of the beer, which became known as "Golden Star" (Spanish: Estrella Dorada).

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