Blessed reeds well thrown!
In our country the bar culture it is very ingrained. Bar or terrace, without or with foam, glass or pitcher, appetizer or pre-party... Although everyone has their tastes and customs, all Spaniards agree on one thing: there is nothing like a good beer.
Stay for a few beers it's the go-to resource when you want to do something but can't come up with an ingenious plan. because you know that a "let's go for canes" always sounds attractive . Yes, of canes, although later you ask for something else, but in Spain saying "let's go for refreshments" would be a sin.
Going out, at least once a week, to drink a few beers is an essential in Spanish social life . And we don't just just drink the beer, we we live and enjoy each of its sips with the five senses. But always in moderation, of course.
Are we going short?
Tapas is not tapas without a beer to accompany it. We like to enjoy food with a cold beer. to the purest mediterranean lifestyle . But this shared hobby also causes a common dilemma: How should I order a beer so there are no mistakes?
Surely you have ever innocently pronounced the following words: “a bottle, please” . Getting a response "Sorry, we only have thirds." At that moment you realize that, despite years of training, you still haven't mastered the beer jargon.
Cane, short, fifth, zurito or third , are some of the names used to refer to the popular drink throughout the Spanish geography. Depending on the Format with which we want to delight ourselves and the country area where we meet, an act as simple and everyday as ordering a beer If it is not done properly, It can become a real odyssey.
For help consumers to what they can taste a beer in conditions, in any of the 270,000 catering establishments What is there in Spain , the association ** Brewers of Spain ** has created the spanish beer map , which includes some of the most used forms when ordering this fermented drink. Take note!
Spanish beer map
THE MOST USED NAMES
Cane
It is the format par excellence. You can order a caña in practically all of Spain , but they will not always serve the same. Yes indeed, forever it will be tap . While in areas like Madrid the measure of the glass is 200ml, in other places the size is superior. So yes a basque wants to take the 350 ml of a Basque cane in Madrid, he will have to ask a double , which is the closest measure.
Short, zurito or penalty
The Castilian-Leonese usually go to short. In provinces like Valladolid either Salamanca tap beer is served in smaller glasses than the traditional caña. These are known as shorts and normally their size ranges between 100 and 140ml . But beware, in Galicia a short is the lifelong cane , in the Basque Country it's better to call him zurito and in ** Aragón penalty **.
Double
Starting from the fact that the 200 ml cane is the format par excellence, 400 ml should be the official measure of the double, but this is not always the case. To get 400 ml of beer , for example, in the Basque Country it would be necessary to request a Canyon.
bottle or fifth
As for the denomination of 200 ml beer bottles is concerned, Spain could be fifth or of bottle , being this first the most popular in the northwest of the country.
The two names have a simple explanation, it is the smallest bottle in which the beer is served (bottle) and it is one fifth of a liter (fifth) . and whoever from Madrid knows that in the traditional jargon is also accepted the jug.
Third
Of the bottles served in bars and restaurants, is the biggest one . Most of the Spaniards is what they ask for when they want to be served a third of a liter of beer . Now in Asturias either Cantabria it is better to say one half and in Catalonia a median.