Nova Vida Cerveja Artesanal

Nova Vida is a family-run microbrewery in the heart of Loule, founded by a Portuguese-French couple who met 15 years ago and married in nearby Alte. After discovering craft beer while living in northern France, they returned to the Algarve to design, brew, bottle and distribute their own beers locally, without intermediaries, from a brewery at Rua Frei Joaquim de Loule n52. The range includes Tekoa (an American Pale Ale at 6.8%), Kashina (an Irish Red Ale at 4.5%), Eyota (an IPA at 7.8%), Tia Anica (a Portuguese Pale Ale at 4.2%, named for the brewer's grandmother), La Quinta (a Belgian-style beer flavoured with bay laurel at 7%), a Barley Wine matured over a year at 12.5%, and Flanders Hero, a Flanders-style ale aged six months in Portuguese red wine oak barrels at 5.7%. Nova Vida runs guided brewery tours for EUR 23 per person, including a tasting of 5 beers, bookable by phone, email or Facebook. The brewery also runs beer-making workshops and supplies beer for private events, and sells its full range, plus a EUR 70 workshop voucher, through its own webshop, with beers from EUR 3.50 for a 33cl bottle.