Moritz Alcohol-Free Beers

Moritz is a Barcelona beer that dates from 1856, when Louis Moritz Trautmann, an Alsatian immigrant, was brewing his own beer in the city, Wikipedia says. It stopped production in 1978 and was relaunched by his descendants in 2004. Its alcohol-free beer in our directory is Aigua de Moritz.

Who are Moritz?

Louis Moritz Trautmann emigrated from Pfaffenhofen, in Alsace, to Barcelona in 1851 and was brewing his own beer by 1856, according to English Wikipedia. In 1859 he bought Joan Maurer’s brewery in the Raval district, on Carrer del Portal de Santa Madrona, and in 1864 he moved to a larger site on the Ronda de Sant Antoni, outside the city walls, with a beer hall, the “Cervecería Moritz”.

His heirs took over the company and named it Fábrica de Cervezas Moritz, S.A.: in 1920, English Wikipedia says, or 1922, according to Spanish Wikipedia. Spanish Wikipedia calls Moritz one of the most important producers in Barcelona. The Ronda de Sant Antoni factory closed in 1966, when production moved to Parets del Vallès.

Closure and relaunch

Moritz “ceased production in 1978 due to the energy crises”, English Wikipedia says; Spanish Wikipedia says the company disappeared in 1978 after selling its shares in Cervezas de Barcelona, S.A. In 2004 the founder’s descendants relaunched the brand: the family’s fifth and sixth generations, Spanish Wikipedia says.

The architect Jean Nouvel renovated the former factory, and in 2011 the Fàbrica Moritz reopened with a microbrewery, a brewery-restaurant, a Bar-à-Vins, conference rooms and the M-Store, Wikipedia says. “The Moritz Barcelona Brewery is not just a brewery, it is a whole universe of beer located in the heart of Barcelona”, Moritz’s own site says, and it speaks of “more than 160 years of history”.

What Moritz brews

The original Moritz is “a pale pilsner made with mineral water from the Font d’Or, pale malts, and Saaz hops”, English Wikipedia says, and it’s now produced under licence at La Zaragozana in Zaragoza, Aragon. Spanish Wikipedia adds that fresh, unpasteurised beer is brewed at the Fàbrica Moritz in Barcelona by the master brewers Albert Viaplana and Germán Melgarejo.

Moritz markets itself on its age: its 2018 slogan billed it as the first beer of Barcelona, since 1856, and a 2019 campaign called it the oldest beer in Barcelona, Spanish Wikipedia reports. Those are the brewer’s own claims; we didn’t find them confirmed independently.

Who owns Moritz?

Spanish Wikipedia says Moritz belongs to Grupo Ágora. English Wikipedia names no owner, and we couldn’t confirm it from a company source. Because the one source we have puts Moritz inside a group, we don’t show an independent badge.

Moritz’s alcohol-free beers

Aigua de Moritz goes back to at least 2007. In October 2007 the Spanish food site Direct al Paladar reported that Moritz had recently presented an alcohol-free beer whose main feature is the water used to make it: natural mineral water from the Catalan town of Montseny. The chef Carles Abellan of Comerç24 presented it, and the article didn’t give its strength. English Wikipedia calls it “an alcohol-free version of Moritz”.

Dry Drinker sells it in cans as “Aigua De Moritz - Alcohol Free Lager”: a crisp 0.0% lager brewed in Barcelona with Montseny mineral water, malted barley, rice, hops and a little dietary fibre, sugar-free and vegan, pale golden, citrus and floral, with a clean, dry finish, the shop says. Dry Drinker says Barcelona and English Wikipedia says Moritz’s beer is produced in Zaragoza; we couldn’t find which applies to Aigua de Moritz. A Difford’s Guide listing, with a 2016 tasting, files it as an “Alcohol free lager from Barcelona” among non-alcoholic beers of less than 0.5%, in a 700ml bottle, with Interbev Brands as the UK distributor; it gives no exact strength. We found no calorie figure.

Moritz’s own shop sells Moritz 0,0: 0.0%, with “zero sugars”, made from water, barley malt, rice, dietary fibre and hops, plus flavourings, by removing the alcohol from a fully fermented beer at low temperature and pressure, it says; golden yellow, 20 EBC and 20 IBU, in 33cl bottles and cans. The brewer’s blog describes Moritz 0,0 as its proposal for those who want the Moritz flavour without giving up its freshness. We didn’t find a Moritz page for Aigua de Moritz, so we can’t say whether the two are the same beer.

How Aigua de Moritz compares

Alcohol-free lagers from Spanish breweries in our directory. Calories as published; checked 1 November 2026. Scores are Unhopped ratings out of 10.

The Moritz beer in our directory

Checked 1 November 2026. Scores are Unhopped ratings out of 10.

Where to buy Moritz

Dry Drinker lists Aigua de Moritz in cases of 6, 12 and 24 cans, at £11.34, £22.23 and £44.23, but all three were sold out when we checked on 1 November 2026. Moritz’s own shop sells Moritz 0,0 in 12 x 33cl bottles for €17.29 and 24 x 33cl cans for €18.96; we didn’t check whether it delivers to the UK. For more, see our guide to the best Spanish alcohol-free beer.

Facts checked against English and Spanish Wikipedia, Moritz’s own website, shop and blog, Direct al Paladar, Difford’s Guide and Dry Drinker, 1 November 2026.