Mala Gissona

Microbrewery in Oiartzun, Basque Country, Spain 🇪🇸
Associated Venue: Mala Gissona Beer House

Established in 2015

Contact
Astigarragako Bidea 1, Oiartzun, 20180, Spain
Description
Mala Gissona was founded in Oiartzun in 2015 by Iban Zabala and Manu Murillo. Its name comes from the old Icelandic-Basque pidgin expression ''For ju Mala Gissuna'', meaning you´re a bad man, used in the 15th century by whale hunters. They have a taproom in San Sebastián, the Mala Gissona Beer House.

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6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
# 4977; 5/2026. Aroma of sour apple, lemon, quince. Murky gold body, white head. Fruity, sour apple, lemon. Lighter body, medium carbonation. Very good sour beer. Half a pint, draught, craft beer bar (Mala Gissona), Donostia, Basque Country, Spain.
Tried from Draft at Mala Gissona Beer House on 04 May 2026 at 20:26

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# 4974; 5/2026. Malty, herbal, zesty aroma. Clear gold body, white head. Malty, zesty, herbal. Medium body, medium varbonation. Atypical but good pale lager. Half a pint, draught, taproom, Donostia, Basque Country, Spain.
Tried from Draft at Mala Gissona Beer House on 04 May 2026 at 19:12

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Can: pours dull light orange with small head. Loads od grape, some light mineral notes, some mellow funkiness. Taste is lightly sour, fairly sweet, hint of mineral. Pretty good.
Tried from Can on 03 May 2026 at 04:35

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330ml can. Pours a hazy gold amber with a small, creamy, long lasting, off-white head that laces. Sweet aroma of bready wheat malt, caramel, toffee and herbal hops. Sweet flavour of grainy wheat malt, orange, caramel, grapefruit and piney hops in a dry, bitter finish. Light body with an oily texture and average carbonation. Crushable.
Tried from Can from Wine and Beyond - Lethbridge on 29 Nov 2025 at 06:12

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13th September 2025
Panda thanks to Cloin. Near clear burnished gold beer, very small and very short lived off white head. Smooth palate, mildly dry, decent fine carbonation. Light bodied pale malts that manage to be both grainy and overly creamy sweet. Hops bring cooling pine into a resinous ripe citrus, slightly marmalade and slightly bitter. Light finish. Right then, much work to be done. The hop aspect is decent, the malts aspect a disaster frankly.
Tried on 13 Sep 2025 at 17:55

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Tried on 02 Sep 2025 at 22:51

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31/8/2025. Can shared by Colin, cheers. Good pour. Aroma is piney, citrus, orange, pineapple, papaya, malt. Moderate sweetness, quite bitter which is good but borderline harsh. Medium body, average carbonation. Finish is boozy, ripe, bitter.
Tried from Can on 31 Aug 2025 at 16:36

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Can at home, from Craftcentral.ie, 30/07/2025.
Almost clear golden orange topped with a lasting off white cap that thins to a swirl.
Nose is bitter orange, pineapple, grass, grapefruit, papaya.
Taste comprises bitter orange, light astringency, grass, grapefruit, hint of pine, citric tinged straw.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spiked with grassy come earthy hop bitterness allied to a mellow boast.
A little raw and basic for the style.
Tried on 30 Jul 2025 at 17:57

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Can from Super Amara, a city centre supermarket in San Sebastian. Dark amber with a head. Certainly strong, but its smooth texture helps neutralise this to an extent. Beyond its hoppy nose, some bready flavoured malts exist in taste.
Tried from Can from Super Amara on 25 Apr 2025 at 10:13

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Tap at Napargar, in the city of Pamplona. Black with an off-white head. Fair strength porter, which gives it a good body. Has a flavoursome mix of dark and roasted malts.
Tried from Draft at Napargar Cervecería on 25 Apr 2025 at 10:07