Mala Gissona
Microbrewery
in
Oiartzun,
Basque Country,
Spain 🇪🇸
Associated Venue: Mala Gissona Beer House
Established in 2015
Contact
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.
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Tap at Mala Gissona, on a sunny day in San Sebastian. Golden with a small head and a light carbonation, also crisp wheat. Slightly milky with some breadiness in its finish. Decent blanche effort.
Tried
from Draft
at
Mala Gissona Beer House
on 11 Apr 2025
at 14:22
7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Draft sample @ Barcelona Beer Festival ’25.
Dorée, léger pale, col épais crémeux blanc.
Arôme sur un agrébale bouquet houblonné – fruité mais aussi pas mal de résine pour une approche bien classique. Finement floral en rétro-nasal avec des notes d’agrumes – léger malté pâle, carapils en retrait.
Palais est bien malté, pâle, fruité avc une touche d’agrumes – orange voire un peu de pamplemousse. Je note aussi un léger côté résine, floral – jasmin et une belle balance avec les malts.
Dorée, léger pale, col épais crémeux blanc.
Arôme sur un agrébale bouquet houblonné – fruité mais aussi pas mal de résine pour une approche bien classique. Finement floral en rétro-nasal avec des notes d’agrumes – léger malté pâle, carapils en retrait.
Palais est bien malté, pâle, fruité avc une touche d’agrumes – orange voire un peu de pamplemousse. Je note aussi un léger côté résine, floral – jasmin et une belle balance avec les malts.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Apr 2025
at 14:09
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Can from Super Amara supermarket in the pretty city centre of San Sebastian. Golden with a head. Understated but very drinkable for its strength. Some hoppiness and a light sweetness.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Mar 2025
at 17:30
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle @ Patricks. Almost black body with a big creamy beige head. Aroma has dark malt, light, smooth coffee and a very pleasant subtle touch of undefined spices. Pleasant, smooth flavor of moderate roasted dark malt, hint of coffee, hint of dark chocolate, slightly spicy without being able to pick up any particular – gives a feeling of something between Christmas cookies and spicy pie with pepper, there is also some kind of fruitiness here. Quite tasty, still very easy and smooth drinkable and I really love this refined small things that’s a bit difficult to place. Medium body and pleasant aftertaste. Quite an interesting beer this is if you are willing to give it some time to play with you're taste palette.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Mar 2025
at 05:34
7/10
Magus, mõru, röst, linnaseline, suitsune, kohvine, suhkrune, nats happeline. Ok.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Mar 2025
at 23:32
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Kveldsreiting på balconasen, en 0,44 boks fra La Rincon del Cervecera: nesten helt klar rødlig gylden med fint skum som varer. Røde bær, urter, skarp citrus og en god dose furunål i en solid maltkropp. Tydelig bitterhet.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Mar 2025
at 19:13
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
330ml bottle from Dunell's in Jersey. Pours light brown with a white head. Aromas & tastes of caramel, marmalade, pine & resinous malt. Medium body. Medium bitter finish. Very enjoyable
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jan 2025
at 08:32
6/10
Lata @Creisi, Candas. 09/04/2024. Color rojizo espuma escasa aromas y sabores frutal, ácida, notas dulces.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Oct 2024
at 21:16
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft. Blackish beer with a tan head. Light roast aroma with light coffee and light nuttiness. Chocolate and light caramel flavor. Medium-light bodied. Chocolate and light caramel linger.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Oct 2024
at 23:30