Companyia Cervesera del Montseny
Microbrewery
in
Sant Miquel de Balenyà,
Catalonia,
Spain 🇪🇸
Associated Venue: Beer Shooter
Established in 2007
Contact
c/ del Feu nº 15 (PAE Avellanet), Sant Miquel de Balenyà, 08554, Spain
Description
The brewing company of the Montseny was born with the desire to provide a craft beer of the highest quality: our beers are handcrafted and natural.
We are a microbrewery with a productive capacity of 3.000 litres in each development. Through the system of English traditional elaboration (with maceration by the method of simple infusion), the production process is virtually manual. Because of these unique features of elaboration, handcrafted beers are produced.
In the brewing of the Montseny we bottle natural beers and unpasteurised. The carbonic gas is generated naturally by the yeast that is contained in the bottle. We can say that they are living beers that evolve over time. The alcoholic fermentation is a traditional way to food processing to lengthen their preservation allows us to not add any artificial preservative to the beer.
Our microbrewery specialises in beers of the family of the Ales or high fermentation, unlike the majority of the national productions, which are of the family of the Lager or bottom-fermented. It is recommended to drink our beers, if well fresh, less cold than the Lager.
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Bottle @ home. Deep black appearance with a big dark brown head. Roasty, slightly bitter, chocolate malty nose. Pretty bitter, quite roasty, dark burnt, chocolate malty flavor. Bitter, roasty finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Aug 2011
at 20:04
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Appearance: Orange golden, clear. Some off-white head. Aroma: Fruit, slight lemon. Hops and malt. Taste: More fruit, but mostly malt and some hops. Grains? Info: 330ml bottle, 28/6-2011
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jun 2011
at 12:45
5.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottled 330ml (Cosmic Comic Cafe, BB 11/2011)
Pale yellow color, small white head. Strong hayish hoppy, hemp aroma. Quite active carbonation, light body. A bit sweetish fruity malty, fresh "green" hops ("hemp") in the flavor. This is like a fresh version of all cannabis beers I’ve sampled. Despite of that it doesn’t make it so good ...
Pale yellow color, small white head. Strong hayish hoppy, hemp aroma. Quite active carbonation, light body. A bit sweetish fruity malty, fresh "green" hops ("hemp") in the flavor. This is like a fresh version of all cannabis beers I’ve sampled. Despite of that it doesn’t make it so good ...
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 May 2011
at 07:09
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Bottled@Old Bank, Turku. Hazy orange colour with small white head. Aroma is fruits, yeast, some harsh mild sourish notes. Flavour is toffee, wheat, mild spices as well as some notes of fruits. Quite sourish wheat beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Apr 2011
at 08:55
4.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Bottled 33cl (alc. 4.0%, K-Kamppi, BB 10/2011)
Hazy orange color, small off-white head. Aroma has wheat, citrus and spices plus hints of sulphur and onions. Body is of course light, but not as watery as expected. Crisp carbonation. Slightly acidic, citrusy flavor. Orange peels, vegetables, some fresh hoppyness too (Saazer). Although hoppyness is German, beer itself feels more like American style wheat ale than German Hefeweizen.
Hazy orange color, small off-white head. Aroma has wheat, citrus and spices plus hints of sulphur and onions. Body is of course light, but not as watery as expected. Crisp carbonation. Slightly acidic, citrusy flavor. Orange peels, vegetables, some fresh hoppyness too (Saazer). Although hoppyness is German, beer itself feels more like American style wheat ale than German Hefeweizen.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Apr 2011
at 06:57
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled@omhpertasting. Hazy yellow colour with a small slightly off-white head. Aroma is citrus fruits, some rather floral notes as well as ome mild caramel and crystal malts. Flavour is being very much the same along with a slight yeastyness to it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Mar 2011
at 12:42
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottled, from El Estribo, Madrid. Hazy pale golden, mid sized head. Fresh hoppy nose with spices and grass. Light bodied with crisp mouthfeel. Pilsnerish slim with a wealth of hops and lasting spicy bitterness. My kind of beer!
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Mar 2011
at 06:41
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottled at El Estribo, Madrid. Hazy mahogany colour, small head. Interesting spicy nose with lingonberry and wormwood. Vinous, yet dry with medium body and clean mouthfeel. Complex and really spicy with a mild warmth. Well balanced, tasty and with real character. Went exceptionally well with the free cheese offered by the bar owner.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Feb 2011
at 13:57
5.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Brother brought it back from Spain, and alas that is a problem, as the green bottle created a somewhat skunked brew. In any case, I think that it is possible to see past the skunkiness and see what this beer would have been like in its original manifestation. Pours a white head over a cloudy yellow body. Aroma, past the skunk, is very fruity, though not citrusy and with a touch of hops. Really slight bitterness. A little watery perhaps. Definitely not an American IPA, but it does make me wish I could have tried it in its unadulterated form. Oh well. Its their fault they use those idiotic green bottles.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jan 2011
at 20:41
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Hazy golden coloured body with a white head and a bunch of bubbles rising from the sides and bottom of the glass. Aroma of honey, wheat, coriander seed, sugar and a touch of lemons - no hops in the smell. Medium-bodied; Light hoppiness up front with some malt, coriander seed, yeast and a touch of wheat tucked in the back. Aftertaste shows a hop bitterness, some light sweetness and a good clean refreshing citrus character. Overall, not an english pale by any means, more of a belgian ale to me, but a refreshing taste - a new brewery and a style that you don’t typically see much in the land of everything should be bigger and stronger. I sampled this 33 cL bottle purchased from Oliver’s Beverage in Albany, New York on 04-September-2010, sampled at home in Washington on 10-October-2010.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Oct 2010
at 21:08