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.

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7.1/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle from Pizza Port Bottle Shop. Pours very black with a huge foamy beige/tan head that clings. Smells sweet like a milk stout. Medium body with foamy carbonation. It seems a bit unsweet. Flavor is chocolate and burnt malt, though fairly smooth. It is pretty dry and pretty bitter. It is in fact delicious.
Tried from Bottle on 22 Jul 2010 at 20:00

5.1/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
Bottle, home. This is an odd one. If I had tried this beer blind, I would have called it a pilsner with more than normal hopping and a mix of hops. The beer is pale yellow with an energetic, rocky white head. The aroma is mostly yeast with a touch of herbaceous hops. The flavor is quite dry. Notes of lemons and grass dominate the palate with some light yeastiness. There’s definitely an odd mix of hops present but not nearly enough, or, perhaps, the trip from Spain isn’t doing them justice. It has a slightly sour malt lager flavor. Feel is fizzy and a bit odd. The whole package is mediocre, particularly given the import price. It’s fun to try beer from a Spanish craft brewer, but I’d recommend skipping this one.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Mar 2010 at 21:21

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle. dark toffee colored beer with a light brown head. Sweet malt and toffee aroma with light fruitiness. caramel/toffee flavor with eatrh and light coffee. Medium bodied. Light coffee lingers with toffee and caramel.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Mar 2010 at 13:24

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle. Slightly hazy golden yellow beer with a big cream colored head. Hoppy aroma with light spice. Citrus and floral flavor with light spice. Medium bodied. Some bitterness. refreshing. Citrus and floral notes linger.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Mar 2010 at 12:49

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Pours hazy sandy gold with white head. The aroma is mild with light notes of spice, floral and acidic smelling citrus hops along with a sugary sweetness off in the background. The taste begins with a flash of sharp lemon like acidity. It then becomes more and more citrus tangelo – like as malt and caramel malt sweetness begin to murmur to the surface. It stays somewhat acidic from front to back with a sense of tartness on occasion.
Tried on 26 Feb 2010 at 20:45

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottle from Star Grocery in Berkeley, CA. Pours a rather hazy gold with a finely bubbled white head. Floral/fruit hop aroma. Near medium body with coarsely frothy carbonation. Flavor is floral/fruity. It’s bitter, but not strongly so. Some pilsners are as bitter. But it is a good tasting beer, and it’s good to see craft beer in Spain.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Feb 2010 at 18:06

4.8/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 6 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 3
Bottle at Churchkey. Very black with a large tan head. Aroma of cocoa and pepper. Flavor is is bitter chocolate, but very, very bitter. Very thin body. Smoky finish. Two bartenders had high opinions of this one, but three of us customers thought it was a drainpour. You decide.
Tried from Bottle on 24 Jan 2010 at 18:45

5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
Year 2008; brewed with star anis
Cloudy amber color; generous head. Herbal aroma. Some sweetish caramel flavor, and again a bit of soapy spices. Unfortunate.
Tried on 17 Dec 2009 at 15:20

4/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4
Muddy blond color; small head. Light citrusy aroma. Dry mouthfeel, with light citrus touch, light acidity, light final astringency. Bad.
Tried on 17 Dec 2009 at 15:19

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle 330ml.Hazy medium amber color with a average to large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, spicy, licorice - anis. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20091130]
Tried from Bottle on 17 Dec 2009 at 07:18