Cap d’Ona Blonde des Albères

Brewed by Brasserie Cap d’Ona
Style: Belgian Ale
Argelès-sur-Mer, France

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Bottled, 75c cl, swingtop. Good white head, lacework ok. Full nose and taste of malt, weak pleasant honey presence in the nose and aftertaste. Wish I had bought some more... Also sampled it right out of the garding tank 4 days prior to bottling.. nice! Though their website is pretty outdated, this brewery is worth a visit!

Very pale straw color but a little hazy. Creamy lathery head. Soft round and very light malt body cuts out quickly to give way to some yeasty notes. Some vanilla too, followed by a light peppery touch. Recalls a good Belgian blond in its posture but thinner and more direct. All flavors are muted by well harmonized. Nice beer on a warm night in Barcelona.

Pours cloudy and light golden with a fully receding white head. Aroma of toasted malt, honey, and munich malt. Taste is light malty sweet, with fresh graininess. Mouthfeel is light to medium bodied with moderate carbonation. Good, but not great.

Bottle. Pours a sparkling light yellow, with a small white fizzy head that fades rather quickly. Aroma is very fruity and sweet, reminiscent of canned pears, peaches and bubblegum. It’s more balanced flavourwise, as it takes on a gentle hoppy and sour character in the finish. It does fall through a little bit, as it’s a tad watery. Light bodied, and the carbonation is quite fizzy. Nothing spectacular, but definitely a decent brew.

33cl. bottle (Cap d’Ona Rossa) from a local beer retailer. It pours a hazy light golden liquid with a medium bubbly white head that somehow lasts throughout the beer and leaves no lacing. The aroma is both hoppy and malty, evolving to almost just malty. At first there are some herbal and floral hints along with a general grainy maltiness and a caramelly touch. When it is mostly malty, a little citron and straw do appear. It tastes kind of likewise, with an intenser taste of citron and straw. It is medium sweet, lowly bitter and it has a slight acidic touch. In the mouth it feels medium-full bodied, thick, with mild and lively carbonation. It ends very dry and slightly bitter, with an aftertaste of grain, and a little caramel, citron and herbs. It is not a bad beer; it is very natural tasting, actually, but it is too average for a craft belgian style beer. Presentation is too simple, and it lacks a customized crown cap.

Bottled, generously shared by GrOve. Light, refreshing. Peaches, lemon, rather sweet finish.

33 cL bottle as Rossa. Pours hazy orange with a fully gone head. Aroma is caramelish and slight phenolic. Sweet malty, dry phenlic following. Spiced and slight wheaty flavoured into a dry finish.

Bottle. Hazy light amber colour with a nice creamy head. Rich malty aroma and taste with notes of fruits and caramel.

UPDATED: JAN 14, 2010 Small white head. Hazy yellow body. Light malty caramelly apple aroma. Dry-sweetish perfumy mealy taste with fruity grassy spicy notes. Mid-bodied. Dryish grassy chalky mealy aftertaste. Imperfect, to say the least. (0.75l bottle from gr0ve. Rated once as "Cap d’Ona Rossa", too.)

Bottle 33 cl. Courtesy of MiP. Comes as: "Cap dOna Rossa". Pours a cloudy and opaque golden with tiny floating impurities and a small rough white head. Aroma of fruit and yeast. Medium body, a little sweet fruit with a vague underlying tartness and a whiff of yeast. No real bitterness. 141109