CCM Iberian Pale Ale

Brewed by Companyia Cervesera del Montseny
Style: English Pale Ale
Sant Miquel De Balenyà (Seva), Spain

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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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.

Pours clear golden with a white head that doesn’t last long. The aroma has lightly toasted pale malt, some spicy hops and a bit of plastic. The body is fairly light and crisp with some graininess to the texture and flowing sharp carbonation. The taste has pale malt that’s on the husky side with quite a bit of spicy clean hops and some citrus (the citrus doesn’t seem to be from hops). The finish is spicy, crisp and clean. Nice beer.

Bottle. Gusher! Pours a clear odd looking pee-yellow color with a tall thin big sticky airy white foamy gusher head. Aroma is sweet and juicy, lots of tropical fruits, lightly metallic, orange, pineapple, vanilla. Flavor is metallic and bright, juicy, weirdly sweet and medicinal, yellow cough-syrup finish. Corse fizzy carbonation, watery, bitter aftertaste.

Thanks to 17thfloor for sharing. Pours barely hazy light orange with a thick pillowy white head. Aroma has some pungent fruity hops and a light lemongrass character, almost saison like with the sharp citric notes and light malts. Flavor starts with a surprisingly sharp character, mildly tart with lemon and other citric fruits. Finishes with a somewhat bland and rough character, leaving a plastic note in the aftertaste. Medium body and a super heavy and biting carbonation. I wish several things, better, finish, less, carbonation, more complexity and hop character.

Bottled. A murky dark golden beer with a thick orangey head. The aroma is sweet malty with strong notes of hops and grass. The flavor is sweet with light notes of malt and strong notes of hops and grass, and a hint of spices. Thanks yespr for sharing.

Heavy hoppy aroma. Large frothy, white head. Good lacing. Fully lasting longevity. Cloudy orange body with small particles in. Moderate bitter flavor with a light tast of hops also. Medium palate. Watery texture.

Once again, it’s the same beer as the +Lupulus. Something must be done about this.

Hazy amber with tiny off white head. Sweet and fruity aroma with hoppy and caramel notes. Sweet flavor with floral hops, caramel and citric notes. Ends bitter.

(Bottle 50 cl) Courtesy of yespr. Hazy amber golden with a dense and frothy white head leaving laces. Fat and fruity hop aroma. Medium-bodied with a good malt base and some fruitiness. Quite some hops in the finish. 200608

50 cL bottle. Pours hazy orange with a slowly diminishing white head. Mild citrusy and hoppy aroma. Light spiced/liqourice hops flavour. Medium dry and light spiced with a mild yeasty note. Ends mellow and spiced hoppy.