continuing cibeles

It's time for another round with Cervezas La Cibeles.  This time I have their Madroño, another light beer, with a little madroño fruit flavoring.  I have no idea what madroño is.  It's part of the symbol of Madrid, the bear is trying to climb or shake fruit from a madroño, which is usually translated in English as a "strawberry tree".  Whatever madroños are, they are not strawberries.

Bear (supposed to be a she-bear, actually) going after "strawberries"

Like other Cibeles beers, it isn't filtered.  You can see a layer of sediment in the bottom of the bottle, much of which will come out when poured.  It doesn't have that strong, sour flavor that I associate with unfiltered Belgian beers, however, in fact I don't think the sediment draws any attention to itself at all.  There's no appreciable change in the flavor or texture of the beer from start to finish, except that the slight fruity smell increases as the beer warms.

The beer is light, with a fizzy head that doesn't hang around long, and the fruitiness is just barely there.  It's pleasant, a little bit tart, not in the least overpowering.  This is another beer for drinking by itself, perhaps with some mildly flavored snack, on a nice spring day when the temperatures are just starting to hint at summer.  Hot Madrid summer.  Baking, eye-blindingly sunny summer.  Better go get some more to keep around.

Yeah, yeah, I should be drinking Irish beer for St. Patrick's.  I hate crowds, what do you want?