Minerva Stout
Cervecería Minerva

 

12 ounce bottle, my eyes are kinda bad but the print is small and I think it looks like it says best before 2024/08. Thanks to Brutaltruth for this bottle! Served in a snifter, the beer pours dark brown/black with about a half inch or so tan head. Head retention and lacing are both good. The brew smells like roasted malt, coffee, dark chocolate and some herbalness. Taste is pretty much like the aroma, but there's also the addition of some dark bready and a bit of dark fruit flavors. Mouthfeel/body is medium, it's smooth and easy enough to drink with a moderate amount of carbonation. I thought this was a good brew, wouldn't mind trying it again in the future if I got the chance!

12 oz bottle of Minerva Mexican Stout from the Wall of Beer in Clemson, SC ($3.69).

This is a relatively dark roast stout with some light smoke and more obvious burnt grain notes. Smooth, near full body with light carbonation.

On tap at the Mercado Roma rooftop beer garden in Colonia Roma Norte in Mexico City, Mexico.

This one pours a dark brown, nearly black color, with a small white head, and lots of lacing.

This smells primarily roasty, but with some pleasant chocolatey and caramelly notes on the nose as well.

This is a very basic drier and roastier stout, with more bitterness than sweetness overall. It’s slightly herbal, but mostly creamy roast, and a hint of chocolatey sweetness on the end.

This is creamy, but thinnish, but very drinkable.

This is solid – flavorful, but light enough to work in the Mexico heat.

 

 

 

Dark enough for a stout. Smells of dark chocolate, roasted coffee and a bit of dry fruits. Taste is more into chocolate and coffee, is not as bitter as other stouts, alcohol is present but well hidden. Creamy with medium foam retention. A good stout for a good price.

Poured from 12oz beer into a clear mug:

LOOK: Dark brown, light foam

SMELL: Roasted coffee

TASTE: Dry roasted coffee with slight chocolate. Label states also to have caramel but I don't taste it. Medium Carbonation

FEEL: Light to medium

OVERALL: Good tasting Mexican craft Beer (cerveza artesanal); even so being a stout as it's a rarity among Mexican beer. Had the beer had a bigger head I would have rated it higher.

 

Poured from 12oz bottle into a tall kitchen glass.

Appearance: rich dark hue with a tall head of rich tan foam atop. Really good!

Smell: a nice dry roastiness with a dash of chocolate and some vegetal hop character. Not bad!

Taste: nicely dry with a good roast character. It’s a bit astringent, perhaps, but other than that quite good!

Mouthfeel: medium body with a huge carbonation and good creaminess.

Overall: the roast adds an astringency that makes this beer not totally quaffable, but still, a solid example of the style.

 

 

 

 

Enbotellado at a craft beer bar in la Ciudad de Mexico. Pours black with a full finger of head. Dark, bitter roast on the grains, light residual sweetness, some chocolate on the finish. Better than I expected from Guadalajara.

Taste; Smokey, bittersweet chocolate malt, rich, smooth finish. Same with the nose. dark brown hue, partly clear, tan foamy head, some lace. Medium body. 35 IBUs