Minerva Colonial
Cervecería Minerva

Minerva ColonialMinerva Colonial
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From:
Cervecería Minerva
 
Mexico
Style:
Kölsch
Ranked #221
ABV:
5%
Score:
80
Ranked #25,988
Avg:
3.46 | pDev: 16.47%
Reviews:
13
Ratings:
40
Status:
Active
Rated:
May 13, 2023
Added:
May 14, 2008
Wants:
  1
Gots:
  18
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Ratings by KingSlayer:
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Rated by KingSlayer from California

4/5  rDev +15.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Jan 25, 2016
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.27 by wize from Norway

May 13, 2023
 
Rated: 3.94 by sglooney316 from Texas

Mar 19, 2023
 
Rated: 3.79 by Phoodcritic from Michigan

Mar 09, 2023
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Reviewed by TooManyGlasses from Canada (AB)

3.76/5  rDev +8.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Pours a just slightly less than clear pale yellow gold with a finger of fine bubbly head.
Aroma is grainy and a little fruity - a bit floral, hint of citrus - yeasty esters and some herbal hops.
Tastes of soft grainy malt, again a bit of yeasty fruitiness, notable mineral flavour with hit of sulphur and a soft herbal hop bitterness.
Light end of medium mouthfeel with bright carbonation and a crisp clean finish.
Feb 20, 2023
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Reviewed by flagmantho from Washington

3.75/5  rDev +8.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Poured from a 12oz bottle into a pint glass at Salon Rios in Mexico City.

Appearance: medium golden with no haze but a nice head of white foam.

Smell: grainy and yeasty with a light malt character. Decently kölschy.

Taste: good malt flavor with a bit of a yeasty character. Again, a perfectly reasonable example of a kölsch, if not exactly an outstanding one.

Mouthfeel: medium body with a reasonable carbonation and creaminess.

Overall: a decently drinkable kölsch. I’m on board!
Nov 03, 2022
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Reviewed by eazchong11 from Mexico

3.71/5  rDev +7.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Light golden, very clear, with high carbonation, white head, small combined with medieum bubbles.
Bready smell, with soft fruitness characteristoc of this style. Citric aromas. Taste: slight sweetbess and hoppiness. Good carbonation in tongue, with a short end, a crispy end characteristic of this style. Maybe not a DOC KÖlsch, but it has good qualities of this style, you can distinguish this from a pils
Jul 19, 2020
 
Rated: 3.11 by MMP13

Apr 10, 2020
 
Rated: 3.6 by WildMaverick1200 from Massachusetts

May 20, 2019
 
Rated: 3.79 by SenseiCaco from Mexico

Apr 12, 2018
 
Rated: 3.97 by JarMills from Canada (BC)

Dec 26, 2017
 
Rated: 3.34 by Exeter from Canada (AB)

Jun 09, 2017
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Reviewed by biboergosum from Canada (AB)

3.27/5  rDev -5.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25
355ml bottle - I remember this one being available around here a long time ago, and me missing out on it. Ah well, patience (and forgetfulness) are a virtue.

This beer pours a slightly hazy, pale golden yellow colour, with one finger of puffy, weakly foamy, and somewhat bubbly dirty white head, which leaves some decent defrosting windshield pattern lace around the glass as it quickly dissolves.

It smells of semi-sweet, bready and doughy pale malt, buttered white toast, further mixed cereal notes, a hint of lemon juice, and some very tame earthy, musty, and dead floral noble hop bitters. The taste is gritty and grainy pale malt, more buttered white bread, a muddled light fruitiness, mild earthy yeast notes, and a still very hard to identify weedy and floral verdant hoppiness.

The carbonation is fairly laid-back in its low-key frothiness, the body a so-so medium weight, and generally smooth, with a wee airy creaminess arising once things warm up a tad. It finishes on the sweet side, lots of grain, and just a pat of butter remaining.

Overall, this is not a particularly winsome version of the style, as that crisp hop tap on the shoulder one might be expecting never materializes. Kind of pithy, and not really all that difficult to drink, but man, what's the point?
Apr 18, 2017
 
Rated: 4.66 by Luis02 from Mexico

Dec 22, 2015
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Reviewed by Mike_Aguirre from Mexico

3.49/5  rDev +0.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.75
Pours very pale, clear and whit a very wide white foam head. Smell is malty, sweet and grainy from pilsner malt., no hop aroma. Taste is malty, grainy like cracker bran, almost no hops and low bitterness. Body is very low and carbonation is extremely high, like champagne. Overall a very carbonated lager I would occasionaly drink.
Oct 23, 2015
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Reviewed by FLima from Brazil

2.85/5  rDev -17.6%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Light golden color with a thin head with short retention.
Aroma with predominant notes of honey, lemon and bread.
Flavor with notes of mild spices, lemon, white grapes, minerals, herbs, spices and Kolsch yeast. Dry aftertaste with a mild bitterness.
Light body with appropriate carbonation.
Faithful to style and well done Kolsch, no thrills as usual for style though.
Aug 28, 2015
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Reviewed by LennyOvies from Mexico

2.77/5  rDev -19.9%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.75
L- Clear yellow body and white head.
S- Fresh malt aroma and a hint of lime.
T- Very fresh malt-citrus flavor.
F- Light, watery.
O- Just a simple refreshing pilsner, nothing special about it.
Aug 04, 2015
 
Rated: 3 by IrvingAld from Mexico

Oct 12, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by thshinning from Mexico

Sep 24, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by cvillase from Texas

Aug 27, 2014
Minerva Colonial from Cervecería Minerva
Beer rating: 80 out of 100 with 40 ratings