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Minerva Colonial
Cervecería Minerva
- From:
- Cervecería Minerva
- Mexico
- Style:
- Kölsch
Ranked #221 - ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- 80
Ranked #25,988 - Avg:
- 3.46 | pDev: 16.47%
- Reviews:
- 13
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- May 13, 2023
- Added:
- May 14, 2008
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 18
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Ratings by KingSlayer:
Rated by KingSlayer from California
4/5 rDev +15.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Jan 25, 2016
4/5 rDev +15.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Jan 25, 2016
More User Ratings:
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
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, 2023Aroma 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.
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
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, 2022Appearance: 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!
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
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, 2020Bready 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
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
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, 2017This 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?
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
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, 2015Reviewed by FLima from Brazil
2.85/5 rDev -17.6%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
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, 2015Aroma 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.
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
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, 2015S- 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.
Minerva Colonial from Cervecería Minerva
Beer rating:
80 out of
100 with
40 ratings
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