Minerva
Birrificio Sorrento in Sorrento (NA), Campania, Italy 🇮🇹
Amber / Red Ale Regular|
Score
6.38
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With a deep rich color, plentiful foam this imitates the color qualities of cappuccino. With a decisive aroma of caramel & with hints of the divine smell of roasting, smoked fruits, scents of cocoa, orange groves & chestnut honey.
From the very first sip you will taste the velvety smoothness of the toasted malt & other aromas that all combine to give an complex aftertaste with the combination of the bitter & aromatic hops.
From the very first sip you will taste the velvety smoothness of the toasted malt & other aromas that all combine to give an complex aftertaste with the combination of the bitter & aromatic hops.
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3.2/10
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Appearance 3
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 3
Overall 14
Bottiglia. Il gusto al naso va sul floreale. L'intensità olfattiva è normale e la continuità olfattiva è sufficiente. Il cappello di schiuma cremosa ha una buona tenuta ed è persistente. La grandezza delle bollicine è medio-fine. La carbonazione è nella norma. Il liquido è di aspetto velato. La frizzantezza si manifesta sotto forma di bollicine medie con carbonazione eccessiva e frizzante. Il colore è ambrato carico. Il corpo è strutturato. L'amaro è contenuto. L'intensità gustativa è normale. La costanza gustativa è sufficiente. Il gusto è piacevole per una birra parecchio gassata. Le sensazioni boccali finali sono di pronta beva. Il finale è semplice e dissetante. Il retrogusto è di media intensità. Sulla lingua si depositano sentori di caramello, miele, cereali, frutta secca e agrumi.
Tried
on 19 Feb 2025
at 06:29
6.2/10
Drank in random pizza shop in Positano. Not even close to old by bottling date. But just lame and stale, not clean. Muddled etc.
Tried
on 19 Apr 2022
at 19:56
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
F: medium, off-brownish, not long lasting. C: coppery, bit hazy. A: malty, bit chocolate, herbal, orange peels, caramel. T: malty, vaguely fruity, bit caramel but dry on the palate, herbal, long lasting bitterness, medium body and carbonation, nice, enjoyed, sample @ LIBF 2018, thank you tderoeck and 77ships for sharing.
Tried
on 18 Apr 2018
at 08:58
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Thank you for sharing tderoeck & Rubin77. Sampled bottled @ LIBF 2017. Bright red amber. Nose is oxidized, overly poor BE esters, dull leaves. This oxidized, caramel, fruit is lost, thin leaves, odd oxidation,… Thin. Weak.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Apr 2018
at 20:06
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Italian amber ale with orange, sample from a 75 cl bottle at LIBF. Thick, yellowish cream white, moussy, frothy, papery lacing, stable head, more or less clear copper-tinged amber robe. Aroma of bitter orange peel and a hint of marmalade, peanuts, butterscotch, damp straw, red apples, white pepper, water melon, sweet white grapes. Sweetish onset, apple, pineapple and noticeable orange zest spritziness, medium carb, smooth and oily mouthfeel, sourish edges; nutty, caramelly malt middle, rounded with a mild toasty bitterishness accentuated by an orange peel aspect. Finishes clean, dryish and softly bittering. Well done for what it intends to be, too bad I didn’t taste the blonde lemon version too.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Apr 2018
at 07:35
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Birrificio Sorrento Minerva (by Birrificio Sorrento):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 2/5, Overall: 11/20, MyTotalScore: 3/5
15/IV/18 - sample @ Leuven Innovation Beer Festival (Leuven) - BB: n/a (2018-392) Thanks to 77ships and Rubin77 for sharing today's beers!
Clear bright amber beer, small creamy beige head, unstable, bit adhesive. Aroma: caramel, lots of overripe banana, malty. MF: soft to no carbon, medium to light body. Taste: malty, grassy bitterness, bit metallic, some caramel. Aftertaste: banana touch, very malty, metallic again, grains, hay. Not my cup of beer...
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 2/5, Overall: 11/20, MyTotalScore: 3/5
15/IV/18 - sample @ Leuven Innovation Beer Festival (Leuven) - BB: n/a (2018-392) Thanks to 77ships and Rubin77 for sharing today's beers!
Clear bright amber beer, small creamy beige head, unstable, bit adhesive. Aroma: caramel, lots of overripe banana, malty. MF: soft to no carbon, medium to light body. Taste: malty, grassy bitterness, bit metallic, some caramel. Aftertaste: banana touch, very malty, metallic again, grains, hay. Not my cup of beer...
Tried
on 15 Apr 2018
at 19:11
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
on tap ambrato carico torbida discreta schiuma spezia terrosa astringenze scorza agrume amaro medio
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Oct 2017
at 16:50
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle in Sorrento, April 2015. Unlikely to have again so doing a mini-rating. The orange certainly came through. Enjoyable citrus beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Sep 2016
at 12:31
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle 750ml.Clear dark brown red colour with a large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, fully lasting, off-white to light beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, roasted, berries, wood. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, chocolate - cacao, roasted, fruity. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20111108]
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Dec 2011
at 13:02