Minster Ale
York Brewery in York, North Yorkshire, England 🏴
Golden / Blonde Ale Regular|
Score
6.31
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6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours orange gold with a transient white smear. Rather fruity aroma. Med body. Flavor is bitter, but other than that I am a bit lost. There’s malt. But the major aspect is bitter. Hop? Must be, but I can’t pick out a flavor/type. Really like the bitterness tho.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Apr 2013
at 12:47
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Brown 500ml bottle, best before 11 Jun 2012, poured into an Abbot Ale glass tankard in Oct 2011. Light amber, almost golden in colour, bright, clear and clean looking: good solid blanket of foaming bubbles on top. Lacing held throughout the review. The smell was fairly sweet, with a nectar and floral aroma. Add a tub of toffee and molasses to the nector without any extra sugary smell and you are almost there. The tatse was a good blend of bittering hops and sweetening malts (not unlike the smell). Medium body depth for its alcohol content and beer style: I found it a well balanced beer with enough points to want another. I believe it is brought out on draught occasionally, would love to try that version.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Apr 2012
at 14:22
4.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
500ml bottle thanks to my colleague Sara. Clear orange amber colour with lasting beige head. Pasteurised boiled sweet aroma. Oh dear. Some earthy hop. It’s a kind of earthy floral orange flavoured bitter with some earthy floral hop on the finish. English thinnish floral hop finish. It’s not very good to be honest which isn’t helped by the pasteurisation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Sep 2011
at 10:48
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle 500ml.Clear medium yellow amber colour with a small, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off- white to white - grey head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, toasted - caramel, oxidide - cardboard. Flavour is moderate sweet with a average duration, oxidide, fruity. Body is medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft. [20110619]
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jun 2011
at 23:35
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottled. Amber colour, small off-white head. Aroma is fruits, wood, some nectar as well as mild sweet oxidized notes. Flavour is fruits, wood, some nectar, oxidized papery as well.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jun 2011
at 07:34
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Bottle: Amber coloured, a bit unclear, small, stable off-white foam; moderate dry hoppy-fruity nose; moderate bitter-sweet flavour, quite light bodied; solid hoppy and fruity-bready finish with a tart aftertaste. Drinkable, but a bit unharmonic...
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Dec 2010
at 22:48
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Pale orange colour. Lumpy, foamy head. Soft malty aroma with lots of citrusy hops too. Flavour is well balanced making this an easy to drink session bitter.
Tried
on 15 Jan 2009
at 17:57
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at home ... Thank to my mate Duncan for this ... amber ... very fruity nose ... very fruity ... quite hoppy ... quite drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Feb 2008
at 12:25