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Minerva Brewery

🌍 Mexico · Regional · Known for Imperial Stout · American Pale Ale
Known for Imperial Stout · American Pale Ale

Mexico's oldest craft brewery, founded in 1996 in Guadalajara — making it the pioneer of Mexico's craft beer scene. Named after Minerva, the Roman goddess of wisdom, whose statue stands in Guadalajara's most famous roundabout. Minerva's Imperial Stout was among the first world-class dark beers brewed in Mexico. Distributed across Mexico and exported to the USA.

3Beers
3Styles
6.3%Avg ABV
1996Founded

Beers by Minerva Brewery

3 beers
Brewery DNA

The recurring character behind the beers

Drawn from all 3 beers in the catalogue.

Emerging signature · based on 3 beers
Signature
What keeps showing up across their beers.
maltyevery beer
3 of 3 beers
clean
2 of 3 beers
roasted
1 of 3 beers
chocolate
1 of 3 beers

With 3 beers, only recurring notes are shown — one unusual beer moves this a lot.

Portfolio range
How broad they brew.
Varied3 beers · 3 style families
Stout 1Pale Ale 1Lager 1

A handful of styles across their range — a shared thread has to hold across each of them.

How they compare
Each beer measured against others of its own style, then averaged across the range. Compared with 206 other breweries making Imperial Stout, American Pale Ale and Vienna Lager.
Three beers is enough for a first read, not a full house style — one unusual beer moves this a lot.

Across 3 beers in 3 style families, none of Minerva Brewery's characters carry through the whole range — the mix of styles they brew is the signature here.

typical for Imperial Stout, American Pale Ale and Vienna LagerMinerva Brewery
in no beersin every beer
malty
in all 3 of their beers · typical Imperial Stout, American Pale Ale and Vienna Lager brewery: 4 in 5
A shade above, but within the field.
smooth
in 2 of 3 · typical Imperial Stout, American Pale Ale and Vienna Lager brewery: 4 in 5
A shade below, but within the field.
crisp
in 2 of 3 · typical Imperial Stout, American Pale Ale and Vienna Lager brewery: 3 in 5
Right where the field sits.
clean
in 2 of 3 · typical Imperial Stout, American Pale Ale and Vienna Lager brewery: 3 in 5
Right where the field sits.
bitter
in 2 of 3 · typical Imperial Stout, American Pale Ale and Vienna Lager brewery: 3 in 5
A shade above, but within the field.
Brewery performance
How their beers place in the hopIQ ranking.
Top 70%
average beer performance
0
beers in the Top 100
1 / 3
beers above the median
#1567
best ranked beer
Minerva Pale Ale

Their beers place in the Top 70% of the catalogue on average, across 3 ranked beers. One clear standout well ahead of the rest.

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About Minerva Brewery

Mexico's oldest craft brewery, founded in 1996 in Guadalajara — making it the pioneer of Mexico's craft beer scene. Named after Minerva, the Roman goddess of wisdom, whose statue stands in Guadalajara's most famous roundabout. Minerva's Imperial Stout was among the first world-class dark beers brewed in Mexico. Distributed across Mexico and exported to the USA.

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Guadalajara · Jalisco · Mexico
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