Cerveza Minerva
Jesús Briseño, then 23, founded Minerva in Guadalajara in 2004 and sold the first barrel at his restaurant in the Providencia district. Its Pale Ale won gold at the 2010 World Beer Cup, and in 2011 Minerva became the first Mexican craft beer sold in a supermarket. In 2012 it won an antitrust case that ended exclusivity clauses in bar and restaurant contracts and opened those venues to every craft brewer. In December 2023 Cielito Lindo bought the Minerva brands, recipes and equipment and now brews them. The old company kept only its import business. The range includes Colonial, a Kölsch, Viena, a Vienna lager, a pale ale and an IPA.
Styles brewed by Cerveza Minerva
Kölsch
HybridKölsch: a pale, delicate, top-fermented beer from Cologne, matured cold like a lager and served in a 20 cl Stange. Strength, bitterness, glass and classic examples.
Vienna Lager
LagerVienna lager: the soft, toasty, amber lager Anton Dreher developed at Schwechat in 1841, later carried to Mexico. Strength, bitterness, glass and classic examples.
At a glance
- Country
- Mexico
- Brews in
- Guadalajara, Jalisco
- Founded
- 2004
- Owner
- Grupo Cielito Lindo (since December 2023)
- Best-known beers
- Minerva Colonial, Minerva Viena, Minerva Pale Ale, Minerva IPA
Sources
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- Cerveza Minerva: ¿Cómo nació esta empresa tapatía? — Players of Life
- Cielito Lindo adquiere Cervecería Minerva | El Informador — El Informador
- Cervecería Minerva - Zapopan, Jalisco - Beers and Ratings | Untappd — Untappd
- Comparar Cervezas Minerva Colonial - Minerva Stout - Minerva Pale Ale — Birrapedia
- Beer in Mexico - Wikipedia — Wikipedia
- Grupo Cielito Lindo: el nuevo referente de la cerveza independiente en México – El Financiero — El Financiero