York Breweries Minster Ale?

[john_drummer]

Does anyone have a recipe for this? it's lovely but not too strong. a good bitter session ale.

Their website lists some of the ingredients for some of their brews, but not this one...

[seymour]

Could it be the same as their York Terrier? Described as a golden-amber bitter, 4.2% ABV, with Pale and Crystal Malts, and Challenger hops. That sounds like it would match the description of Minster as well. They sometimes use Styrian Goldings/Celeia aroma hops in other brews, perhaps adding that here would make the difference. Ratebeer descriptions of York Minster say things like flowery, citrusy, lemony, earthy, which sounds like Challenger & Styrian Goldings/Celeia to me...

Best of luck!

[Uncle Joshua]

They arn't the same, Terrior is a lighter and nicer beer than Minster.

[seymour]

They arn't the same, Terrior is a lighter and nicer beer than Minster.

Interesting. Well, just a guess based on their other recipes: perhaps Minster uses a higher percentage of Crystal Malt and possibly some Chocolate malt. I wouldn't overdo it, though, since it's just a medium orange-amber colour.

[john_drummer]

Terrior is a lighter and nicer beer than Minster

I thought Terrier a bit bland compared to Minster, but everybody's different, eh Mick?

it's an interesting guessing game, eh?

Compare with Saltaire Brewery who'll gladly give the grain bill percentages, and the hops - but not the percentage or timings - on every bottle.
I have a recipe for a chocolate stout that, according to my mate Steve, is very close to their Triple Chocoholic. "But smoother", he says... and this was a blind tasting...