Mean Sardine Brewery

Microbrewery in Ericeira, Lisbon, Portugal 🇵🇹
Associated Venue: Mean Sardine Taproom - Out of business

Established in 2013

Contact
Ericeira, Portugal
Description
There are plenty of Sardines in the sea but you just caught a Mean Sardine! No chemicals, no secrets, no bullshit, just pure brewing. We like them Mean!

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Tried on 30 Oct 2025 at 17:45


8

Tried from Bottle on 29 Mar 2025 at 21:05


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Tried from Bottle on 29 Mar 2025 at 20:54


7.8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

29/3/2025. Bottle from an De Bierliefhebber online store. Pours close to black with a small frothy tan coloured head. Aroma is chocolate, roasted malt, ginger biscuit, caramel, nut, touch woody. Moderate sweetness and bitterness. Medium body, smooth, average to soft carbonation. Nicely done.

Tried from Bottle from De Bierliefhebber on 29 Mar 2025 at 12:16


7.4
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Tap. Golden color with white head. Nice tropical fruity hoppy aroma. Taste is hop centered with mango, Passion fruits, melon, apricots, warming alcohol.

Tried from Draft at Canil Marquês on 11 Mar 2025 at 18:25


7.3
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Tap at Queen Ale, Lisbon. Golden color with small white head. Aroma of citeus hops with oranges, moderate grapefruit, light zest. Taste is moderate hoppy with oranges, tangerines, zest, mango. Easy drinkable, could bit more hoppy bitter.

Tried from Draft at The Queen Ale on 08 Mar 2025 at 18:26


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle from Hopt. Relatively softly hoppy aroma with malt, orange, touch of caramel, pine, some grapefruit. Flavour is moderate sweet and medium bitter. Body is medium. Pretty oldskool malty piney APA, no hop bomb, but I enjoyed it.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Feb 2025 at 11:59


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle from Hopt. Aroma is roasted malt with chocolate, piney hops, orange, pine resin, some grapefruit and coffee. Flavour is moderate to medium sweet with a bitter finish. Body is medium. Yes, very nice BIPA, intense in both roasted chocolate malt and piney hops. More than solid!

Tried from Bottle on 07 Feb 2025 at 11:59


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Аромат сложный, немного винный, солодовый, на оттенке патока ну и конечно хмель. Цвет темно коричневый, без пены. Вкус горький, но сбалансированный. сильно ощущается патока и солодово-сладкие нотки как у барливайна. Послевкусие немного жженый от уже жареного солода, хмелевой. Также ощущается сильная продолжительная кислинка.

Tried on 05 Feb 2025 at 06:45


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

From tap in Ericeira. Nicely oldskool with grapefruit, orange, malt, piney hop. Medium bitter, a little sweetish. Medium body. Fine fare, lots of orange in particular with a gentle malt/resin backbone.

Tried from Draft on 25 Jan 2025 at 06:59