Mean Sardine Brewery

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

Established in 2013

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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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6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
330ml bottle, online from Beer Without Borders, Dumfries. Pours hazed brown with a frothy off-white head. Aroma: dark malts, yeasty fruity, hints of dried fruits. Taste: light dry, light to moderate sweet & bitter, yeasty, fruity, hints of dried fruit, dried apple. Medium body with lively carbonation.
Tried from Bottle on 03 May 2021 at 12:07

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
330 ml bottle. Murky black, big creamy fluffy head. A lot of pine, roasted burnt malt and breadcrumbs, ashes, bitter herbs and roots, grapefruit zest. Hoppy roasty bitterness, slightly sweet. Full bodied, oily texture, soft carbonated, intense bitter finish. A very good example of a more or less disregarded beer style.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Feb 2021 at 20:53

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Draught at Tørst: pours black with a beige head. Aroma is dark fruits, soy sauce, roasty. Taste is bitter, dark chocolate, soy sauce. Cherry finish.
Tried on 10 Jan 2021 at 20:48

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
33cl bottle from Hopt, France. Pours dark brown, practically black, with very fine light brown foam. Aroma is roasty like coffee and dark chocolate, and herbaceous. Body is average, with moderate carbonation. Taste is medium bitter and roasty. Final is average.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Jan 2021 at 19:31

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle sample at a tasting at troubles' place. Thanks Odi. Black, tan foam. Roast, coffee, licorice, dark fruits (some cherry), soy sauce, sweetish, a bit umami, bitterish finish, ashy note, quite full-bodied.
Tried from Bottle on 03 Nov 2020 at 16:00

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
On tap at Tørst. Pours black. Port, sweet red grape, fig, tannins, roast, chocolate. Medium body. Lots of port, less stout. Decent.
Tried from Draft on 18 Oct 2020 at 01:11

6/10
Very dark brown, with a bunch of floaters, and a small, creamy brown head. Smells woody, some red wine. Decent body, some carbonation. Taste is quite odd, savoury and very bitter somehow, with plenty of tannins. Unbalanced. Very boozy, biting alcohol. Meh
Tried from Bottle from Beerdome on 12 Oct 2020 at 22:00

7.6/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 10 Overall 6.5
Review based on the BJCP2015 guidelines (style 29A: sour cherries - base style: 20C). Bottle 33 cl - Batch L1360 (BBF 07/21). AROMA: medium balanced aroma between roasted malts and cherries with a slight acidic note. APPEARANCE: very dark brown color and opaque. medium-low light brown head, creamy, with ok retention. TASTE: initial medium soft cherries flavor with a perfumy character, followed by medium to medium-high roasted malt with notes of dark chocolate. medium to medium-high bitterness with a dry and roasty finish (a bit on the birnt side). PALATE: medium-full to full body with medium carbonation. smooth alcoholic warmth. OVERALL: a very good balanced imperial stout and cherries (sample brewed at Nortada - Porto).
Tried from Bottle on 03 Sep 2020 at 16:25

5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 8 Overall 4
Review based on the BJCP2015 guidelines (style 33B: madeira - base style: 26B). Bottle 33 cl - Batch unreadable (BBF 01/2023). AROMA: medium-high barrel aroma with a vinous and woody character. slightly sweet malt background with a soft alcoholic note. APPEARANCE: amber color and slightly hazy. low beige head with low retention. TASTE: medium to medium-high barrel notes with vinous and woody character (wet wood). faint malt background with a slightly sweet character. medium-low bitterness with a dry finish. MOUTHFEEL: thin body with very low carbonation. OVERALL: a bland beer with an absent base due to excessive barrel conditioning.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Sep 2020 at 16:16

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
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Tried from Bottle on 30 Aug 2020 at 22:22