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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Sampled @ Billie's Craft Beer Fest 2017. A slightly hazy deep golden beer with a small white head. Aroma of soft citrusy hops, yellow fruits. Taste of dry grassy hops, citrus hops, easy to drink.
Tried on 05 Dec 2017 at 11:26

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(Thank you!) Sampled draft @ Billie's Craft Beer Fest 2017. Golden, white head. Nose is yoghurt, orange peel. Doughy, orange peel, low citrus fruit, bit too doughy, chalk. Okay but rather high for a session IPA in ABV & even then it doesn’t pop.
Tried from Draft on 05 Dec 2017 at 06:26

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(Thank you!) Sampled draft @ Billie's Craft Beer Fest 2017. Dark brown going to black, tanned head. Nose is weird red fruit herbal, jammy roasted malt. Taste is bark herbal syrupy, red fruit, interesting profile, syrupy herbal bark, sweet roast,… Syrupy dark fruit, herbal beer. Very interesting BIPA, interesting profile & tasty stuff. Nice.
Tried from Draft on 04 Dec 2017 at 11:58

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Sampled @ Billie's Craft Beer Fest 2017. A slightly hazy golden beer with a mid sized most good lasting off-white head. Aroma of mild grassy hops, tangerine, soft citrusy hops. Taste of mild citrusy hops, tangerine, yellow fruits, mild bitterness, easy to drink.
Tried on 04 Dec 2017 at 08:26

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(Thank you!) Sampled draft @ Billie's Craft Beer Fest 2017. Golden orange, small white head. Nose is nice stone fruit, yoghurt. Too yoghurt, the tea is lost stone fruit. Yoghurt body.
Tried from Draft on 04 Dec 2017 at 05:59

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(Thank you!) Sampled draft @ Billie's Craft Beer Fest 2017. Black, tanned head. Nose is sweet cloying interesting berry syrup, Ginjinha I presume? sticky maple, roasted paprika syrup. Quite an unique taste of sticky sweet berry syrup, maple, roasted paprika, syrupy, sticky,… Thick syrupy body. Very interesting & quite nice. Cool.
Tried from Draft on 04 Dec 2017 at 02:46

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Sampled @ Billie's Craft Beer Fest 2017. A very dark brown beer with a mid sized most good lasting beige head. Aroma of dark roasted malt, riped red fruits. Taste of strong riped fruits, red fruits, some yeast.
Tried on 04 Dec 2017 at 02:26

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Tried on 03 Dec 2017 at 16:39

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8 3 8 3 16 Draft at Billie's Craft Beer Fest '17. Dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma of tropical fruits, citrus and dark malts. Flavour is moderate sweet and above moderate bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried from Draft on 03 Dec 2017 at 09:44

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Sampled @ Billie's Craft Beer Fest 2017. A black beer with a mid sized good lasting beige head. Aroma of dark sweet malt, Chocolate, liquorice. Taste of sweet chocolate, liquorice, mild strong roasted malt.
Tried on 03 Dec 2017 at 06:03