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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7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle as "Mean Sardine Moon" @ Cerveteca Lisboa, Lisboa. Pours black with a creamy tan head. Aroma of roasted malt, coffee, cocoa, fruity hops, citrus. Flavor is light bitter, malt, coffee, cocoa, fruit, citrus, grapefruit. Medium body, average to lively carbonation, dry and lasting bitter finish. 250417
Tried from Bottle on 25 Apr 2017 at 11:59

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Draught @ Cruzes Credo, Lisboa. Pours golden with a huge offwhite head, loads of lively bubbles. Aroma of malt, caramel, light toasted, fruity hops, grapefruitpeel. Flavor is light sweet, rather bitter, malt, caramel, fruit, citrus. Medium body, lively carbonation, dry and light bitter finish. 250417
Tried on 25 Apr 2017 at 07:29

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Tap at Moeder Fontainas. Hazy orange color with white head. Aroma is grapefruits, . Taste is grapefruit jam, soft juicy gum. Dry and bitter finish, soft mouthfeel. Great Pale Ale, it fits my palate well!
Tried from Draft on 22 Apr 2017 at 15:41

7/10
Portugal Beer Weekend #1
Tried from Draft on 21 Apr 2017 at 21:04

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
From tap. Pours deep brown to black with a small tan head. Aroma is roasted malty, slight grapefruity hoppy. Lingering hoppy, dark malty. Crisp hoppy and dark malty finish.
Tried from Draft on 21 Apr 2017 at 15:37

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
From tap. Pours cloudy orange with a small white head. Aroma is peachy and grapefruity hoppy. Light greasy hoppy. Smooth fruity. Light bitter. Crisp hops fruity. Bitter and lingering hops fruity finish.
Tried from Draft on 21 Apr 2017 at 15:24

8/10
Aroma humle, sitrus, blåbær, malt. Utseende svart med beige skum som varer. Smak kaffe, lakris, humle, mørk sjokolade, røsted malt. En saftig og kraftig øl med bra balanse og bitterhet. Godt øl
Tried from Bottle on 07 Apr 2017 at 11:03

9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 10 Overall 9
Bottle [from Euro Swap no doubt, thanks to whoever sent it to me!] @ home. Opaque black color, medium sized beige head that diminishes fairly quickly. Aroma is malts, hops, moderately some dark malts. Tastes about the same: malts, dark malts, hops, soft roast, malt bitter. Medium body and carbonation. Very nice, a really good black IPA imo!
Tried from Bottle on 04 Apr 2017 at 15:44

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Flaske vi DjOeye. Aroma humle, sitrus, blåbær, malt. Utseende svart med beige skum som varer. Smak kaffe, lakris, humle, mørk sjokolade, røsted malt. En saftig og kraftig øl med bra balanse og bitterhet. Godt øl ---
Tried on 01 Apr 2017 at 15:11

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
14th March 2017
42nd Floor Bottleshare. Thanks to Scopey for this one. Hazy amber beer, thin pale cream colour head. Palate is light and semi dry, modest fine carbonation. Orange and orange peel. Light vanilla. Madeira blends in well. Trace of pine. Ends with mild woody bitterness. Nice beer but I think would have benefitted from some dry hopping or blend back with fresh IPA.
Tried from Bottle on 20 Mar 2017 at 04:14