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
Tried on 03 Jun 2015 at 12:18

7/10
Tried on 31 May 2015 at 21:57

4.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 4
KRS 131214. Pale amber colour with a beige head. Aroma is fruit, malt, floral, yeast. Flavour is yeast, fruit, malt, floral, caramel. Too much yeast.
Tried on 25 May 2015 at 04:31

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle from Cerveteca Lisboa. It pours very lightly hazy amber with a thick off-white head. The nose is soft, juicy, fresh pine, peach, apricot and tinned pineapple. The taste is crisp, bitter-sweet, fresh piney action, lemon sherbets, grapefruit rind, touch of soap, varnish, brown bread, cereal, toasty grain and a touch of pepper with a dry finish. Medium body and moderate carbonation. A pretty alright APA.
Tried from Bottle on 18 May 2015 at 15:36

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle from Cerveteca Lisboa, it pours cloudy gold with a medium white head. The nose is earthy, wheat, doughy, sweet banana, candy and marshmallow. The taste is bitter-sweet, ripe banana, spice, creamy malt, wheat, orange rind and candy with a dry finish. Medium body and fairly high carbonation. A touch sweet perhaps. Reasonable Hefeweizen.
Tried from Bottle on 17 May 2015 at 15:33

8/10
Tried on 11 May 2015 at 10:28

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Smaksprøve fra Rune. Mørk aprikosfarget. Uklar. Søt fruktaroma. Smaken anonym. Hint av mandler.
Tried on 11 May 2015 at 07:55

8/10
Tried on 10 May 2015 at 12:44

8/10
Tried on 09 May 2015 at 13:14

7.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Review based on the BJCP2008 guildelines (style 14A, adapted). Bottle 33 cl - Batch L050314. AROMA: very nice hop aroma with notes of mango and passionfruit. Mild background of roasted notes. APPEARANCE: dark brown color and almost opaque. medium beige head with good retention. TASTE: initial hop flavours with notes of mango and some passionfruit that transforms into roasted notes. medium-high bitterness that persists beyond a semi-dry and roasted finish. PALATE: medium-light body with moderate carbonation. OVERALL: a very good black IPA, with balance towards the hop aromas and flavours, putting in the background the roasted character.
Tried from Bottle on 30 Apr 2015 at 13:43