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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7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Tap. Clear orange-amber color with white head. Aroma is grapefruit, toasted malts, grassy. Taste is nice toasted malts, herbal hops, piney, bitter finish. Oily mouthfeel, medium carbonation. Alright!

Tried from Draft on 25 Sep 2023 at 19:47


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Tap. Hazy red-pink color with no head. Aroma is hibiscus, fruit tea, wheat, yoghurt. Taste is the same. Mineraly bite, sparkly carbonation. Solid!

Tried from Draft on 25 Sep 2023 at 18:38


6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Tap. Clear golden color with white head. Aroma is coffee, sweet peach, white sugar. Taste is the same. Velvety mouthfeel, soft carbonation. Quite okay.

Tried from Draft on 25 Sep 2023 at 18:35


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Tap. Dark brown color with beige head. Aroma is chocolate, mild blackbread, grains. Taste is the same, really a dry stout, not much oak noticeable, just a little bit earthiness. Oily mouthfeel, low carbonation. Fun enough.

Tried from Draft on 25 Sep 2023 at 18:33


6

keg at Borefts 2023 Saturday. m golden... thin white lacing. msoft dry fruit.. Light dry bitter pithy frui

Tried on 24 Sep 2023 at 08:08


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

23/IX/23 - on tap @ Borefts Beer Festival Day 2, BB: n/a (2023-760) Thanks to all for sharing today’s beers!

Pretty clear orange beer, small creamy white head, little stable, non adhesive. Aroma: malty, grains, hay, cow fodder, a bit funky, barnyard. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: a bit sourish in the start, very malty,grains, hay, a little bitter. Aftertaste: malty, sourish, hay, grains.

Tried from Draft at Brouwcafé de Molen on 23 Sep 2023 at 14:50


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

23/IX/23 - on tap @ Borefts Beer Festival Day 2, BB: n/a (2023-753) Thanks to all for sharing today’s beers!

Clear blond to orange beer, creamy white head, stable, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: pretty malty, grains, hay, cow fodder, a hint of caramel. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: bitter, grains, hay, grassy, spicy touch, a bit malty, very bitter. Aftertaste: more bitter hops, dry, a bit grassy, ok.

Tried from Draft at Brouwcafé de Molen on 23 Sep 2023 at 14:15


5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Dunkler, herb würziger Beginn. Brotig herb bei eher schwachem Hintergrund, leicht bitter, trinkbar. 10/9/7/8//8

Tried from Draft on 23 Sep 2023 at 13:28


5.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Muffig herber Beginn. Geringfügig hopfig, trocken, dunkel getreidig. Ok. 10/7/8/9//8

Tried from Draft on 23 Sep 2023 at 13:20


4.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4.5 | Texture - 3 | Overall - 4.5

Getreidiger, mild hopfiger Beginn. Weiche Herbe, trocken, etwas bitter, hell brotig. Meh. 9/6/7/5/6//6

Tried from Draft on 23 Sep 2023 at 13:18