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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8

Black with a small tan head. Roasted aroma with liquorice, dried fruit and cherry. Sweet roasted flavour with just the right amount of fruit.

Tried on 22 Sep 2023 at 10:42


7

Black with a lasting tan head. Roasted aroma with liquorice and toffee and dried fruit. Sweet roasted flavour with a full body. Vineous complexity.

Tried on 22 Sep 2023 at 10:37


6

Pale red with a small white head. Weak fruity aroma. Dry and tart yoghurt flavour with with tea and floral notes.

Tried on 22 Sep 2023 at 10:33


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Tap. Opaque brown color with beige head. Aroma is raisins, figs, port indeed, but nicely balanced. Taste is the same, not too sweet or boozy, dash of tartness, quite nice. Soft carbonation, a bit chewy. Nice!

Tried from Draft on 22 Sep 2023 at 10:22


7.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Tap. Murky brown color with almost no head. Aroma is cherry, chocolate, schwarzwälder kirsch. Taste ia schwarzwälder kirsch again, with some bitter roasty kick, mild tartness. Almost flat, some tannins. Solid!

Tried from Draft on 22 Sep 2023 at 10:21


7.9
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8

Cremig malziger Beginn, süffig. Spritzig, sehr weiche Herbe, viel Kaffee. Röstnoten, spritzig, langer malzig-röstiger Abgang. Gut! 10/11/12/12//12

Tried from Draft on 22 Sep 2023 at 10:17


8

keg at Borefts 2023 Friday... dark black.. thin tan head... sift woody chocolate roast malts nose... rich chocolate roast malts.. woody chocolate Roast

Tried on 22 Sep 2023 at 10:15


8

keg at Borefts 2023 Friday.. dark black.. thin tan lacing.. soft dry chocolate Roast malts nose.. dry roast.. dry chocolate. Light ginger burn

Tried on 22 Sep 2023 at 10:13


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

22/IX/23 - on tap @ Borefts Beer Festival Day 1, BB: n/a (2023-575) Thanks to all for sharing today’s beers!

Clear dark brown beer, small brown head, unstable, a bit adhesive. Aroma: nice, good roast, malty, grains, oxidized, caramel, some soy sauce. MF: ok carbon, medium to full body. Taste: good roast up front, bitter, a bit oxidized, coffee, dark chocolate, bitter hops, good! Aftertaste: caramel, bitter, coffee grit, hop bitterness, harsh roast.

Tried from Draft at Brouwcafé de Molen on 22 Sep 2023 at 10:00


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Tap @ You’ll Never Walk Alone, Kolding. Clear amber with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and light hoppy - fruity. Flavor is quite sweet and rather bitter. Dry and rather bitter finish. 110623

Tried from Draft on 11 Jun 2023 at 12:58