Document and Entity Information	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 13, 2014
Equipment under capital lease
Entity Registrant Name	MENDOCINO BREWING CO INC
Entity Central Index Key	0000919134
Document Type	10-Q
Document Period End Date	Mar. 31, 2014
Amendment Flag	false
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Filer Category	Smaller Reporting Company
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		12,611,133
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q1
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2014