The Substance
Bissell Brothers Brewing Co.

 

Tasty beer NEIPA. A little thin for my liking but very drinkable though. 6.6% is right in the slot.

No Blue Comet or Cloud Candy but would gladly slurp a few.

 

Cloudy yellow. Nice, white head. Tropical fruits in the aroma with some light vegetable notes. Pleasant and sufficient hoppy bitterness in taste.

 

16 ounce can - $5.00 at Woodstock Beer Market in Woodstock, Georgia.

PKGD 10/16/24

Appearance: Pours a hazy, orange-gold body with a medium-sized, whitish head.

Smell: Tropical florals and redolent, pulpy, pity citrus fruits and light spicy tones with a background of raw, rustic grains.

Taste: A bright, lightly tart, lightly pithy grapefruit-tangerine taste predominately but also floral, tropical pineapple with a needling spiciness amongst the rustic graininess. There's an underlying herbal, dark quality to it, too. Fruity but with an encroaching earthiness and light alcohol warmth on the finish.

Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied. Medium carbonation.

Overall: Fairly solid.

 

 

Canned 8/7. Orange and tan haze fest. Minimal head and lacing. Slight citrus and malt notes on the nose, bit of resiny pine. Taste is bright, zesty, citrusy, more so than the nose. Slight malt background, and a bit of resin. Milder bodied than most NEIPAs, mouth watering finish, subtle alcohol. Excellent long time want that I’d try again, but fresher.

16oz can from Tavour. Hazy peach colored pour, ample white foam head, steaks of lacing. Fruity aroma, stone fruit and mango, light orange. Taste is sweet and fruity, juicy, orange peel, mango, apricot. Very light bitterness, which tapers off fairly quickly.

A - pours a vibrant and bright hazy orange. Nice bone white head with good cling on the glass

S - had this in the brewery so hard to smell anything but fresh hops ! Piney, dank, citrusy.

T. Nicely balanced - citrus and piney hops, fruit, subdued malty lingers in the aftertaste. clean finish on the palate

O - really nice fusion of New England / American IPA styles. Enjoyed at the brewery with the fam on way to Acadia

From the tap at Waterfront Camden ME

I wanted to give this beer a chance on both draft & 16 oz can before rating. Beer looks great however the aroma and taste didn’t meet expectations. More readily available NEIPA’s are both cheaper and better tasting IMO.

10 day old can. Pours a murky orange, very opaque, with a fluffy two finger head. It's thick and hazy, but not as brightly colored as some other examples in this style.

Nose is dominated by herbal, floral, and orange notes. A little vanilla comes through as it sits in the glass.

Heavily orange juice, taste-wise. Vanilla, a touch of caramel, and some hibiscus or other floral element too. Notably lacking piney or pithy flavors. Fluffy, soft mouthfeel.

Overall this one was a little disappointing given its stellar reputation and elevated price point. It does what it does well, which is taste like juice, but it really needs a shot of bitterness to round it out as an IPA. It's not close to the standard set by other big name NEIPA brewers. I hope for the chance to try something else from this brewery soon.

This is a classic but - for me - not Bissell's best NEIPA.

The flavour profile is complex and it doesn't look or smell bad.
There are floral notes, wheaty notes, lots of citrus, piney overtones - but they don't quite come together. The overall feel is slightly thin: I think it needs a touch more sweetness and greater depth. It's still better than most IPAs, but I wish it hung together more coherently.

Smooth, laid back NEIPA. Although I think it transcends that classification to a degree with a pretty subtle, complex flavor profile where you can't just put your finger on one element like you can with a lot of others in that style ("orange," etc). Pretty malty, a little bit of melon, some herbal/botanical notes, pine, etc... Completely unintimidating level of bitterness that mildly creeps up in the finish but not to any real extent. I almost never say this about IPAs, but it would benefit from a slightly higher IBU. Anyway, would recommend to anybody as a gateway IPA.

Poured from a can into a teku glass
Appearance – The beer pours a very hazy orange-yellow color with a puffy head of white foam. The head has a fantastic level of retention, fading over time to leave a decent level of foamy lace on the sides the glass.
Smell – The aroma is rather strong of a sweet orange and tangerine smell mixed with lots of cotton candy and melon. Along with these smells comes a good showing of a herbal hop mixed with notes of grapefruit and pine. Other doughy and bready smells are in there as well, mixing with a bit of floral hop and some apricot and peach, producing a rather sweet and inviting smell overall.
Taste – The taste begins with a bready and doughy malt flavor paired with some sweeter notes of orange and apricot. There is also a decent deal of hoppiness, with flavors of grapefruit and herb being the strongest, but with some light floral notes as well. As the taste advances a bit of the melon that was in the nose, comes out in the tongue and some almost crème like tastes join in. That said, the sweet later fades a bit, all while some more hop of a herbal and pine nature come in, and with some hay and must, one is left with a moderately sweet and malty, and decently hopped up and juicy taste to linger on the tongue.
Mouthfeel – The body of the brew is thick and creamy with a moderate carbonation level. For the thicker and heavier tastes at 6.6% abv, the feel is great and makes for a nice sipper.
Overall – A Quite flavorful and overall, well-crafted brew. Certainly, one to try if you have the opportunity.

After a long absence from drinking this beer and trying other's I’m glad I picked this up. Just simply one of the best IPAs out there. An all around pleaser.

Pours a murky yellow amber with a small but long-lasting head. Smell is dank and grainy with hints of citrus. Taste follows suit, with dank and earthy notes dominating over fruit. Some bitterness on the swallow, but nothing aggressive.