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Bissell Brothers Brewing Co.
- From:
- Bissell Brothers Brewing Co.
- Maine, United States
- Style:
- New England IPA
Ranked #935 - ABV:
- 6.2%
- Score:
- 94
Ranked #2,803 - Avg:
- 4.22 | pDev: 6.87%
- Reviews:
- 31
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jul 16, 2023
- Added:
- Jan 12, 2017
- Wants:
- 5
- Gots:
- 32
The newest member of our IPA family. A mid-strength IPA that showcases the Idaho 7 hop varietal.
Hops: Idaho 7, Amarillo, Mosaic
Malts: Golden Promise, 2-Row, Flaked Barley, Carastan, C-80
OG: 1.062
Hops: Idaho 7, Amarillo, Mosaic
Malts: Golden Promise, 2-Row, Flaked Barley, Carastan, C-80
OG: 1.062
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Ratings by SimplyBeer1026:
Rated by SimplyBeer1026 from Maine
4.37/5 rDev +3.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Apr 19, 2019
4.37/5 rDev +3.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Apr 19, 2019
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by BEERMILER12 from Maine
4.25/5 rDev +0.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +0.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
A: Pours a hazy golden yellow-orange color with 2 fingers of head that fades down to a decent cap that leaves good lacing
S: Citrus, tropical fruit, and pine up front along with a touch of wheat and light herbal/floral undertones
T: Follows the nose. Starts off with a mix of citrus, pine, and the herbal hop notes. Slowly picks up the tropical fruit and floral notes along with the wheat. Mild, lingering bitterness. Finishes with lingering citrus and pine
M: Medium bodied with moderate carbonation
O: A good, easy drinking NEIPA. Worth checking out
Jun 12, 2022S: Citrus, tropical fruit, and pine up front along with a touch of wheat and light herbal/floral undertones
T: Follows the nose. Starts off with a mix of citrus, pine, and the herbal hop notes. Slowly picks up the tropical fruit and floral notes along with the wheat. Mild, lingering bitterness. Finishes with lingering citrus and pine
M: Medium bodied with moderate carbonation
O: A good, easy drinking NEIPA. Worth checking out
Rated by Sludgeman from District of Columbia
4.15/5 rDev -1.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
4.15/5 rDev -1.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
Really love this beer. Crisp and hoppy without bitter burn. But maybe the ugliest good tasting beer I have ever had.
Apr 22, 2022Reviewed by mickyge from Massachusetts
4.17/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.17/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Poured from a can dated 11/23/21
Thick apricot color with an inch high creamy head, soapy lacing, thin cap
Aroma of tropical fruits, melon, lemon, mint, malt and some pine. Kind of a overripe fruit note.
Taste is fruity as in guava, pineapple, grapefruit, mint and melon. Kind of resinous but some sweetness to balance out the wet old grass taste.
Big mouthfeel with a whole bunch of layers, tropical fruit, bitter citrus rind, malt, mint and melon. Fairly smooth With medium carbonation and finishes slightly sour dry with a hint of a spearmint note.
Overall it’s a well balanced well layered beer. A lot of fruits and a surprisingly nice mint like finish. Easy drinking just enough sweetness to take the edge off the bitterness
Jan 03, 2022Thick apricot color with an inch high creamy head, soapy lacing, thin cap
Aroma of tropical fruits, melon, lemon, mint, malt and some pine. Kind of a overripe fruit note.
Taste is fruity as in guava, pineapple, grapefruit, mint and melon. Kind of resinous but some sweetness to balance out the wet old grass taste.
Big mouthfeel with a whole bunch of layers, tropical fruit, bitter citrus rind, malt, mint and melon. Fairly smooth With medium carbonation and finishes slightly sour dry with a hint of a spearmint note.
Overall it’s a well balanced well layered beer. A lot of fruits and a surprisingly nice mint like finish. Easy drinking just enough sweetness to take the edge off the bitterness
Reviewed by jrc1093 from Connecticut
3.43/5 rDev -18.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25
3.43/5 rDev -18.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25
Canned on 12/31/20; consumed on 2/9/21
Pours a hazy, golden copper body sporting distinctly orange hues and topped with multiple fingers of fluffy, soapy, white foam; good head retention leaves spotty chunks of cap, a slight, frothy collar, and globs of webby lacing ringing around the walls of the glass.
Aroma is an herbal cacophony upfront, highlighting wet cilantro and sage as notes of musty lemon peel guide into sweeter hints of pineapple over the middle; lighter orange zest and minty guava peek past the herbal overtones on the back end of the bouquet, and close with wisps of strawberry lingering in spots.
Taste opens trending slightly fruitier than the aroma, bringing guava rind meeting fresh grass to transition toward denser notes of tangerine and mango oils over the mid-palate and into the back end; touches of lychee and fresh pineapple develop as soft, flaky malts finish with a fading amalgam best described as wet vegetable garden.
Mouthfeel shows a medium-light body maintaining a persistently flaky crispness upfront, while a pillowy, moderate carbonation eases into a mid-palate of mild resin dragging into hints of bitterness around the finish and a slight heft left on the palate.
An odd hop combo produces dominate overtones of fresh, raw vine, unrefined and intensely herbal in character to a point where little else can develop; unfortunately good construction can only take this one so far, as it's almost entirely one-dimensional in it's eccentric levels of earthy ripeness.
Feb 10, 2021Pours a hazy, golden copper body sporting distinctly orange hues and topped with multiple fingers of fluffy, soapy, white foam; good head retention leaves spotty chunks of cap, a slight, frothy collar, and globs of webby lacing ringing around the walls of the glass.
Aroma is an herbal cacophony upfront, highlighting wet cilantro and sage as notes of musty lemon peel guide into sweeter hints of pineapple over the middle; lighter orange zest and minty guava peek past the herbal overtones on the back end of the bouquet, and close with wisps of strawberry lingering in spots.
Taste opens trending slightly fruitier than the aroma, bringing guava rind meeting fresh grass to transition toward denser notes of tangerine and mango oils over the mid-palate and into the back end; touches of lychee and fresh pineapple develop as soft, flaky malts finish with a fading amalgam best described as wet vegetable garden.
Mouthfeel shows a medium-light body maintaining a persistently flaky crispness upfront, while a pillowy, moderate carbonation eases into a mid-palate of mild resin dragging into hints of bitterness around the finish and a slight heft left on the palate.
An odd hop combo produces dominate overtones of fresh, raw vine, unrefined and intensely herbal in character to a point where little else can develop; unfortunately good construction can only take this one so far, as it's almost entirely one-dimensional in it's eccentric levels of earthy ripeness.
Reviewed by Marifp from Massachusetts
3.49/5 rDev -17.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 2 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.49/5 rDev -17.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 2 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
It has a beautiful amber color but a pungent smell due to the Idaho hops. Very strong “pot” smell, which I don’t like. The taste is quite pleasant and clean though.
Oct 18, 2020Rated by pcstuck from Illinois
4/5 rDev -5.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev -5.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Good not great
Jul 16, 2020Reviewed by Bloodbuzz99 from Georgia
4/5 rDev -5.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev -5.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
On tap at Canton St May 2020
Solid but not exceptional, I hold Bissell to a very high standard and this wasn’t their best. It really drank like a mix of a more traditional IPA with a slightly heavier malt profile and a tea-like hop flavor. Would drink again but not seek out
May 27, 2020Solid but not exceptional, I hold Bissell to a very high standard and this wasn’t their best. It really drank like a mix of a more traditional IPA with a slightly heavier malt profile and a tea-like hop flavor. Would drink again but not seek out
Reviewed by MaineBrewing from Maine
4.3/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.25
4.3/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.25
A - Poured an unfiltered golden orange color with a white frothy and bountiful two finger head. Left tons of lacing, appears fresh and lively.
S - Bright and citrusy with a pronounced hop aroma of lemon peel, grapefruit, and dank pine. Sweet malt cuts through along with a sharp fruity yeast and alcohol.
T - The flavor profile matches the nose to a tee, citrus forward. Intense lemon and grapefruit, with a slight pine. The hops are present throughout the whole sip and it finishes with a lingering juicy hop flavor. There is ample malt sweetness throughout, just adding to the juice quality of the brew. Bittering is low, as expected with the style, but I must lament that this particular example would benefit from more bittering hops.
M - The mouthfeel is great, its medium carbonation, smooth on the palate, just overall juicy hop bomb. The lack of bittering hops, yet the fact it is still somewhat dry lends this to be a very satisfying and utterly crushable brew.
O - This is overall a great NE IPA, no flaws stylistically. Super juicy and dangerously sessionable at 6.2%. Bissell has quite the line-up of IPAs they brew, this is probably not the hopiest, or the dankest, but its just ridiculously juicy, easy drinking and utterly enjoyable.
May 04, 2020S - Bright and citrusy with a pronounced hop aroma of lemon peel, grapefruit, and dank pine. Sweet malt cuts through along with a sharp fruity yeast and alcohol.
T - The flavor profile matches the nose to a tee, citrus forward. Intense lemon and grapefruit, with a slight pine. The hops are present throughout the whole sip and it finishes with a lingering juicy hop flavor. There is ample malt sweetness throughout, just adding to the juice quality of the brew. Bittering is low, as expected with the style, but I must lament that this particular example would benefit from more bittering hops.
M - The mouthfeel is great, its medium carbonation, smooth on the palate, just overall juicy hop bomb. The lack of bittering hops, yet the fact it is still somewhat dry lends this to be a very satisfying and utterly crushable brew.
O - This is overall a great NE IPA, no flaws stylistically. Super juicy and dangerously sessionable at 6.2%. Bissell has quite the line-up of IPAs they brew, this is probably not the hopiest, or the dankest, but its just ridiculously juicy, easy drinking and utterly enjoyable.
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Beer rating:
94 out of
100 with
189 ratings
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