The Substance Ale
Bissell Brothers Brewing in Portland, Maine, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - New England / Hazy Regular|
Score
7.52
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Our precious flagship. Brightly dank and designed to be just mysterious enough.. Hopped with Falconer’s Flight, Centennial, Apollo, Chinook, and Simcoe.
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7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
For some odd reason, I thought this was a DIPA, and ended up pouring it into a tulip, woops. If I’m able to acquire again, I’ll make sure proper glassware next time.
The appearance was a glossy yellow/orange color. Light stringy lacing starts and then slides into the beer.
The smell has a light sweet onion, refreshing pine combining and giving off a slight floral arrangement underneath my nose.
The taste was bitter and sweet at different times with a quick resinous finish. There’s no aftertaste.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body. Sessionability is there. Carbonation seems appropriate for the APA style.
Overall, as an APA this is quite good as I would love to pound this on a hot Summer’s day.
The appearance was a glossy yellow/orange color. Light stringy lacing starts and then slides into the beer.
The smell has a light sweet onion, refreshing pine combining and giving off a slight floral arrangement underneath my nose.
The taste was bitter and sweet at different times with a quick resinous finish. There’s no aftertaste.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body. Sessionability is there. Carbonation seems appropriate for the APA style.
Overall, as an APA this is quite good as I would love to pound this on a hot Summer’s day.
Tried
on 29 Mar 2015
at 15:07
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can shared by Kyle! Pours a near clear light gold with a white head that dissipates slowly to the edges. Aroma has lots of pine and bitter grapefruit backed by light grains. Flavor has some eathy citrus and some pine with a bit of earthy grains.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Mar 2015
at 00:03
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
500mL bottle, pours a cloudy pale golden with a small white head. Aroma brings out loads of fresh piney hops. Flavour is super fresh and hoppy, with piney and floral hops, and just enough malt to back. Basically an IPA, with so much freshness and pine. Excellent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Feb 2015
at 03:00
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Northeast Bucket List Trip Beer #89. Keg at the brewery. Pours a hazy orange yellow with a medium sized creamy tan head. Good head retention. Aroma of citrus, tropical, floral hops and pale malt. The taste is resin, pine, tropical hops and pale malt. Medium bodied, well balanced.
Tried
on 21 Feb 2015
at 19:53
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
16 oz can from a trade with WillRunForBeer. Pours hazy dark golden color with white head. Grassy and fruity aroma with some citrus and pine. Slightly sweet fruit flavor with grass and pine and moderate bitterness. A little bready. Medium body with average carbonation. Thanks Brian.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Oct 2014
at 20:25
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
At a tasting, thanks Ariel, stable bubbly head, a touch hazy deepish yellow colour, aroma of grapefruit and spice with some tropical fruits in the back, something unmistakably pungent, but not sure what it is, flavor of grapefruit and that pungent thing, with some pine and wood in the back, strong but quite mellow bitterness. A bit unusual but very good.
Tried
on 27 Sep 2014
at 02:05
6.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can at Ale Alpharetta, from Trey. PAle yellow color, with a thin, grey head. The aroma is straw, pine, resin, and caramel. Sweet, and very bitter. Light to medium body, sticky, and powdery. I think this can might’ve been a little old, but still a solid, hoppy beer.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Sep 2014
at 19:55
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle sample at a tasting at Ariel’s place. Thanks Ariel. Clear golden with a white head. Hoppy aroma, kinda "green", with nice fruitiness, weed and some cat piss. Flavor is quite dry with "green" and fruity hops and nice bitterness. Medium-bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Sep 2014
at 02:41