Bissell Brothers Brewing Angels with Filthy Souls

Angels with Filthy Souls

 

Bissell Brothers Brewing in Portland, Maine, United States 🇺🇸

  Porter - Imperial Winter
Score
7.44
ABV: 11.6% IBU: - Ticks: 16
Our annual imperial porter, brewed with a plethora of English malts, two gallons of Sawyer Farms Maple syrup per barrel, and aged for a year-long slumber in bourbon barrels. Save the milk n’ cookies for the reindeer – this beast of a beer is what any bad Santa is really after.
 

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

Bottle shared by CLW--thanks, CLW! Inky, opaque black with light viscosity, no head or lacing. Aroma is strong bourbon over maple. Taste is bourbon, hint of maple syrup. Smooth texture, soft carbonation, finish as taste, light alcohol harshness experienced with inhale. OK.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Nov 2025 at 01:12


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

I am so far behind. On tap at the brewery on a motorcycle trip this summer.

Tried from Draft on 02 Oct 2025 at 00:53


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

1 pint 9fl oz bottle found in kioskh at an unholy price

aroma is roasted malts, notes from the barrelling woody notes, booze, honey. overall great roasted malty barrel agedd aroma with finer notes from the maple syrup. bit boozy though.
loos awesome black with a dark brown smooth head that lasts for a while.
flavor is roasted malts, maple syrup, wood, booze, faint charred woody note in the aftertaste, long roasted malty aftertaste. Flavor is really well balanced and not boozy as the aroma was, the end is really nice with the increasing burnt wood note. the beginning of the flavor hints at the booze and the maple syrup.

Tried from Bottle from Kihoskh on 12 Sep 2025 at 14:14


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

4oz pour at the brewery. Leggy, inky black with a ring of beige head. Nose is nice, deep malt and licorice, maple, smoke. Flavor has a lot more barrel and I'm for it. Over the malt it brings dried dark fruits, spice and a lot more caramel. Boozy end.

Tried from Draft on 04 Aug 2025 at 14:48


LCI DEI. Recall to like this.

Tried on 10 Mar 2024 at 21:06


8.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

4 oz draft. Aroma is bourbon, chocolate, roast. Flavor has mild maple with coffee, and chocolate. Barrel helps balance the sweetness. Certainly, massively flavorful!

Tried from Draft on 24 Nov 2023 at 23:01


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Draught, York River Landing, 11/24/23. Seems lightly clear. Dark. Dark beige head to ring. Good bourbon, cherry-like. Fairly malty, seems a bit sweet either fruity cherry, raisin, maple. Not boozey, but not super assertive in any department. Big cherry, big chocolate, heavy vanilla, light coconut and some minor toastiness on end. Touch of syrup, moderately sweet and not boozey. Surprised no adjunct. Tastes very vanilla-almond-cherry. Interesting. Pretty nice texture. Maybe a touch of alcohol.

Tried on 24 Nov 2023 at 20:08


8

Bourbon, chocolate, nice mouthfeel. Great sipper.

Tried on 24 Nov 2023 at 15:53


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Pours a nice near black, essentially a stout, from a bottle. Nice malty aroma, bourbon, vanilla oak, not much maple to speak of. Similar flavor, surprisingly dry. Pretty good beer.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Feb 2023 at 03:24