Swish
Bissell Brothers Brewing in Portland, Maine, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial New England / Hazy Rotating|
Score
7.92
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The realization of our wildest dreams from the brewery’s infancy. A Golden Promise malt base smothered with Citra, Mosiac, and Simcoe hops.
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9.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 10
Flavor 10
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Bissell Brothers Swish (by Bissell Brothers Brewing Company):
Aroma: 10/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 10/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 19/20, MyTotalScore: 4.7/5
21/V/16 - 1Pt can @ Erwin's Ponton Tasting - BB: n/a (2016-605) Thanks to Amy for the can!
Cloudy beige blond beer, small irregular off-white head, unstable, bit adhesive. Aroma: lots of tropical fruits, pineapple, passion fruit, lovely smell! MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: very hoppy, bitter, citrus, lots of grapefruit, tropical fruit, pineapple, citrus. Aftertaste: resinous, bit sweet, malty, lots of tropical fruits, very hoppy. What a lovely beer!
Aroma: 10/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 10/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 19/20, MyTotalScore: 4.7/5
21/V/16 - 1Pt can @ Erwin's Ponton Tasting - BB: n/a (2016-605) Thanks to Amy for the can!
Cloudy beige blond beer, small irregular off-white head, unstable, bit adhesive. Aroma: lots of tropical fruits, pineapple, passion fruit, lovely smell! MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: very hoppy, bitter, citrus, lots of grapefruit, tropical fruit, pineapple, citrus. Aftertaste: resinous, bit sweet, malty, lots of tropical fruits, very hoppy. What a lovely beer!
Tried
from Can
on 21 May 2016
at 16:00
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
CAN - Can. Milky. Hazy orange. Huge grapefruit bomb in aroma. Mouthfeel is pretty basic. Thin, fleeting and watery. On the "swish" it’s orange peel and tangerines and a little sucrose. Has a nice bitterness that fades fast (why are all of these IPAs so thick like a milkshake? it’s gross)
Tried
from Can
on 18 Apr 2016
at 09:26
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Draught at the brewery, 4/2/16.
This batch was just canned and released this weekend, lucky me! A heavily hazy, nearly soupy amber-golden body topped by a medium-sized white head that fades quickly to cover.
Juice, juicy fruit sweetness and...well....more juice and tropical fruits. Ya, this is not screaming complexity, but the mango-papaya-cherry-pineapple is about as good as your’re going to find. No edge to it whatsoever and only sweet honey-like base malts hang in the background. No booze or flaw.
In the flavor it’s incredibly soft, malty and gently sweet while still maintaining good attenuation. Just a phenomenally tropical juice bomb with moderate cherry character as well. Low but ultra-tight carbonation and low bitterness with no resin or pine. No booze here and no flaw. Just massively juicy hop notes, soft, creamy-malty carbonation-texture and just a nip of bitterness to balance. Pretty f-in good.
This batch was just canned and released this weekend, lucky me! A heavily hazy, nearly soupy amber-golden body topped by a medium-sized white head that fades quickly to cover.
Juice, juicy fruit sweetness and...well....more juice and tropical fruits. Ya, this is not screaming complexity, but the mango-papaya-cherry-pineapple is about as good as your’re going to find. No edge to it whatsoever and only sweet honey-like base malts hang in the background. No booze or flaw.
In the flavor it’s incredibly soft, malty and gently sweet while still maintaining good attenuation. Just a phenomenally tropical juice bomb with moderate cherry character as well. Low but ultra-tight carbonation and low bitterness with no resin or pine. No booze here and no flaw. Just massively juicy hop notes, soft, creamy-malty carbonation-texture and just a nip of bitterness to balance. Pretty f-in good.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Apr 2016
at 23:39
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 9
Can thanks to Andrew. Pours a turbid yellow with medium creamy white head leaving sticky lacing. The aroma is tropical fruit, tangerine and mango, dank hops. Thick mouth, juicy hop, mango, light bitterness, very nice.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Mar 2016
at 18:35
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Tap at Bissell Brothers Brewing Company, Portland. Originally rated 20160220. Colour is very cloudy golden with small white head. Aromas and flavours: Fruits, citrus, hops and malts.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Feb 2016
at 07:03
6/10
Tried
on 19 Feb 2016
at 14:07
8.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Poured from a can. Aroma is nice with some medium light cracker malt notes. A lot of hop character with grapefruit and tropical fruit leading the way followed by dank notes with some onion character. Some light resin notes as well as stone fruit. Pours a murky, pale, golden straw color with a moderately tall, medium thick, white head that exhibits nice retention as it recedes to a thin film that lingers. Moderate lacing with small legs. Flavor has a semi light sweetness with medium cracker malt notes that initially linger in the finish. Medium high bitterness that also lingers. Moderately strong hop flavors with nice tropical fruit and citrus notes. Less grapefruit and dank, onion, notes than in the aroma, but they are still present and balance out the tropical fruit. Some lingering sweet tropical fruit notes. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with medium carbonation. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth. Overall, a very nice NE IPA with more hop character than Substance Ale. I also like the hop profile more and enjoy the differences in character of the aroma and flavor.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Jan 2016
at 01:28
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can at 10K. Pours gold white head. nose/taste of pineapple, cracker malt, citrus and pine. medium body. Dank.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Apr 2015
at 17:32
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Can thanks to JBPortland! Pours crystal clear golden, small white head, dissipates fairly slowly, good lacing. Aroma is tropical, guava, mango, dank, and some pot. Flavor is light sweet, light plus bitter, juicy, dank, fruity, some grainy malt. Medium light body. Solid effort.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Apr 2015
at 04:47
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Thanks Blue_rogue.
This was poured into a tulip.
The appearance was a glazed over yellow/slight orange color. The head dissipated immediately. Light lacing stuck only around the glass.
The smell had a wonderful sweet to lightly spiced combination of raw piney and grapefruit. Adequately enthralled with the substance of the bitter sweet citrus hops, a light burst of sweet onion runs into the aroma and blends wonderfully.
The taste took all of those previously mentioned flavors and amplifies to flavor. There’s no aftertaste nor finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a medium on the body with a fairly decent sessionability about it. The carbonation hits like a good DIPA should but still isn’t overbearing. A lingering semi - soft bitter dryness rolls over my tongue.
Overall, I say this was a very good DIPA that I would love to have again.
This was poured into a tulip.
The appearance was a glazed over yellow/slight orange color. The head dissipated immediately. Light lacing stuck only around the glass.
The smell had a wonderful sweet to lightly spiced combination of raw piney and grapefruit. Adequately enthralled with the substance of the bitter sweet citrus hops, a light burst of sweet onion runs into the aroma and blends wonderfully.
The taste took all of those previously mentioned flavors and amplifies to flavor. There’s no aftertaste nor finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a medium on the body with a fairly decent sessionability about it. The carbonation hits like a good DIPA should but still isn’t overbearing. A lingering semi - soft bitter dryness rolls over my tongue.
Overall, I say this was a very good DIPA that I would love to have again.
Tried
on 27 Mar 2015
at 22:27