Bissell Brothers Brewing Umbra

Umbra

 

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

  Stout - Oatmeal Rotating
Score
7.11
ABV: 7.5% IBU: - Ticks: 33
Our hefty and comforting oatmeal stout is brewed with loads of roasted malt, a kiss of UK crystal malt, and of course, Maine oats. Simply delicious.
 

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7.4
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

Can from Tavour. Pours dark brn/blk with a decent creamy tan head that persisted. Aroma of dark malt. Med body. Mildly bitter. Some roasty malt. Something like a chocolate note. Fairly dry. Fairly bitter. Fairly tasty.

Tried from Can from Tavour on 12 Jan 2026 at 01:51


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7.6
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Aroma's are smooth dark malt, toast, cocoa, coffee and a slight hint of molasses. Flavors are similar to nose and mildly sweet. Medium bodied and mild carbonation. Very easy drinking. Been done before many times but this is good.

Tried from Can from Tavour on 17 Nov 2025 at 05:28


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7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

16oz can from Tavour. Near black pour with a one finger creamy beige head. Light roasty aroma, chocolate, burnt toast. Taste is bitter, roasty, and dark chocolate. Very creamy and smooth. A real pleasure to drink.

Tried from Can from Tavour on 07 Nov 2025 at 05:23

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

My 825th Top 50 beer rating. 16 ounce can. Opaque dark brown color. Large rocky tan head. Roasted malt aroma has a hint of dark chocolate. Flavor follows nose. Dark chocolate, dark malt, earthy notes. Quite nice.

Tried from Can on 10 Jan 2025 at 05:16

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7

Tried from Draft on 13 Dec 2024 at 18:52

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8

Dark black bod sml off wht head. Roast choc ash arma. Roast choc ash flav. Med full bod mod carb. 8/5/7/4/15 3.9

Tried from Draft on 12 Oct 2019 at 16:09

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6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

On tap at the brewery. Pours black with medium spotty tan lacing. The aroma is strong cocoa and roasted malt. Thin body, malt, cocoa, light dry finish, good.

Tried from Draft on 07 Jun 2019 at 17:21

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7.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Draught @ MBCC'18 [ Blue Session ]. - Mikkeller Beer Celebration Copenhagen 2018, Øksnehallen, Halmtorvet 11, 1700 København V, Danmark. [ As Bissell Brothers Umbra ].Clear dark brown colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, wood, oat, oyster stout alike, earthy notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, wood, earthy, roasted, dark malt, oyster stout alike, oat. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20180511] 7-4-7-3-15

Tried on 21 Feb 2019 at 14:43

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7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Can at home in Hackney - thanks to drsandman. Pours black-brown with a dense, frothy mocha head. Nicely rich and rounded dark malts, bittersweet dark chocolate, baking cocoa, ash, scorched earth, some coffee. Medium to full bodied with fine carbonation and velvety texture. Well balanced finish with just a mellow kick of alcohol warmth, more burnt malts, layered chocolate, supple bitterness. Excellent stout.

Tried from Can on 14 Nov 2018 at 22:51

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

Can: Poured a black color stout with a dark brown foamy head with good retention and light lacing. Aroma of light roasted malt with some black chocolate notes is OK. Taste is a mix of light roasted malt with some light black chocolate malt with maybe bit much more residual sugar then I had expected. Body is lighter than expected with carbonation maybe a notch above what the style usually suggest. Enjoyable but not memorable for the style.

Tried from Can on 28 Sep 2018 at 18:46

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