Double Substance
Bissell Brothers Brewing in Portland, Maine, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial New England / Hazy Regular|
Score
7.33
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A decade of askin’, now we’re answerin’. Extra Maine-grown grain in the mash and jacked up hop intensity made for an 8% version of our flagship IPA.
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8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
16 oz can. Pours murky orange with a one finger cream-white head with good retention. Aroma has notes of grapefruit, pine, tangerine. Taste has a moderate pithy bitterness with flavors of juicy citrus, tropical fruit, and pine. Creamy mouthfeel. Alcohol hidden very well. So drinkable.
Tried
from Can
from Tavour
on 01 Dec 2025
at 03:06
8/10
Sweetish, malty and fruity with some orange, citrus, grapefruit and pine, hints of tropical notes and peaches, mild bitterness. Solid east coast DIPA
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Sep 2025
at 15:34
8/10
Hoppy and fruity, dry, smooth. Citrus with grapefruit, some peach, bitter, quite heavy. Very nice.
Tried
on 12 Sep 2025
at 14:51
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 8
Can from Tavour. Pours somewhat hazy gold with a transient white head. Aroma of citrus and other tropicals. Med body or so. Juicy but barely sweet. Bitter enough to balance. Flavor is mixed citrus, melon, and grapefruit seems to be part of the citrus. Bitterness persists. Good drink.
Tried
from Can
from Tavour
on 22 Aug 2025
at 00:10
6.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Murky yellow colour and small white head. Overriped tropical fruits in the nose but quite dry. Medium-bodied. Overriped fruits, a bit hopburn, lots of straw in the flavour.
Tried
from Draft
at
Bissell Brothers Brewing Company
on 01 Aug 2025
at 15:12
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 9
Overall 7
Can. Pours hazy yellow, small white head, good lacing. Aroma is a bit vegetal, grapefruit, pot. Good is light plus sweet, light bitter. Medium body.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Jul 2025
at 00:30
7/10
A hazy bright golden yellow beer with a white head. Aroma of grassy and citrusy hops, flowers, wheat. Taste of grassy and citrusy hops, pine, grapefruit, dry earthy bitterness.
Tried
from Can
on 17 May 2025
at 23:33
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Süffiger, cremig hopfiger Beginn. Milde Bitterkeit, Hafer, süßlich, moderat würzig. Ok, nicht übermäßig spannend. 9/9/9/9/8/9
Tried
from Can
on 17 May 2025
at 21:34
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours a hazy, orange-peach, with mid-sized head. Aroma is citrus and tropical fruit. Flavors follow. Soft mouthfeel. Moderate hop bitterness in the finish.
Tried
on 20 Nov 2024
at 23:29
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
16oz can from Tavour. Pour looks similar to the Substance. Aroma mirrors the original too, with just a bit more heft. Taste is fruity, juicy and a little more citrusy than the original. Everything's a bit more moved up in his version, and a little smoother.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Sep 2024
at 02:33