Engram
Bissell Brothers Brewing in Portland, Maine, United States 🇺🇸
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What defines a memory? With all our scientific progress, we still don't fully know. The closest humans have come is the engram, theorized to be the physical storage units in the brain for these lasting impressions we retain during our lifetimes.
Our Engram, the newest addition to the Bissell Brothers lineup, is our first wheat beer, and is redolent - in aroma and taste - of fresh sliced pineapple from the usage of Denali hops. The mouthfeel, derived from a grain bill comprised largely of malted wheat, is one of silky smooth perfection, and the manageable 5.5% ABV (we have found this to be essential to both craft beer enthusiasm and summertime drinking in general) allows you to enjoy this beer liberally.
It is refreshing for us to know that the human experience remains at least partially unquantifiable, and that memory remains largely subjective. We hope you make some of your own with this beer.
Our Engram, the newest addition to the Bissell Brothers lineup, is our first wheat beer, and is redolent - in aroma and taste - of fresh sliced pineapple from the usage of Denali hops. The mouthfeel, derived from a grain bill comprised largely of malted wheat, is one of silky smooth perfection, and the manageable 5.5% ABV (we have found this to be essential to both craft beer enthusiasm and summertime drinking in general) allows you to enjoy this beer liberally.
It is refreshing for us to know that the human experience remains at least partially unquantifiable, and that memory remains largely subjective. We hope you make some of your own with this beer.
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7.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours a slightly hazy, lemon-banana yellow, with mid-sized, lasting head. Aroma has some citrus and floral hop notes, some straw, wheat, a touch of fruit esters. Flavor is straw, wheat, grass, some citrus. It's missing the expected sour banana flavor of most wheat beers. Smooth, somewhat watery, thin mouthfeel.
Tried
on 10 Feb 2020
at 21:32
3.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 3
Flavor 2
Texture 2
Overall 2.5
Draught at the brewery, 12/22 and 12/29/17.
Cloudy bronze-maize-golden with a moderate amount of fairly well-retained, white head.
Pine tar, heavy spruce, soap turning to strong Pine Sol cleaner.....
Pine sap, pine sol, burning, astringent bitterness and light cereal-like malt character. Just awful and undrinkable. Burning, watery, over-dry and filled with all manner of unwanted character. It's like drinking off of the very bottom liquid of the primary fermenter.
Cloudy bronze-maize-golden with a moderate amount of fairly well-retained, white head.
Pine tar, heavy spruce, soap turning to strong Pine Sol cleaner.....
Pine sap, pine sol, burning, astringent bitterness and light cereal-like malt character. Just awful and undrinkable. Burning, watery, over-dry and filled with all manner of unwanted character. It's like drinking off of the very bottom liquid of the primary fermenter.
Tried
on 03 May 2018
at 21:19
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5
Draft at Bissell. Cloudy murky bright gold. Mild green hops, yeasty wheat aroma. The flavor is very thin with yeast and protein particles. The hops almost have a spicy note to it.
I sampled this beer on Draft at York River Landing about 2 plus months ago and it was a different beer. This is thin, watery and notes of dish soap. Something is real off here. Really sub-par.
I sampled this beer on Draft at York River Landing about 2 plus months ago and it was a different beer. This is thin, watery and notes of dish soap. Something is real off here. Really sub-par.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Dec 2017
at 17:39
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft @ Mother Kelly’s Tap Room (E2), Bethnal Green E2. Pours a hazy golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity wheat malty citrus hoppy aroma. Fruity wheat malty citrus hoppy flavor. Has a fruity wheat malty citrus hoppy finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Nov 2017
at 02:05
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draught @ Mother Kellys, 251 Paradise Row, Bethnal Green, Greater London, England E2 9LE. [ As Bissell Brothers Engram ].Murky matt medium orange colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, wheat, pale malt, sweet malt, moderate hoppy, citrus, grapefruit, fruity hops. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and moderate to heavy bitter with a long duration, zesty, fruity hops, fruit juice, wheat. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20170802] 7-3-8-3-15
Tried
on 16 Nov 2017
at 11:24
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
7th August 2017
Mother Kelly's. Keg. Murky gold beer, good cream colour head. Palate is smooth and light, decent fine minerally carbonation. Smooth malts, mild wheaty character. Vague banana esters and spice. Spicy orange and tangerine hops, little bitterness. Light citric peel. Light orangey finish. Mild bitter linger. Nice wheat.
Mother Kelly's. Keg. Murky gold beer, good cream colour head. Palate is smooth and light, decent fine minerally carbonation. Smooth malts, mild wheaty character. Vague banana esters and spice. Spicy orange and tangerine hops, little bitterness. Light citric peel. Light orangey finish. Mild bitter linger. Nice wheat.
Tried
on 18 Oct 2017
at 07:02
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can at the cabin in NH. Sourced from the brewery. Pours cloudy orange with a frothy, white head. The aroma has some tangerine, wheat flakes, peach, light pine. Light sweet flavour with subtle piney resin, a little rindy bitterness, more tangerine, apricot. Medium bodied with fine to average carbonation. Finishes with further rind and resin, light grass, fresh citrus fruits. Good.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Aug 2017
at 03:59
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at mother Kelly’s. A translucent golden yellow coloured pour with a fine white head. Aroma is weird fruit, pear, melon, apple, pale grains, funky fruit salad. Flavour is composed of doughy raw wheat, grain husks, tangy citrus, prickly pear, orange rind. Lingering harsh grain. Palate is semi sweet, tangy, moderate carbonation, grainy. Decent.
Tried
on 02 Aug 2017
at 13:06
8/10
Tried
on 02 Aug 2017
at 11:19
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at HL3, 27/07/17. Murky orange with an off white head. Nose is pine needle, semi dank hop bubblings, toasted brioche, wheaten bread, orange pith. Taste comprises sweet tropical fruit licks, pine resin, melon, citric tinged straw, pineapple, grass. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close laced with juicy hop bitterness. Solid dank hop stinger ... probs the best I’ve had in this ordinarily ’yawn’ style!
Tried
on 01 Aug 2017
at 05:42