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Bissell Brothers Brewing in Portland, Maine, United States 🇺🇸
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.97
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Missing our industry friends from afar more each day, we did our best to bring a some of the English drinking experience to us. Marking our first use of nitrogen in cans, simple and pure flavors of malt, hops, yeast, and water are threaded together through a mouthfeel that is as close to Leeds as we can be – for now.
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7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Pours hazy, deep gold into a pilsner. White nitro head with excellent retention recedes to coat surface. Caramel aromas. Soft with sweet caramel and golden syrup front to back. Medium length sweet honey finish. All sorts of sweet.
Tried
on 09 Jul 2026
at 23:53
5.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 5
Flavor 5.5
Texture 5
Overall 6
On cask at the brewery taproom. Dark golden/amber coloured, medium sized off-white head, malt and mild caramel in the nose. Toasted malt, caramel, light green apple and sweetish finish. Soso.
Tried
from Draft
at
Bissell Brothers Brewing Company
on 16 Jun 2026
at 19:39
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Aromas are malt, bread, something bitter and a hint of butterscotch. Flavors are similar to nose, slightly more sweet than bitter. Nitro works great here. Reminds me of the bitters I had in UK. Good stuff.
Tried
from Can
from Tavour
on 22 Apr 2026
at 01:32
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7
Can from Tavour
Appearance: hazy gold with a white head
Aroma: bread, toffee, honey, floral
Flavor: medium sweetness, medium bitterness
Texture: average carbonation, creamy feel, medium body, long finish
Tasty
Appearance: hazy gold with a white head
Aroma: bread, toffee, honey, floral
Flavor: medium sweetness, medium bitterness
Texture: average carbonation, creamy feel, medium body, long finish
Tasty
Tried
from Can
from Tavour
on 03 Jan 2026
at 00:21
6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Tavour: nitro can: pours ugly brown with nice creamy head. Aroma is earthy and toffee. Low bitterness. Mellow rounded sweetness. Smooth nitro body. Not a great beer but a change of pace.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Dec 2025
at 01:55
7.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours a really hazy, caramel color, with big, thick head (as one would expect). Aroma is bread, some roasted grain. Flavors follow. Mouthfeel fairly clean and crisp.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Oct 2025
at 17:35
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 4
Texture 5
Overall 5.5
16oz can from Tavour. Didn't care for it - a style that is just not my fav. Probably much better from a keg/nitro vs. nitro can
Tried
from Can
on 12 Jun 2025
at 19:32
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
16oz can from Tavour. Murky amber pour, fine silky head that lasts a while. Aroma is malty, honey. Taste is sweet, malty, honey. A bit sweet for the style, but the malty base is spot on.
Tried
from Can
from Tavour
on 10 Jun 2025
at 04:17
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tip Tap nitro, 5/29/25.
As pictured.
Nice malt in the nose with honey, bread and easygoing but fairly fragrant, hops. Mineral and soft fruits linger, with more honey-like malt and a very good overall presentation and cleanliness.
Malty and rich with zesty herbal/spicy hop. Fruity, with honey, bread, touch of caramel and light berry. Excellent body and attenuation breaking through the wateriness of the nitro. Very flavorful for its size!
As pictured.
Nice malt in the nose with honey, bread and easygoing but fairly fragrant, hops. Mineral and soft fruits linger, with more honey-like malt and a very good overall presentation and cleanliness.
Malty and rich with zesty herbal/spicy hop. Fruity, with honey, bread, touch of caramel and light berry. Excellent body and attenuation breaking through the wateriness of the nitro. Very flavorful for its size!
Tried
from Draft
at
The Tip Tap Room
on 29 May 2025
at 22:33
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can from Tavour. Pours hazy somewhat brown with a moderate creamy white head that persisted. Med body. Smooth and creamy. Malt is somewhat toffee. Hop is floral. An interesting facsimile of a cask bitter.
Tried
from Can
on 14 May 2025
at 00:39