Historic Fiction
Bissell Brothers Brewing in Portland, Maine, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Blonde / Pale / Amber Regular|
Score
7.60
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Heavily inspired by some of our favorite “clean” Belgian ales, Historic Fiction lives somewhere between saison and pale ale. Made with 100% Maine-grown grain, a blend of yeast strains, and hopped firmly with Sterling, the resulting beer is as simple or complex as you’d like to make it.
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8.1/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
A Brewver Top 50 for the style. Hazy yellow gold color. Mousse-like white head on top. Spectacular lacing. Earthy, bready malt aroma has yeasty notes. Farmhouse, estery malt flavor upfront. Some citrus and spice. Perhaps a hint of dried apricot and hay on backend. Dry finish. Pleasant.
Tried
from Can
from Tavour
on 29 Apr 2026
at 02:34
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draft at BeerTemple; Amsterdam, 17th March 2026. Pours a mostly clear golden. Aroma is spice, yeast, citrus and taste is citrus, yeast and clove, decent
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Mar 2026
at 10:14
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours a hazy, light lemon yellow, with smallish head. Aroma is clove and banana ester, wheat beer notes. Flavors follow. Clean and crisp mouthfeel.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Nov 2025
at 19:26
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 9
Overall 7.5
Can. Pours lightly hazy yellow, medium white head, good lacing. Aroma is Belgian yeast, field grass, saison yeast, floral notes, hint of bubblegum. Flavor is light sweet, light bitter, dry. Light plus body. Good.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Jun 2025
at 22:55
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
16oz can from Tavour. Muddy golden pour with a one finger fluffy head that slowly subsides. Yeasty, aroma, fruity, banana. Taste is sweet, banana, biscuity, orange peel. Full bodied.
Tried
from Can
on 20 May 2025
at 03:04
7.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 8.5
Texture 7
Overall 9
Can from Tavour. Pours translucent gold with a foamy white head that laced down rapidly. Aroma is earth/yeast/citrus/spice. Med body. Flavor is pretty much per the aroma, tho there is a very light banana note. Very dry. It's bitter in a strange almost funky way. Very complex for me. Extremely flavorful for me.
Tried
from Can
on 19 May 2025
at 01:04
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Had while watching The Last of Us. Cloudy yellow orange bodied with some sediment and foamy white head. Nose is interesting fruit and farmhouse. Tastes herbal and floral, some apricot, peach and pear, grass. Dry and fruity. Interesting
Tried
on 05 May 2025
at 02:45
8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
16 oz can. Aroma of yeasty phenols. Flavor is soft bubblegum, pear and mild fruity yeast characteristics. Does show a slight bitterness in the finish. Really easy to drink. Exceptional execution.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Feb 2025
at 02:49
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Canned 10/31/24, drunk 2/9/25.
Lightly hazy, soft brass. Frothy, white head.
Pear, pepper, biscuit and apple. Clean and aromatic no clove.
Malty and soft with soft pepper and cellar mustiness. Fruity with a more mellow pear like character. Well damn that's a lot of soft notes with pear and such. Very Belgian not pseudo Belgian....
Lightly hazy, soft brass. Frothy, white head.
Pear, pepper, biscuit and apple. Clean and aromatic no clove.
Malty and soft with soft pepper and cellar mustiness. Fruity with a more mellow pear like character. Well damn that's a lot of soft notes with pear and such. Very Belgian not pseudo Belgian....
Tried
from Can
on 10 Feb 2025
at 01:13
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Light hazy over a gold body. Fizzy white head. Nose has light herbs, light grist, some candy, some noble hop. Flavor is bright, some lemon and apricot, herbs and straw. Plain grist. Served real cold it was refreshing. Dry but medium bodied. 7 3 7 4 13
Tried
from Can
on 05 Aug 2024
at 15:01