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Bissell Brothers Brewing

  • Microbrewery
  • Portland, Maine

WebsiteOpen in the Breweries Dashboard

Medals in View
1
Gold, Silver, Bronze
First Medal in View
2026
Categories Medaled
1
0 in special categories
Estimated Barrels per Year
2.5K

No production figure is published, so this uses the typical volume for its brewery type (microbrewery): 2,500 barrels. Estimated total: 2,500 barrels. Inputs: Barrels: 2,500 (estimated from Brewery Type (E)); Brewery Type: Microbrewery; Locations: 1; Kitchen: Not Found, So No Food Revenue Is Added; Distribution: Not Found; Employees: Not Found.

How These Estimates Are Made

Estimate (E)
Estimated ARR
$2.3M

2,500 barrels times $900 per barrel, the benchmark price for its brewery type (microbrewery), gives $2,250,000 a year. The range shown is 0.7 to 1.35 times that. Inputs: Barrels: 2,500 (estimated from Brewery Type (E)); Brewery Type: Microbrewery; Locations: 1; Kitchen: Not Found, So No Food Revenue Is Added; Distribution: Not Found; Employees: Not Found.

How These Estimates Are Made

EBITDA $180K at 8% (E)
Medals by YearBissell Brothers Brewing, 2018 to 2026
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Medals by Year
Name201820192020202120222023202420252026
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Silver000000000
Bronze000000001

Ten Year Trend

Each year says whether the brewery medaled. When it did not, the status says why there is nothing to count, including years before the brewery opened.

Medals and status of Bissell Brothers Brewing in the last ten years.
YearStatusMedalsGold / Silver / Bronze
2026Medaled1
2025No Medal0
2024No Medal0
2023No Medal0
2022No Medal0
2021No Medal0
2020Results Not LoadedNot FoundNot Found
2019Partial Year0
2018Partial Year0
Medals by Style Family
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Medals by Style Family
Style FamilyMedals
Pilsner1
Medals by Category
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Medals by Category
CategoryMedals
American Pilsener1
Medals by Location CreditedAs Printed in the Winners List
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Medals by Location Credited
Location CreditedMedals
Portland1

Hops in These Medal Beers

Each variety links to its page, with the farms that grow it.

Hops in the medal beers of Bissell Brothers Brewing.
Hallertauer Mittelfruh1
Saphir1

Hop Farms Reached Through These Hops

A farm the brewery named is a direct statement in a beer profile. A farm that grows one of these hops is published as growing it, and it does not mean the beer used hops from that farm.

Brewery Named This Farm

No beer profile of this brewery names a farm.

Grown by

No farm is published as growing a hop this brewery uses.

Medal History

Field is the number of entries in the category that year. Entries per medal divides the field by the medals awarded.

Every Great American Beer Festival medal of Bissell Brothers Brewing in view.. Select a column header to sort.
Beer Profile
2026BronzePrecept5.6%Not FoundAmerican Pilsener7826.0PortlandFull Profile

2026 Medal Beers

Bronze in American Pilsener

Precept

Bissell Brothers Brewing, Portland, ME

Category
American Pilsener
Entries
78
ABV
5.6%
IBU
Not Found
Style
German-style pilsner
Malts
Maine pilsner malt
Yeast
Not Found
Adjuncts
Not Found

Hops

Tasting Notes

Approachable, snappy, and refreshing, Precept is our award-winning take on a German-style pilsner.

Source: bissellbrothers.com

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Profile

Type
Microbrewery
Headquarters
Portland, Maine
Founded
Not Found
Employees
Not Found
Kitchen
Not Found
Website
bissellbrothers.comSource: website resolved; Instagram linked from the brewery website
Links
InstagramChecked 2026-10-14Source: website resolved; Instagram linked from the brewery website
Locations
  • Bissell Brothers Brewing: 4 Thompsons Pt Ste 108, Portland, Maine, 04102-2639 Map
Known for
Pilsner

Current Beers

Not Found

Ownership and Investors

Not Found

Breweries without ownership research are not counted as independent.

Distribution

Not Found

Estimated Scale

Barrels per Year
2,500

No production figure is published, so this uses the typical volume for its brewery type (microbrewery): 2,500 barrels. Estimated total: 2,500 barrels. Inputs: Barrels: 2,500 (estimated from Brewery Type (E)); Brewery Type: Microbrewery; Locations: 1; Kitchen: Not Found, So No Food Revenue Is Added; Distribution: Not Found; Employees: Not Found.

How These Estimates Are Made

(Estimated from Brewery Type (E), Low Confidence)
Equivalent
77,500 gallons, or 34,444 cases of 24 twelve ounce cans. About 341,000 sixteen ounce cans packaged (assuming 55% packaged) and 279,000 pints on draft.
Revenue (ARR)
$2.3M

2,500 barrels times $900 per barrel, the benchmark price for its brewery type (microbrewery), gives $2,250,000 a year. The range shown is 0.7 to 1.35 times that. Inputs: Barrels: 2,500 (estimated from Brewery Type (E)); Brewery Type: Microbrewery; Locations: 1; Kitchen: Not Found, So No Food Revenue Is Added; Distribution: Not Found; Employees: Not Found.

How These Estimates Are Made

(range $1.6M to $3M, E)
Gross Margin
50%

Annual revenue ($2,250,000) times a 50% gross margin, typical for its brewery type (microbrewery), gives $1,125,000 of gross profit. Inputs: Barrels: 2,500 (estimated from Brewery Type (E)); Brewery Type: Microbrewery; Locations: 1; Kitchen: Not Found, So No Food Revenue Is Added; Distribution: Not Found; Employees: Not Found.

How These Estimates Are Made

(gross profit $1.1M, E)
EBITDA
$180K at 8%

Annual revenue ($2,250,000) times a 8% EBITDA margin, typical for its brewery type (microbrewery), gives $180,000. The range uses 5% to 11%, typical for self distributed breweries. Inputs: Barrels: 2,500 (estimated from Brewery Type (E)); Brewery Type: Microbrewery; Locations: 1; Kitchen: Not Found, So No Food Revenue Is Added; Distribution: Not Found; Employees: Not Found.

How These Estimates Are Made

(range 5% to 11%, $113K to $248K, E)
Revenue per Barrel
$900

Annual revenue ($2,250,000) divided by 2,500 barrels. Inputs: Barrels: 2,500 (estimated from Brewery Type (E)); Brewery Type: Microbrewery; Locations: 1; Kitchen: Not Found, So No Food Revenue Is Added; Distribution: Not Found; Employees: Not Found.

How These Estimates Are Made

(cost of goods assumed at $500 per barrel, E)
Revenue per Location
$2.3M

Annual revenue ($2,250,000) divided by the number of locations (1). Inputs: Barrels: 2,500 (estimated from Brewery Type (E)); Brewery Type: Microbrewery; Locations: 1; Kitchen: Not Found, So No Food Revenue Is Added; Distribution: Not Found; Employees: Not Found.

How These Estimates Are Made

for its one location, E

How These Estimates Are Made

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