Precept

Precept is a German-style pilsner of Maine pilsner malt and German-grown hops from Bissell Brothers Brewing of Portland, Maine.

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Brewery Description

Approachable, snappy, and refreshing, Precept is our award-winning take on a German-style pilsner. 100% Maine pilsner malt base, hopped with German-grown Mittelfrüh and Saphir, and horizontally lagered for over a month.

Source: Bissell Brothers: Precept

Tasting Notes

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

Source: bissellbrothers.com

Ingredients

The brewery page gives an all Maine pilsner malt base and German-grown Mittelfrüh and Saphir hops. No yeast is named.

Hop Profile

Brewing Details

Style Context

As category context only, the Brewers Association guideline for American-Style Pilsener describes a pre-Prohibition style lager with medium-high noble-type hop character over medium-low to medium malt, at 4.9 to 6.0 percent ABV and 25 to 40 IBU. The 5.6% ABV fits and the noble-type hops suit the style; no IBU is published.

Awards History

Generated from the loaded results for this brewery and beer name, not researched separately; years not loaded are not covered.

Brewery Context

Bissell Brothers Brewing is in Portland, ME. Brewery type in Open Brewery DB: Microbrewery.

Links checked 2026-10-14: Website, Instagram.

Related

• Brewery: Bissell Brothers Brewing
• Hop varieties: Hallertauer Mittelfruh, Saphir

Links

• Beer page on brewery site
• Brewers Association: beer style guidelines

Gaps

• Not Found: IBU. Checked bissellbrothers.com, web searches recorded in the research notes, Catalog.beer search by beer and brewery name.
• Not Found: Color (SRM), Original gravity, Final gravity, Hop form, Hop use, Yeast, Adjuncts, Water. Checked bissellbrothers.com, web searches recorded in the research notes.

Research Notes

• Field pass 2026-10-13: Beer-specific searches located a matching Untappd listing with no IBU; no verified bitterness figure was found.
• The brewery page shows a Denver International Beer Competition silver seal; it does not mention GABF 2026.
• The brewery home page was not fetched separately; brewery url is the root of the beer page's domain.
• Researched 2026-10-13.
• Deep dive pass 2026-10-14: the brewery page says the hops are German-grown Mittelfrüh and Saphir (origin only, recorded in the lot or farm column as such) and the beer is horizontally lagered for over a month; the hops list now uses the full variety name Hallertau Mittelfrüh.