Sulla Terra (2020)
Shared in Maplewood, Missouri, United States 🇺🇸
Brewed at/by: Side Project BrewingBarley Wine - Barley Rotating Out of Production
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Score
7.33
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Sulla Terra is a blended Barrel-Aged Barleywine by our brewer Brian Ivers. Brian blended up the first blend in January of 2019 and for the 2020 release, we let him have free reign in our barrel room for this blended, barrel-aged Barleywine. Brian has had a knack for brewing some of our favorite malty beers, and his blend here is no exception.
While blending For Gabe, as we had samples from every corner of our barrel room free for the tasting, Brian started honing in on what he wanted the 2020 release of this to taste like. He ended up tediously blending and deciding on a beautiful blend that consists of:
Barrel 397 - Experimental English Barleywine aged in a Maple Syrup Weller 12 barrel for 18 months
Barrels 370, 371, 372 - Anabasis aged in Blanton’s barrels (blend 4 barrels) for 21 months
Barrels 332, 333 - MJK aged in Willett Bourbon barrels for 25 months
The success in flavor and uniqueness of these blended Barleywines and Barleywine/Stout blends has been a new, fun, invigorating challenge for us brewers and is something that we want to focus on in the future. Brian’s Sulla Terra has been a huge inspiration for a future blended Barleywine for Side Project as well.
While blending For Gabe, as we had samples from every corner of our barrel room free for the tasting, Brian started honing in on what he wanted the 2020 release of this to taste like. He ended up tediously blending and deciding on a beautiful blend that consists of:
Barrel 397 - Experimental English Barleywine aged in a Maple Syrup Weller 12 barrel for 18 months
Barrels 370, 371, 372 - Anabasis aged in Blanton’s barrels (blend 4 barrels) for 21 months
Barrels 332, 333 - MJK aged in Willett Bourbon barrels for 25 months
The success in flavor and uniqueness of these blended Barleywines and Barleywine/Stout blends has been a new, fun, invigorating challenge for us brewers and is something that we want to focus on in the future. Brian’s Sulla Terra has been a huge inspiration for a future blended Barleywine for Side Project as well.
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7/10
Magus, šokolaad, röst, kohv, siirup, linnaseline, alks. Ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Oct 2022
at 20:48
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8
Texture 9
Overall 8
Thnx to Tom! Pours dark brown, not much head. Fairly clear, though to dark to see trough, obviously. Scent is intense, dried fruit, alcohol burn is very very mild. Taste is full, intense, dried fruit, mild alcohol. Chocolaty, bit raisins. Oaky, yet the barel profile (previous fills) are very mild.
Tried
on 29 Jun 2021
at 08:55
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
Bottle thanks to Matt. Pours a cloudy dark brown with medium tan head that lasts. The aroma strong caramel, bourbon, vanilla, licorice, raisin, wood. Slick body, similar flavors to nose, nice sweetness, boozy, enjoyed this.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Nov 2020
at 00:11