Side Project Brewing Beer : Barrel : Time (2021)

Beer : Barrel : Time (2021)

 

Side Project Brewing in Maplewood, Missouri, United States 🇺🇸

  Stout - Imperial Regular Out of Production
Score
8.49
ABV: 15.0% IBU: - Ticks: 19
The barrel stock we tasted through to choose the 2021 BBT blend is the exact same stock that we pull from for the Derivations and all of our stouts. We have brewed 17 different stout recipes, aged them in a variety of barrels, and then always thoughtfully selected and blended to achieve our goals, whether it be Beer : Barrel : Time, a new blend of Derivation or the Barrel-Aged Stouts by Shared Brewing.

For Beer : Barrel : Time 2021, we chose a blend of our stout recipes that consists of:

Stout Recipe Names – O.W.K., Vibes, Gen, Chocolate
Barrels – Eagle Rare, Blanton’s, Willett Bourbon, 4 Roses OBSV, Weller 12 year, Jim Beam
Time Aged in Oak – 14 to 42 months

We believe BBT 2021 showcases the rich chocolate and sweet coconut notes of this massive style while also providing the needed roundness and integration of the bourbon and oak characteristics to produce a harmonious experience.
Beer : Barrel : Time is a yearly release happening every November. It will always be no adjunct purity! Read on to discover how you can purchase your bottle of Side Project Beer : Barrel Time 2021.
 

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9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9

750mL bottle, pours black, no head. Aroma has plenty of big bourbon barrels, cocoa, vanilla, and dark sugars. Flavour is intensely complex, with huge bourbon, dark sugars, cocoa, and toffee. Ridiculous complexity here, with intense bourbon and sugars. Phenomenal.

Tried from Bottle on 21 May 2025 at 21:07


9.3
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 9.5

Pours black, no head. Scent is full-on bourbon, smoothness and greatness. Loud, but not too overly boozy. Taste is full, roasty, super smooth, bit boozy, very fine. Superb. Way, way, way better than all the other versions of BBT i've had (and somehow, i've had quite a few vintages and varieties). Didn't see this one coming, but this truly is exceptional - this year specifically. Sampled early 2025 and it's truly great right now !

Tried on 11 Apr 2025 at 16:37


9.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 10 | Flavor - 10 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 10

Bottle, 750 ml, courtesy of Hrvoje. Shared with him and MiroB. Intensive chocolate and bourbon. Some vanilla. Sweeter than 2023, more warming, full bodied and almost easy drinkable. Nice barrel and bourbon. Well rounded. Beautiful.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Nov 2024 at 21:07


8.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9.5

Smooth, slightly roasty and heavy with barrel notes, bourbon, vanilla, cocoa and chocolate sauce. Balanced and tasty

Tried on 12 Nov 2024 at 18:47


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

750ml bottle pours out black topped with tan head. Nose is nice rich chocolate heavy roast malts some barrel notes vanilla. Taste is more of the nice sweet chocolate rich roast nice barrel kick.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Nov 2024 at 22:08


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle at the Boise tasting. Pours near black. Dark malts, chocolate, leather, coffee, dark fruit. Tasty

Tried from Bottle on 19 Nov 2023 at 01:45


9.5

A very happy 2023 everybody! This seems like the good opportunity to finally open this. And it does not disappoint. Is it vastly different than other great BA stouts? No.. is it amazingly balanced, rich and delicious? Hell yes. Treacle, roast, bourbon.

Tried from Bottle on 31 Dec 2022 at 23:00


9

Bucket list item. Thick, boozy, heavy barrel, coffee, leather, some brown sugar. Really smooth and rich, perfectly in balance. Pretty much exactly what I expected, brilliant. Overhyped, obviously, but brilliant.

Tried from Bottle on 31 Dec 2022 at 19:43


8.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 10 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9.5

Black with a brown head - Dark malt aroma and some wood barrel notes - Dark malt body with chocolate and wood flavours with some vanilla hints - The malt and wood flavours goes into the finish - This was real good

Tried on 28 Sep 2022 at 14:24


9

0,75 litre Bottle, shared with some Beer buddies. Pitch Black with little head. Roasted malts, sweetness, barrell, oak, bourbon, Smooth.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Sep 2022 at 16:52