Parallels
Shared in Maplewood, Missouri, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: Side Project BrewingBrewed at/by: Side Project Brewing
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Rotating Out of Production
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Score
8.04
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Parallels is a Double Barrel Aged version of our Parfait base - a blend of Barrel Aged and Oak Aged Imperial Stouts which were blended and then racked back (double barrel aged) into Willett Barrels. After this final aging, we finished it with Fresh Ground Cinnamon Sticks, Vanilla Beans, and Barrel Aged Maple Syrup! This beer was initially formulated for Tavour - they have been lovingly asking for a stout forever! - and we wanted to use this opportunity to "share" how awesome our Shared beers are and can be! This beer represents the "Parallels" between the Side Project and Shared production - you all know that Shared is the same brewery, the same brewers, pulling from the same barrel stock - it is just an outlet for our brewers to have more creative freedom behind the beer and the branding while we share profits from these projects with them.
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8.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 9
Aaaahhhh powerful and very nice
Lovely evening sipper.
Toffee, oak, vanilla, some spices and some chocolate
[Bottle at Komlefjorden 25]
Lovely evening sipper.
Toffee, oak, vanilla, some spices and some chocolate
[Bottle at Komlefjorden 25]
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Dec 2025
at 13:25
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Utseende: Sort.
Lukt: Kaffe, lakris, kanel.
Smak: Kaffe, lakris, kanel.
Skum/kullsyre: Ikke skum.
Medium: Rating:8-7-7-8-8=7.5, Bottle@375ml, ABV@14.1%, Når@2025.11.29.
Hvor: Samling Komlefjorden
Navn: Parallels
Stil: STOUT - IMPERIAL
Bryggeri: Shared
Lukt: Kaffe, lakris, kanel.
Smak: Kaffe, lakris, kanel.
Skum/kullsyre: Ikke skum.
Medium: Rating:8-7-7-8-8=7.5, Bottle@375ml, ABV@14.1%, Når@2025.11.29.
Hvor: Samling Komlefjorden
Navn: Parallels
Stil: STOUT - IMPERIAL
Bryggeri: Shared
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Nov 2025
at 17:34
8.5/10
Bottle. A bit too sweet, perhaps a bit too warming, but nice indeed. Very nice. Roasted malts, coffee, oak, vanilla, dark chocolate, cinnamon. Delicious indeed. 849417 251129
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Nov 2025
at 15:16
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle shared by my brother - cheers! Purchased from BrewDog Castlegate. It pours like motor oil... darkest brown to black with limited head. The aroma is heady and decadent filth, super dark roasted malts, bitter - sweet, vanilla, coconut cream, bounty bar, kendal mint cake, marzipan, heady bourbon vibes, warming spice, cinnamon, nutmeg, loads of chocolate, fudgey, lamington cake, maple glazed donut, some umami, burnt toffee and liquorice allsorts. The taste is slick, oily, unctuous, decadent, thick cakey malts, bitter - sweet, dark roasted malt, toothy, chewy, warming booze, vanilla fudge, coconut cream, big bourbon vibes, warming, boozey, cinnamon, loads of bourbon, bourbon soaked oak, tree bark, dark chocolate torte, nuttiness, praline, pecan pie and a touch of tannin with a drying, dark roasted finale. Full body, soft carbonation and oily mouth feel. Rich and decadent. Sweet, yes but restrained / balanced. Not usually my kind of going, but this is a very good example.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jan 2025
at 14:50
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle at home. Pours black, nose is chocolate, coconut, vanilla, berries, meaty, taste is similar, sweet, chewy, some jam.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Dec 2024
at 10:40
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle. Pitch black colour, minor head. Aroma is spiciness, liquorice, cinnamon, some clove, maple syrup and a bit vanilla as well as some alcohol to it. Flavour is cinnamon, alcohol, maple syrup, liquorice, some clove and a bit wooden and vanillaish tones. Sweet, but very gentle as a sipper.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Nov 2024
at 11:04
8.8/10
Powdered cinnamon the nose, light maple syrup. roasty. Round smooth chocolate. Rich and Mouthcoating. LCI
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Sep 2024
at 00:47
8.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 10
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pitch black color. Massive nose of dark chocolate, oak, bourbons, maple, vanilla, . Super sweet super low carbonation. Tons of bourbons, beautiful nuttiness. Alcohol well hidden. Just world class
Tried
on 28 Jun 2024
at 07:23
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Wineglass showing pitch black with no head.
The nose shows intensely sweet notes of chocolate and light cinnamon.
The palate is lightly carbonated and medium bodied. Highly sweet and light flavors of espresso.
The nose shows intensely sweet notes of chocolate and light cinnamon.
The palate is lightly carbonated and medium bodied. Highly sweet and light flavors of espresso.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Apr 2024
at 12:31