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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7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle 375ml. @ [ M-M Tasting ] - fonefan & Brugmansia House. 🏡🇩🇰
[ As Shared / Side Project Parallels ].
ABV: 14.1%. Clear dark black brown colour with virtually no head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, maple syrup - molasses, tobacco, vanilla, cinnamon, barrel. Flavor is heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, vanilla almost tonka like, chocolate, dark malt, vanilla, tobacco, cinnamon, bourbon - barrel, maple - burnt maple bitter, rich, heavy. IMO: a bit unbalanced because of the spicy - cinnamon and maple burnt - biter. Body is medium to full, texture is creamy, carbonation is soft, finish feel is warming and light alcoholic. [20240313]
8-3-8-4-15
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Mar 2024
at 21:46
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
375 ml bottle split at Brewdog, Bristol. Pours near black with tan foam. Aroma: roasted malts, cinnamon, vanilla, maple syrup, oak, bourbon barrel. Moderate to heavy with with moderate bitterness, spicy finish. Medium to full body, with low carbonation. Tasty pastry.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Feb 2024
at 23:14
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
On tap at Side Project Patio. Black with brownish head. Cocoa and coconut, vanilla, chocolate, not too much complexity. Super smooth.
Tried
from Draft
at
Side Project Pizza
on 31 Jan 2024
at 18:59
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
500mL bottle at SP 10th line share, 9/29/23. Dark, undetermined clarity. Low head. Almost a cinnamon nose with a touch of bourbon spice, lots of chocolate, hint of alcohol. Can tell it's only barrel blended but still very respectable. Light licorice on the finish. Soft, chocolatey, cinnamony and with licorice, good attenuation. Some alcohol. Yeah, it's just a barrel blend, but it's solid. Could use a few more months, but nothing to scoff at.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Sep 2023
at 15:49
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours black, no real head. Scent is full, cinnamon, roasty. Taste is intense. Full roast, chocolate, cinnamon quite much. Rather hot BA profile.
Tried
on 14 Sep 2023
at 01:21
9.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 10
Flavor 10
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
A very dark brown beer with a beige lacing. Aroma of cocoa, coconut, sweet chocolate malt. Taste of sweet chocolate malt, caramel, vanilla, bourbon, coconut. Very good!
Tried
on 08 Sep 2023
at 07:41
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Taster from 0,75l bottle in Sint-Truiden. Black color, small coffee colored head. Smells vanilla, maple, cinnamon, spices, rather intense smell. Full body, light carbonation, oily mouthfeel. Tastes maple, cinnamon, spices, peppery, bit of a chili burn. Finishes lightly sweet with notes of maple, spices and vanilla notes.nice stuff, very adjunct heavy. Intense
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Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Sep 2023
at 18:02
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
375ml bottle. Intense, roasty and heavy with cinnamon notes, some maple syrup, chocolatey bourbon barrel, vanilla, cocoa and coffee. Quite complex slow sipper.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jun 2023
at 21:18
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Sample from bottle at Pien Shop, Helsinki. Poured pitch black in color. Notes of maple, lots of cinnamon, abraxxas wibes really. Balanced. Very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jun 2023
at 10:32
8/10
Boozy and chocolatey nose, medium body, oily. Sweet, a bit roasty and quite boozy, strong vanilla, dark chocolate, cinnamon, bourbon heat. Description sounds rough but it's somehow kept together, reasonably smooth, very nice
Tried
on 09 Jun 2023
at 15:22