Side Project Brewing Beer : Barrel : Time (2017)

Beer : Barrel : Time (2017)

 

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

  Stout - Imperial Special Out of Production
Score
8.44
ABV: 15.0% IBU: - Ticks: 20
An imperial stout aged in bourbon barrels that is meant to highlight the three things that make up the stout: the beer that was brewed, the barrels that the beer aged in and the time the beer spent aging in those barrels. Brian (formerly of Goose Island), Tommy (formerly of Perennial) and Cory tasted through more than 50 of our bourbon and whiskey barrels in an attempt to craft the blend. We chose a selection of barrels, a majority from Willett and the rest from Heaven Hill that exemplified what we believe to epitomize Bourbon Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout.

Beer : Barrel : Time is planned to be a yearly release that will happen every Thanksgiving weekend. It will always be no adjunct purity.
 

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

750mL shared by a generous soul at the La Coterie member party on 1/17/25.
Didn't think I was ever trying this one, what a treat!
It's very tired though not oxidized yet. Just faded in flavor and low on barrel character now. Mellow wood, chocolate, mild dark fruit remains and it's perfectly competent yet, still with good malt flavor, though of course no syrupy richness. No booze, good attenuation. Obviously an impressive beer in its heyday.

Tried from Bottle at Side Project Brewing on 18 Jan 2025 at 17:22


9

Oakily dokily. Shamelessly stolen

Tried from Bottle on 20 Nov 2021 at 14:23



9.5
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 10 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9

Bottle @ Aarons Oldman Buttcrack Share. Pours pitch black with a small brown head. Aromas of burned wood, chocolate, coconut, warm boozy notes, vanilla, tar, oak. Taste has lots of chocolate, roast, savory notes, burned wood, vanilla, fudgey notes, tar, oak. Fucking incredible!

Tried from Bottle on 06 Nov 2019 at 16:55


8.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

From bottle at Ulfborg tasting 2019/06. Black color with beige brown head. Roasted malty aroma, wood, alcohol, bourbon, chocolate, caramel, dark dried fruits, raisins vanilla, cocoa, licorice. Sweet and bitter taste. Full silky oily body with soft carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Jul 2019 at 14:47


8.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9


Bottle 750ml. @ USWWT19 🐳🐋 [ Ulfborg Semi White Whale Tasting 2019 ] - fonefan & Brugmansia House, 🇩🇰 Denmark.

[ As Side Project Beer : Barrel : Time - 2017 ].
ABV: (15.0)%. Clear dark black brown colour with a small, fizzy, virtually none lacing, fully diminishing head. Aroma is heavy malty, roasted, dark malt, dark fruit, wood, moderate to heavy chocolate and coffee, barrel, light licorice. Flavor is light heavy sweet and moderate to light heavy bitter with a long duration, dark fruit, roasted, coffee, bourbon - whisky, barrel - vanilla, rich - thick - tasty. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is warming and light alcoholic. [20190615]
8-3-9-4-18

Tried from Bottle on 17 Jun 2019 at 13:17




8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

750ml bottle pours out black topped with a small tan head. Nose big barrel notes roast chocolate maple sweetness ash heavy. Taste is more of the nice sweet chocolate vanilla coffee booze barrel notes and some ash.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Apr 2019 at 21:51


8.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle at share. Dark brown, kind of flat. Aroma is boozy, roasty, light chocolate. Silky smooth, chocolate, sweet

Tried from Bottle on 07 Apr 2019 at 21:50