Deca-

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

Strong Ale Special Out of Production

Score

7.84

ABV: 17.0%

IBU: -

Ticks: 3

Deca-, a prefix denoting a factor of 10. This beer represents more than 5 years of thoughtful planning and execution to explore a new boundary of our barrel aged beers. The core of the blend is Double Willett Barrel Aged M.J.K. Mash #1 recipe which was brewed in May of 2021. A never released beer – a Bourbon Barrel Aged Quadruple brewed in February of 2022 – fills in the sweetness and luxurious viscosity of this blend. Where we really pushed this blend and furthermore, this beer, are with the next two threads. A barrel of Noboleis 2018 Port found a loving and purposeful spot in the final beer, adding a layer of rich fruit, deep complexity, and notes you cannot create in beer. Finally, and maybe most ambitiously, since March of 2017 we have been aging and racking the O.W.K. recipe year over year in Willett Family Estate Bourbon Barrels. This thread was quintuple barrel aged with its final resting place being an 18-year-old Willett Family Estate Bourbon barrel with Ugandan Vanilla Beans in the barrel.

Deca- Blend:
M.J.K. Mash #1 - Brewed April 2021
Aged in Willett Family Estate Bourbon
Finished in Willett Family Estate Bourbon

Quadruple Brew #1 - Brewed December 2021
Aged in Heaven Hill Bourbon

Noboleis Vintage Port - 2018 Harvest
Aged in French Oak

Quadruple Barrel-Aged O.W.K. Recipe - Brewed February 2017
Aged in Willett Family Estate Bourbon
Rested in Willett Family Estate Rye and Willett Family Estate Bourbon
Finished in 18-Year Willett Family Estate Bourbon
Infused with Ugandan Vanilla Beans

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8.6

tiong (21350) reviewed Deca- from Side Project Brewing 1 year ago

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

Rated at The Side Project Cellar. Heavy, malty and sweetish with some barrel and bourbon, hints of chocolate sauce and caramel.

Tried on 12 Nov 2024 at 16:47

9.5

Iznogud (14627) reviewed Deca- from Side Project Brewing 2 years ago

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

Bottle shared at the brewery and cellar. Dark brown with tan head. Incredibly intense caramel, toffee, chocolate, vanilla, bourbon, rich raisins, very sweet and tasty. Full bodied.

Tried from Bottle at Side Project Brewing on 30 Jan 2024 at 20:08

8.9

Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Deca- from Side Project Brewing 2 years ago

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

375mL bottle drunk 9/29/23. Dark with port-colored edges. No head. Rich raisin, vanilla, soft, mellow port and rich toffee all support the complex barrel character. Some lovely pepper, more vanilla and moderate mineral with big dark and red fruit notes. No alcohol noted. Rich, luxurious, decadent and certainly port-forward. Sweet, not horribly-so, but with definite port sweetness and lots of vinousness and light mineral. The OWK thread and the Quad help add a bit of balance, with darker, slightly drier qualities and some vanilla and Belgian yeast acidity. This is a rich, rich, decadent beer that is interesting and enjoyable now, albeit quite sweet. But it's going to be absolutely incredible in, say, ten years.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Oct 2023 at 08:55