Side Project Brewing Coconut Vibes - Barrel-Blended 2024

Coconut Vibes - Barrel-Blended 2024

 

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

  Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Regular
Score
7.91
ABV: 13.0% IBU: - Ticks: 7
Missouri Imperial Stout (Vibes recipe) infused three times with raw and toasted coconut flakes and a dash of cocoa nibs from Ghana blended with a barrel-aged stout ( ~18%) that was aged for 21 months in Willett Bourbon Barrels.
 

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

750mL bottle, pours jet black with coconut chunks and almost no head. Aroma is dense, with intense coconut, dark sugars, some roast, and big woody barrel notes. Flavour is intense as hell, with loads of coconut, dark sugars, more coconut, and just enough bourbon to accentuate the coconut. Wonderful coconut monster with tons of elegance and depth. Beauty.

Tried from Bottle on 21 May 2025 at 19:47


8.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle pour shared by ClarkVV--thanks, Clark! Opaque black with nice viscosity, no head, no lacing. Aroma is strong roasted malt, coconut, chocolate, oak, bourbon complement. Taste is strong roasted malt, molasses, coconut, cocoa, oak. Smooth, thick texture, soft carbonation and finish as taste. Good strength, tons of complexity and balance. Great.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Nov 2024 at 20:29


7.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

750 ml bottle, thank you ClarkVV on the share! Aroma had a nice amount of coconut with mild barrel and oak. Flavor has the mild coffee with a near vanilla nuance. A oily mouth feel with a full body.. nice!

Tried from Bottle on 23 Nov 2024 at 20:26


8.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

750mL bottle drunk 11/23/24. Dark, inky, tan edges, small tan bubbles. Rich and roasty with a strong coffee character, despite there being no coffee. Lactose? Coconut and such. No alcohol. Rich, thick, syrupy, chewy, succulent, full of fruity and coconutty character. Soft, good bitterness and dark chocolate. Didn't like the last coco vibes but man, this has the acidity, bitterness and balance. Rich, flavorful, chocolatey and with fudgey, fruity, coconut for days. No booze.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Nov 2024 at 20:16


8

Thanks Clark, coconut, chocolate, nice willet bourbon. Tastes like barrel aged coconut fudge.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Nov 2024 at 15:25


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

Rated at Side Project Brewing. Smooth, sweetish and heavy with coconut notes, some earthiness, hints of barrel and bourbony vanilla. A bit heavy and harsh. 2023 was a lot smoother.

Tried on 12 Nov 2024 at 17:49


9.3
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 9.5 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9

On tap at Side Project Cellar. Black with tan head. Intensive chocolate and coconut in aroma, dense chocolate, cocoa, coconut in taste, touch of bourbon. Very smooth.

Tried from Draft at Side Project Cellar on 07 Nov 2024 at 23:00