With Tarpey
Side Project Brewing in Maplewood, Missouri, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: The Veil Brewing CompanyStrong Ale - American Series Out of Production
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Score
7.61
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Blend of Barrel Aged Imperial Stout and Barrel Aged English Barleywine with Vanilla Beans
With Tarpey is a special collaboration blend created with our longtime friend Matt Tarpey of The Veil Brewing Co. This beer is a blend of 57.1% Barrel Aged Imperial Stout and 42.9% Barrel Aged Barleywine, featuring threads from barrels of MJK, OWK, Vibes, and Horchata that rested in oak for 15 to 26 months. After blending, the beer was conditioned on 20lbs of Uganda, Comoros, and Madagascar vanilla beans, highlighting our shared love for rich, complex vanilla character.
With Tarpey is a special collaboration blend created with our longtime friend Matt Tarpey of The Veil Brewing Co. This beer is a blend of 57.1% Barrel Aged Imperial Stout and 42.9% Barrel Aged Barleywine, featuring threads from barrels of MJK, OWK, Vibes, and Horchata that rested in oak for 15 to 26 months. After blending, the beer was conditioned on 20lbs of Uganda, Comoros, and Madagascar vanilla beans, highlighting our shared love for rich, complex vanilla character.
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8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Wow as soon as you open this and get a whiff it’s a bit much. Not in a bad way but you know it’s going to be sweet. Stepping back it’s black with a pretty short lived beige head. The aroma screams vanilla upfront with sweet caramel, milk chocolate, toffee, molasses. Damn yes this is super sweet. Of course the bourbon barrel is there, but most of the character is subdued but the overwhelming sweetness. It’s decent, but for me it’s one of the most unbalanced Side Project impy/barley wines I’ve had.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Aug 2026
at 20:28