Double Barrel Derivation
Side Project Brewing

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From:
Side Project Brewing
 
Missouri, United States
Style:
American Imperial Stout
ABV:
15%
Score:
100
Avg:
4.67 | pDev: 5.57%
Reviews:
12
Ratings:
55
Status:
Retired
Rated:
May 10, 2021
Added:
Jun 22, 2016
Wants:
  33
Gots:
  1
Imperial Stout aged for 2 years in 12-year-old Willett Bourbon Barrels & was then racked to Port Wine Barrels for a second maturation of 3 months. After bottling, Double Barrel Derivation conditioned and aged for 8 months before its release.
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Ratings by JamLand:
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Rated by JamLand from District of Columbia

4/5  rDev -14.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Nov 03, 2016
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Rated: 4.52 by Ristaccia from Nebraska

May 10, 2021
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Reviewed by OWK from Missouri

5/5  rDev +7.1%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Pours pitch black with small brown edges. Aromas of vanilla, fudge, dark fruits, toffee, port, light cocoa nibs like notes. Taste has lots of port, grapey notes, vanilla, dark fruits, tannins, light tartness, dry finish.
Jan 15, 2021
 
Rated: 5 by pconn10 from Illinois

Jan 10, 2021
 
Rated: 5 by Ziosa from Missouri

May 06, 2020
 
Rated: 4.67 by leroybrown10 from Missouri

Apr 12, 2020
 
Rated: 4.35 by 22Blue from Kansas

Jun 17, 2018
 
Rated: 4.52 by Dankacheese from Illinois

Feb 17, 2018
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Reviewed by gibgink from Missouri

5/5  rDev +7.1%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
5 oz. pour during the Side Project Brewery 1 year anniversary celebration. What a treat! There is a sweetness to this brew, but I can also pick up on the Port barrel addition, which is crazy considering how little time the beer was in that particular barrel.
Dec 21, 2017
 
Rated: 4.48 by grover37 from District of Columbia

Sep 02, 2017
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Rated by dleiner from New York

4.15/5  rDev -11.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Too sweet
Aug 27, 2017
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Reviewed by Luscious_Malfoy from Illinois

4.56/5  rDev -2.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
poured from a 750mL black-waxed bottle into a stemmed bulb glass. pours inky black with minimal foam and just a few bubbles here and there. chocolate, bourbon, port-like dark fruits (plums, raisins and cherries) all on the nose. taste follows but is dominated by the port finishing barrels. full mouthfeel but definitely leaning thinning in the context of SP barrel-aged imperial stouts. kind of crazy how much the port dominates when it was only 3 months compared to 24 months in bourbon barrels. you’d think it would be a little more balanced between the two or that the port would be faint but that’s definitely not the case. perhaps it’s the age on this bottle. either way, glad to have tried. sold double barrel-aged imperial stout.
Aug 26, 2017
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Reviewed by Stevedore from Oregon

4.53/5  rDev -3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
Beer rating number 3000. Why not this one? 750ml bottle, with black wax, served on-site at Side Project Brewery in Maplewood, Missouri, in a stemmed glass.

Pours a dark black body, oily with thick and hefty brown legs. Half finger mocha head, drops fairly quickly, not much lacing. Smell is heavy creamy milk chocolate with a double dose of cocoa powder and dark chocolate, rounded out by a slightly smoky bourbon. The fortified wine provides a hefty dose of sweetness on top of this as well. Vanillin, oak and bit of earth rounds the nose out. Flavour is essentially quite sweet; fortified wine makes this a sipper, with milk chocolate, vanillin, oak, bourbon, touch of smoke, chocolate and cocoa adding a lot to it. But at the end of it, this is a very sweet beer with a lot of attenuation. It's a wonderful, full bodied beer with a lot of complexity going on, appropriately carbonated, and works great as a dessert beer. I do think the barrel presence is extremely well done and nuanced, and 4oz is going to be more than enough for most people.
Aug 21, 2017
 
Rated: 4.49 by aasher from Indiana

Jun 20, 2017
 
Rated: 4.43 by frasergrove from California

Jun 04, 2017
 
Rated: 4.58 by drmcleod10 from Missouri

Apr 26, 2017
 
Rated: 4.75 by Narthax from Texas

Feb 11, 2017
 
Rated: 4.75 by Mikaveli from California

Feb 05, 2017
 
Rated: 4.38 by CheapBeerBuzz from California

Jan 30, 2017
 
Rated: 4.65 by westcoastbeerlvr from California

Jan 28, 2017
Double Barrel Derivation from Side Project Brewing
Beer rating: 100 out of 100 with 55 ratings