3 Candles
Side Project Brewing
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- Style:
- Stout - American Imperial
- ABV:
- 15%
- Score:
- 98
- Avg:
- 4.86 | pDev: 3.91%
- Reviews:
- 15
- Ratings:
- From:
- Side Project Brewing
- Missouri, United States
- Avail:
- Retired (no longer brewed)
- Wants
- 12
- Gots
- 1
SCORE
98
World-Class
98
World-Class
Notes:
Imperial stout aged for 32 months in 4 Roses Bourbon barrels and then finished on coconut and Mexican vanilla.
Reviews: 15
| Ratings: 36
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Reviews by WhaleSlayer85:
WhaleSlayer85 from Illinois
4.74/5 rDev -2.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
L: Pitch black, zero head.
N: oak, bourbon, brown sugar, toasted coconut, vanilla on the back end
T: Milk chocolate, graham cracker, Marshmallow, fudge, a little smoke.
F: Not crazy thick, but a nice sticky, creamy mouthfeel
O: This is very complex, layered stout. A lot going on here, but overall fantastic.
Aug 02, 2017
4.74/5 rDev -2.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
L: Pitch black, zero head.
N: oak, bourbon, brown sugar, toasted coconut, vanilla on the back end
T: Milk chocolate, graham cracker, Marshmallow, fudge, a little smoke.
F: Not crazy thick, but a nice sticky, creamy mouthfeel
O: This is very complex, layered stout. A lot going on here, but overall fantastic.
Aug 02, 2017
More User Reviews:
leroybrown10 from Missouri
4.63/5 rDev -4.7%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
Apr 12, 2020
4.63/5 rDev -4.7%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
Apr 12, 2020
bennyman12 from Missouri
4.64/5 rDev -4.5%
look: 4.75 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
So, bubbles. No bubbles? Why not?
I don't get the agenda, but it works here as well as it's ever going to work anywhere. This sweet chocolate caramel fudge is deeply satisfying--I'd say despite the lack of bubbles more than because of them. Sure is sweet, too. I'd guess fg to be around 1.025. But the balance of the other flavors--toffee, nougat, slightest hint of bourbon and burn make a 5-ounce pour a lovely afternoon treat. Better blow that stuff out!
Apr 11, 2017
4.64/5 rDev -4.5%
look: 4.75 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
So, bubbles. No bubbles? Why not?
I don't get the agenda, but it works here as well as it's ever going to work anywhere. This sweet chocolate caramel fudge is deeply satisfying--I'd say despite the lack of bubbles more than because of them. Sure is sweet, too. I'd guess fg to be around 1.025. But the balance of the other flavors--toffee, nougat, slightest hint of bourbon and burn make a 5-ounce pour a lovely afternoon treat. Better blow that stuff out!
Apr 11, 2017
ROBSTARR from Michigan
5/5 rDev +2.9%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Dec 20, 2016
5/5 rDev +2.9%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Dec 20, 2016
IpeeA from Missouri
4.85/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
Jan 21, 2017
4.85/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
Jan 21, 2017
kdown from California
4.25/5 rDev -12.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Jul 03, 2017
4.25/5 rDev -12.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Jul 03, 2017
kylehay2004 from Illinois
4.82/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
Apr 11, 2017
4.82/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
Apr 11, 2017
SadMachine from New Jersey
4.87/5 rDev +0.2%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Nov 11, 2017
4.87/5 rDev +0.2%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Nov 11, 2017
tripelhops from Missouri
5/5 rDev +2.9%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
first release was insane candy coated coconut, a few months later the coconut and crazy sweetness have faded, but still extremely tasty
Feb 15, 2017
5/5 rDev +2.9%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
first release was insane candy coated coconut, a few months later the coconut and crazy sweetness have faded, but still extremely tasty
Feb 15, 2017
FreshZ from Missouri
4.79/5 rDev -1.4%
look: 5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
Jan 06, 2017
4.79/5 rDev -1.4%
look: 5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
Jan 06, 2017
Ciocanelu from Romania
4.75/5 rDev -2.3%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
On tap at Beavertown Extravaganza. Pitch black color, no head. Aroma has intense malt, burnt sugar and wood notes. Taste has intense sweetness, dried figs, burnt sugar and sweet bourbon. Sticky and heavy body.
Sep 20, 2017
4.75/5 rDev -2.3%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
On tap at Beavertown Extravaganza. Pitch black color, no head. Aroma has intense malt, burnt sugar and wood notes. Taste has intense sweetness, dried figs, burnt sugar and sweet bourbon. Sticky and heavy body.
Sep 20, 2017
ADG2995 from Missouri
4.99/5 rDev +2.7%
look: 4.75 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Oct 07, 2017
4.99/5 rDev +2.7%
look: 4.75 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Oct 07, 2017
leitmotif from Romania
4.53/5 rDev -6.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
Sep 22, 2017
4.53/5 rDev -6.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
Sep 22, 2017
drmcleod10 from Missouri
4.6/5 rDev -5.3%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Consumed on draft at the only location it will ever be on draft... the cellar
A - Black with no head, dark as night. Nice legs and lacing as you stir the glass even without the carbonation
N - Sweet chocolate vanilla and coconut with some barrel presence on the nose as it warms
T: Cloyingly sweet, coconut and vanilla seem to meld in flavor and sweetness almost dampening the 32 months it spent in the barrel. Tough to finish the pour of this but comes around as it warms. I think a few more months in the keg will either make this beer a mess or mellow out the sweetness as the adjuncts and barrel meld.
M - Medium to Full bodied that coats the mouth
O - Doesn't seem to fit in with the other candles.. one was possibly the best stout I've ever had, 2 rivaled '14 kbbs, 3 is just a sweet beer that is hard to enjoy more than a couple ounces of.
Apr 26, 2017
4.6/5 rDev -5.3%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Consumed on draft at the only location it will ever be on draft... the cellar
A - Black with no head, dark as night. Nice legs and lacing as you stir the glass even without the carbonation
N - Sweet chocolate vanilla and coconut with some barrel presence on the nose as it warms
T: Cloyingly sweet, coconut and vanilla seem to meld in flavor and sweetness almost dampening the 32 months it spent in the barrel. Tough to finish the pour of this but comes around as it warms. I think a few more months in the keg will either make this beer a mess or mellow out the sweetness as the adjuncts and barrel meld.
M - Medium to Full bodied that coats the mouth
O - Doesn't seem to fit in with the other candles.. one was possibly the best stout I've ever had, 2 rivaled '14 kbbs, 3 is just a sweet beer that is hard to enjoy more than a couple ounces of.
Apr 26, 2017
Gtwreck45 from Missouri
4.51/5 rDev -7.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Jan 06, 2017
4.51/5 rDev -7.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Jan 06, 2017
RajaSTL from Missouri
4.91/5 rDev +1%
look: 4.75 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
Jul 05, 2019
4.91/5 rDev +1%
look: 4.75 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
Jul 05, 2019
Original_Gravity from California
4.94/5 rDev +1.6%
look: 4.75 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
Jun 05, 2017
4.94/5 rDev +1.6%
look: 4.75 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
Jun 05, 2017
gibgink from Missouri
5/5 rDev +2.9%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
On draft at the Side Project Cellar for their 2nd year Anniversary. Aged in 2 Four Roses barrels for 32 months and finished on Coconut and Mexican vanilla. Poured still. Black as night. Good coconut on the nose, with some cocoa and barrel notes in the background. Best coconut flavor I have ever had in a beer. The coconut was integrated into the beer such that it did not seem forced. Was a sweet flavor as well, like a caramelized, candied coconut. Flavor lingers on the palate. I am sure they will have this on tap a few more times, and when it is, I hope I can make it there.
Nov 12, 2016
5/5 rDev +2.9%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
On draft at the Side Project Cellar for their 2nd year Anniversary. Aged in 2 Four Roses barrels for 32 months and finished on Coconut and Mexican vanilla. Poured still. Black as night. Good coconut on the nose, with some cocoa and barrel notes in the background. Best coconut flavor I have ever had in a beer. The coconut was integrated into the beer such that it did not seem forced. Was a sweet flavor as well, like a caramelized, candied coconut. Flavor lingers on the palate. I am sure they will have this on tap a few more times, and when it is, I hope I can make it there.
Nov 12, 2016
Monsta-beer-drinker from Michigan
5/5 rDev +2.9%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Unreal..... seriously I have found hands down the best stout on the planet. Luckily I happened to be in St.Louis when it was tapped at Side Project. This stout smells like a vanilla coconut chocolate shake. Taste follows with the mouthfeel of a shake. Coats the mouth with the consistency that you will find in a malt. Layers of flavor are amazing. Great beer!
Jan 22, 2017
5/5 rDev +2.9%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Unreal..... seriously I have found hands down the best stout on the planet. Luckily I happened to be in St.Louis when it was tapped at Side Project. This stout smells like a vanilla coconut chocolate shake. Taste follows with the mouthfeel of a shake. Coats the mouth with the consistency that you will find in a malt. Layers of flavor are amazing. Great beer!
Jan 22, 2017
steve032 from Arkansas
5/5 rDev +2.9%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
32 months in barrels gives husband beer incredible barrel heat and loads of character. Thick and syrupy (maybe even too much as it's served still), with a blanket of vanilla and finishes with candied coconut.
Superb beer and one of the top 3 stouts I've ever had.
Nov 13, 2016
5/5 rDev +2.9%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
32 months in barrels gives husband beer incredible barrel heat and loads of character. Thick and syrupy (maybe even too much as it's served still), with a blanket of vanilla and finishes with candied coconut.
Superb beer and one of the top 3 stouts I've ever had.
Nov 13, 2016
MeLoynes from Missouri
4.94/5 rDev +1.6%
look: 5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Nov 12, 2016
4.94/5 rDev +1.6%
look: 5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Nov 12, 2016
fondyball20 from Wisconsin
4.99/5 rDev +2.7%
look: 4.75 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Wow. Thick, dark, very sweet and the barrel is very balanced. At serving temp this beer was just chocolate bourbon sweetness but as it warmed to room temp the coconut came to the front. Just a huge sweet coconut bomb!
Nov 13, 2017
4.99/5 rDev +2.7%
look: 4.75 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Wow. Thick, dark, very sweet and the barrel is very balanced. At serving temp this beer was just chocolate bourbon sweetness but as it warmed to room temp the coconut came to the front. Just a huge sweet coconut bomb!
Nov 13, 2017
ragnar3 from Iowa
4.95/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 5
Dec 15, 2017
4.95/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 5
Dec 15, 2017
Snig623 from Missouri
5/5 rDev +2.9%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
The thing that impressed me most about this stout was the mouth feel. So thick, it not only tasted like a s'more shake it felt like you were drinking one too. Just enough heat on the BACK end to remind you that you are indeed drinking a BA stout. Did I mention there was zero carbonation? In my eyes the perfect beer. Cory King has truly outdone himself!
Jan 07, 2017
5/5 rDev +2.9%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
The thing that impressed me most about this stout was the mouth feel. So thick, it not only tasted like a s'more shake it felt like you were drinking one too. Just enough heat on the BACK end to remind you that you are indeed drinking a BA stout. Did I mention there was zero carbonation? In my eyes the perfect beer. Cory King has truly outdone himself!
Jan 07, 2017
3 Candles from Side Project Brewing
Beer rating:
98 out of
100 with
36 ratings
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