BVC
Side Project Brewing
- From:
- Side Project Brewing
- Missouri, United States
- Style:
- Imperial Pastry Stout
Ranked #17 - ABV:
- 15%
- Score:
- 100
Ranked #87 - Avg:
- 4.63 | pDev: 4.75%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 9
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- May 02, 2026
- Added:
- May 05, 2019
- Wants:
- 9
- Gots:
- 5
SCORE
100
World-Class
100
World-Class
Our collaboration with Cycle Brewing! Imperial stout aged in California brandy barrels for 20 months then finished on Indonesian and Madagascar vanilla beans and fresh cinnamon.
Blend #2 released July 2024. Imperial stout aged in a blend of Laird's apple brandy barrels and Willett rye whiskey barrels for 22 months before being blended and finished with fresh ground cinnamon and a blend of Indonesian and Madagascar vanilla beans.
Blend #2 released July 2024. Imperial stout aged in a blend of Laird's apple brandy barrels and Willett rye whiskey barrels for 22 months before being blended and finished with fresh ground cinnamon and a blend of Indonesian and Madagascar vanilla beans.
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Ratings by Sandis:
Reviewed by Sandis from Minnesota
4.38/5 rDev -5.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.38/5 rDev -5.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Blend 2 at Side Project Cellar 3/12/25. I didn't get a huge pour because I got the last 2 ounces left in the keg but what I did taste was pretty solid. Nice thickness and blend.
May 16, 2025More User Ratings:
Reviewed by drdiesel9483 from Ohio
4.69/5 rDev +1.3%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
4.69/5 rDev +1.3%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
Look - black thick fantastic rimming and lacomg
Smell - barrel cinnamon vanilla cocoa
Taste - same as the taste but more of everything, great balance
Feel - full body, thick, light light carb
Overall - fantastic
Nov 08, 2025Smell - barrel cinnamon vanilla cocoa
Taste - same as the taste but more of everything, great balance
Feel - full body, thick, light light carb
Overall - fantastic
Reviewed by Holderness from Massachusetts
4.62/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
4.62/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
Batch 2
L -- Dark and nearly still
S -- Well, the name kind of gives it away... bourbon barrel, vanilla frosting, and ceylon cinnamon front and center. Raisin, cream cheese, black licorice, cardamom, anise
T -- Dark chocolate, bourbon, prune, maple syrup, cinnamon, vanilla bean, hint of char. Amazingly avoids being cloying despite the high gravity
F -- Thick and oily
O -- Hands down the most well executed cinnamon bun pastry stout I've had. Was really expecting it to be a sweet syrupy mess, and am really excited that it isn't
93/100
Oct 12, 2025L -- Dark and nearly still
S -- Well, the name kind of gives it away... bourbon barrel, vanilla frosting, and ceylon cinnamon front and center. Raisin, cream cheese, black licorice, cardamom, anise
T -- Dark chocolate, bourbon, prune, maple syrup, cinnamon, vanilla bean, hint of char. Amazingly avoids being cloying despite the high gravity
F -- Thick and oily
O -- Hands down the most well executed cinnamon bun pastry stout I've had. Was really expecting it to be a sweet syrupy mess, and am really excited that it isn't
93/100
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