Sulla Terra (2020)
Side Project Brewing
- From:
- Side Project Brewing
- Missouri, United States
- Style:
- American Barleywine
- ABV:
- 13%
- Score:
- 95
- Avg:
- 4.49 | pDev: 4.01%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 4
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Aug 04, 2024
- Added:
- Aug 24, 2020
- Wants:
- 2
- Gots:
- 0
SCORE
95
World-Class
95
World-Class
Some of you may not be familiar with Sulla Terra. Sulla Terra is a blended barrel-aged barleywine by our brewer Brian Ivers. Brian blended up the first blend in January of 2019 and for the 2020 release, we let him have free reign in our barrel room for this blended, barrel-aged barleywine. Brian has had a knack for brewing some of our favorite malty beers, and his blend here is no exception.
While blending For Gabe, as we had samples from every corner of our barrel room free for the tasting, Brian started honing in on what he wanted the 2020 release of this to taste like. He ended up tediously blending and deciding on a beautiful blend that consists of:
Barrel 397 - experimental English barleywine aged in a maple syrup Weller 12 barrel for 18 months
Barrels 370, 371 & 372 - Anabasis aged in Blanton’s barrels (blend #4 barrels) for 21 months
Barrels 332 & 333 - MJK aged in Willett bourbon barrels for 25 months
The success in flavor and uniqueness of these blended barleywines and barleywine/stout blends has been a new, fun, invigorating challenge for us brewers and is something that we want to focus on in the future. Brian’s Sulla Terra has been a huge inspiration for a future blended barleywine for Side Project as well.
While blending For Gabe, as we had samples from every corner of our barrel room free for the tasting, Brian started honing in on what he wanted the 2020 release of this to taste like. He ended up tediously blending and deciding on a beautiful blend that consists of:
Barrel 397 - experimental English barleywine aged in a maple syrup Weller 12 barrel for 18 months
Barrels 370, 371 & 372 - Anabasis aged in Blanton’s barrels (blend #4 barrels) for 21 months
Barrels 332 & 333 - MJK aged in Willett bourbon barrels for 25 months
The success in flavor and uniqueness of these blended barleywines and barleywine/stout blends has been a new, fun, invigorating challenge for us brewers and is something that we want to focus on in the future. Brian’s Sulla Terra has been a huge inspiration for a future blended barleywine for Side Project as well.
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Ratings by Alieniloquium:
Reviewed by Alieniloquium from Florida
4.3/5 rDev -4.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.3/5 rDev -4.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
750 mL bottle. Deep brown body. Smells of bourbon, strong earthy notes, old socks, sharp alcohol, and brown sugar. Tastes of oak, bourbon, rich caramel and brown sugar. Tempered by earthy tones and oak. Old sock flavor lingers. Very heavy. Never too sweet, but pretty boozy. This is outrageous. Remarkably flavorful without any overpowering flavors.
Apr 04, 2021More User Ratings:
Reviewed by GreesyFizeek from New York
4.33/5 rDev -3.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.33/5 rDev -3.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
This one pours a dark brownish color, with a small head, and a little bit of lacing.
This one smells like caramel, maple, oak, vanilla, and some chocolate.
This is a really well done blend. The maple barrel is subtle, with a nice sticky sweetness, with a some woody bitterness, a touch of milk chocolate, and lots of caramel, brown sugar, and toffee.
This is creamy, warming, and sticky, with a nice drinkability.
Side Project tends to do these blends really well, and this is obviously no exception.
Nov 22, 2021This one smells like caramel, maple, oak, vanilla, and some chocolate.
This is a really well done blend. The maple barrel is subtle, with a nice sticky sweetness, with a some woody bitterness, a touch of milk chocolate, and lots of caramel, brown sugar, and toffee.
This is creamy, warming, and sticky, with a nice drinkability.
Side Project tends to do these blends really well, and this is obviously no exception.
Reviewed by WickedBeer from Alabama
4.48/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.48/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
#WickedBeerSideProjectShare2021. The unfortunate victim of world-class counterparts during our Side Project Whale Share. Still excellent, with a profile that really improves with warmth. Good maple sweetness balanced by notes of baker’s caramel and maple syrup. Needed a touch more body.
Jul 11, 2021
Reviewed by StoutSnob40 from California
4.58/5 rDev +2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
4.58/5 rDev +2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
You have to like bourbon to enjoy this beast. Fortunately, I do. It’s a figgy, boozy, toffee, tobacco, coconut explosion. Mouth-numbing heat, smooth as silk. Savory turns sweet at it warms. Was excited for this bottle, and it didn’t let me down.
Oct 03, 2020
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