Double Barrel Derivation - Willett Port 2022
Side Project Brewing

 

 

 

Thanks bar friends we made at SP cellar for a pour of this! Pitch black body with brown tones and ring. Big port and chocolate in the nose, with toasty rustic oak, bourbon, earth, and char. Taste actually has a first wave of the willet rugged bourbon barrel, then the port in a hot leaning way, dark chocolate, earth, char, leather, and a hint of black licorice and peat smoke the whole way, but again leans very warm in booziness. Feel is very rugged, has barrel spice and booze heat to it, chewy, but not nearly as complex as I would have expected. Good but not great

poured from a 375mL bottle into an oversized snifter. inky black pour. no foam. stains the glass. this one is a lot of port on the nose and taste but there’s plenty of bourbon and the chocolate forward base shines and works wonders with the barrels. full mouthfeel. thick. this one hit the spot for me. plenty of port but also bourbon and chocolate to cut it. really good.