Parfait (Blend #5)
Side Project Brewing

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From:
Side Project Brewing
 
Missouri, United States
Style:
American Imperial Stout
ABV:
11.5%
Score:
95
Avg:
4.49 | pDev: 2.67%
Ratings:
17 | reviews: 4
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Feb 07, 2024
Added:
Dec 28, 2022
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Barrel-aged imperial stout blended with an oak-aged imperial stout and finished on Tanzanian vanilla beans, chocolate and truffles.
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Ratings by MJSFS:
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Rated by MJSFS from Florida

4.43/5  rDev -1.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Mar 29, 2023
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Rated: 4.5 by smartassboiler from Illinois

Feb 07, 2024
 
Rated: 4.6 by SadMachine from New Jersey

Dec 15, 2023
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Reviewed by 4DAloveofSTOUT from Illinois

4.22/5  rDev -6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
16oz tallboy can poured into Rastal Lawrence glass.

canned on date of 12/29/22.

Appearance: Jet black bodied stout with thin brown cap of head.

Smell: Smells like a liquid chocolate truffle.

Taste: Chocolate bomb. Cocoa powder, chocolate truffle, dark chocolate ganache. Very very light vanilla note. Dry oak.

Mouthfeel: thicker body stout, but it doesn't quite get to the full pastry level thickness here. Medium light bodied stout with low carbonation. Somewhat creamy and also slightly silky textured stout. This stout is not boozy at all.

Overall: This is a liquid version of a truffle but in stout form. Very well done and absolutely nails the truffle flavor, but it's missing the wow factor.
Sep 18, 2023
 
Rated: 4.37 by mando31 from Illinois

Jul 25, 2023
 
Rated: 4.41 by Abstractspirit from Rhode Island

Jun 10, 2023
 
Rated: 4.56 by not2quick from Missouri

Jun 01, 2023
 
Rated: 4.45 by CheapBeerBuzz from California

May 23, 2023
 
Rated: 4.49 by westcoastbeerlvr from California

May 07, 2023
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Rated by NCSapiens from Indiana

4.67/5  rDev +4%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
Insanely great chocolate fudge brownie taste.
Apr 15, 2023
 
Rated: 4.4 by PhineasMcClintock from Massachusetts

Mar 19, 2023
 
Rated: 4.43 by mig100 from Texas

Mar 12, 2023
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Rated by Huhzubendah from District of Columbia

4.68/5  rDev +4.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
Can shared by Jay. Thank you!
Mar 09, 2023
 
Rated: 4.42 by StoutSnob40 from California

Mar 06, 2023
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Reviewed by REVZEB from Illinois

4.43/5  rDev -1.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Inviting dark opaque black pour with a brown cap that settles into a ring. Rich chocolate truffles, vanilla, oak, caramel, and chocolate malt nose. Taste is more generally rich chocolate with vanilla and bright oak with hints of black currant and maple. Feel is stupid smooth, malty, full without being too heavy, it is sticky though. This had a sneaky complexity while still delivering what was promised, bravo
Feb 27, 2023
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Reviewed by drdiesel9483 from Ohio

4.6/5  rDev +2.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Look - Black thick nice than head and fantastic rimming and lacing
Smell - Chocolate fudge brownie
Taste- chocolate fudge brownie nice barrel a little booze but hides pretty well. Sweet but goes well with the beer
Feel - Thick full body with a creamy light carb
Overall - Really fantastic!
Feb 04, 2023
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Reviewed by Luscious_Malfoy from Illinois

4.62/5  rDev +2.9%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
poured from a 16oz can into a SP BBT22 snifter. pours an inky, oily black with a few patches of dark brown foam swirls. huge chocolate on the nose but honestly not much else. the chocolate lover in me finds it hard to complain and i never get much barrel aroma from these parfaits. taste adds vanilla frosting and faint oak whiskey barrel to the mix. decadently chocolate though. thick, full mouthfeel which is quite in line with this series. this one was a little simpler in the fact that it was a pure expression of chocolate but i dig it.
Jan 16, 2023