10 Candles
Side Project Brewing
- From:
- Side Project Brewing
- Missouri, United States
- Style:
- American Imperial Stout
- ABV:
- 17%
- Score:
- 98
- Avg:
- 4.7 | pDev: 5.32%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 5
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jun 01, 2025
- Added:
- Oct 17, 2023
- Wants:
- 3
- Gots:
- 0
SCORE
98
World-Class
98
World-Class
10 Candles is a 10th anniversary blend of the first still beer we ever served. The Candles beers are have always been uncarbonated to represent how our beers taste when sampled straight from the barrel. 10 Candles celebrates this series with a special blend of our Generational stout recipe aged for 24 months in Buffalo Trace barrels and our quintuple barrel-aged O.W.K. recipe, which was also found in our anniversary beer Deca-. This blend of barrel-aged stouts was then finished with 10 varieties of vanilla beans for our 10 years.
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Ratings by SadMachine:
Rated by SadMachine from New Jersey
4.79/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 5
Nov 11, 2023
4.79/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 5
Nov 11, 2023
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by brian4beer from Indiana
4.11/5 rDev -12.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.11/5 rDev -12.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
A decent vanilla stout for sure. Hides the alcohol content very well. Good mouth feel and subtle vanilla smell. Very sweet as expected on initial taste. The finish is just a bit off for me. It just doesn’t seem all blend together as well as some other SP stouts do. Fun to try and easier to drink with a small format.
Jul 11, 2024
Reviewed by edthehead from Maryland
5/5 rDev +6.4%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
5/5 rDev +6.4%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Black oily appearance with no head and oily fingers. Bold yet smooth bourbon barrel flavors, and masterful mildly sweet bakers vanilla. So well balanced between the barrel and the adjunct, and the ABV so nicely masked. Thick and smooth as silk. Can’t think of a better representation of vanilla in a stout than this. Lovely!
Jan 07, 2024
Reviewed by WickedBeer from Alabama
4.9/5 rDev +4.3%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
4.9/5 rDev +4.3%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Insane viscosity; the leg retention is off the charts. Zero carb.
The nose is one of the best I’ve ever experienced. Chocolate cake w/ vanilla frosting. Hot chocolate w/ marshmallows.
Barrel really features on palate. Vanilla is present to cut the character from being overbearing. That said, good barrel heat with baking chocolate, bourbon-soaked oak, and a touch of drying tannin on the tail.
Great viscosity, smooth and slightly syrupy with a mildly tannic, hot finish.
Dec 04, 2023The nose is one of the best I’ve ever experienced. Chocolate cake w/ vanilla frosting. Hot chocolate w/ marshmallows.
Barrel really features on palate. Vanilla is present to cut the character from being overbearing. That said, good barrel heat with baking chocolate, bourbon-soaked oak, and a touch of drying tannin on the tail.
Great viscosity, smooth and slightly syrupy with a mildly tannic, hot finish.
Reviewed by drdiesel9483 from Ohio
4.84/5 rDev +3%
look: 4.75 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
4.84/5 rDev +3%
look: 4.75 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
Look - black thick syrup
Smell - vanilla, chocolate and barrel
Taste - same as smell, sweet slight booze
Feel - full body creamy light light carb
Overall - fantastic
Dec 02, 2023Smell - vanilla, chocolate and barrel
Taste - same as smell, sweet slight booze
Feel - full body creamy light light carb
Overall - fantastic
Reviewed by swid from Missouri
4.9/5 rDev +4.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
4.9/5 rDev +4.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
10 Candles is just a brownish hint on the rim short of being completely black. Served still. Swirling it around leaves fingers that remain on the (alas, plastic) glass. The aroma is very vanilla-forward, with dark chocolate becoming noticeable later. The taste is also very vanilla-forward; combined with the barrel notes, it turns out with a marshmallow flavor. It’s a dessert in a glass, and is very delightful.
Nov 11, 2023
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