Side Project / Shared (2022)

I haven’t had one of the old ones since last year, but to date the 3 I have had over the last 5 years have been the single best BA coffee stout I have ever had. It’s truly amazing how sublime they are. Yea, I’m a fanboy, but this is one of those things that everyone talks about. I don’t know what is so different about those old ones, but they are really something separate than anything else I have had.

The only SP coffee stout I have had was the derivation with Rum BA, and I really loved that beer too. So, admittedly my ability to compare to SP is limited. I had Somniphobia from BL/VooDoo that was absolutely stellar also, but I think I’d put the old ass BCBCS above that even. It’s just a gem.

 

I went to smell it and it smelled like straight up coffee. No barrel at all but the fact that the coffee held up actually blew my mind. Wasn’t much oxidation either. It did come from the King’s cellar so obviously they cellared it correctly but damn. Cellar Thursdays will be a regular thing for me from now on

 

has anyone tried pn15 yet? and does it live up to pn8? hopeful its a banger

 

@leroybrown10

 

PN15 is PN8 b2 confirmed

 

PN15 is excellent but it’s not as good as PN8. PN8 was jammier and less acidic.

 

I think it’s pretty funky.

 

Oh damn awesome! Looks like I’m gonna be spending some money

 

And for the record…

PN8 > PN12 > PN15

 

"The beer will not arrive until the following week, the week of September 26th...You must pick up by September 30th, 2022" so currently a 5 day window max...

 

i’m hoping by “the week of the 26th” they mean the 26th!

 

BREWERY BIRTHDAY
SIDE PROJECT BREWING’S 9TH BIRTHDAY SEPT. 23RD – 26TH!

We sold our very first Side Project beers on Sept. 28, 2013! Join us to celebrate 9 years of Side Project beer! Here is the schedule of events for these exciting four days:



FRIDAY, SEPT. 23RD:
1pm:

Bottles – Derivation Blend #9
Draft – Unblended Fencerow
Draft – BVC (Collaboration with Cycle)

3pm:

Draft – TWCP Derivation

5pm:

Draft – Double Barrel Generational (Collaboration with Half Acre)


SATURDAY, SEPT. 24TH: ZWANZE DAY!
(Please see our Zwanze blog for Zwanze Details)
EVERYONE (folks with or without Zwanze tickets) can visit us in our Brewery Tasting Room on Sat, Sept. 24th!

1pm in Tasting Room:

Draft – Pulling Nails Blend #8
Bottles – Double Barrel Anabasis
Bottles – Beer : Barrel : Time 2018
Bottles – Beer : Barrel : Time 2019
Bottles – Beer : Barrel : Time 2020
Bottles – Beer : Barrel : Time 2021


SUNDAY, SEPT. 25TH:
1pm:

Bottles – Derivation Blend #11
Draft – Planter’s House

Sunday is BA COCONUT STOUT Day! We will tap three BA Coconut Stouts at 1pm, 2:30pm and 4pm! Whoop whoop!


MONDAY, SEPT. 26TH:
3pm:

DRAFT DEBUT of Shared Parfait #4
Bottles – Rye BBT 2020
Bottles – DBD Double Willett Double Vanilla 2022
Bottles – DBD Stagg Jr. 2022
Bottles – DBD Bourbon Port 2022


Thank you for enjoying our beers for the last nine years! We look forward to celebrating with you in a few weeks! Thank you!


The Side Project Cellar 8-Year Anniversary Week will be the week of Nov. 8, 2022! The Side Project Cellar opened its doors Nov. 11, 2014. Cheers!

 

Still not revealing the Sunday goods

 

For TWCP pickup window has been extended to 10/15. Updated on my link posted above.

 

Unless I'm missing it somewhere, is there any details on the base of For TWCP? Like, is it a stout or a barleywine or a strong ale, barrels used, base recipes, etc?

 

Stout

 

https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/32319/619363/

20 months in Blanton’s barrels. funny you mention it as it doesn’t really include the fact that it is an imperial stout but i do recall the ig stories referring to it as a stout. that’s about as official as it gets these days lol (assuming ig doesn’t pull the posts)

 

That label doesn't mention the almonds but in the note from Cory it seemed to be a clear point of emphasis

 

thanks! i think you posted that label before.

 

“…When first brewed, this was the first time we had used almonds in a beer. The flavor of almonds is very hard to extract while using only natural ingredients (no extracts were used in this beer, only real, slivered almonds), so we experimented with "overdosing" the initial beer with almonds and Ghanan Cocoa Nibs and then allowed it to rest in the barrel to soften and develop…”

 

Yea it was a story when they were resting it on almonds, they mention it being an impy stout

 

Terminus (BBA) / Crusher packages are live

 

And sold out.

 

Well, I got the notification that they were sold out at least.

 

I got the notification. Terminus sounds awesome, but not much interest in Crusher after looking it up. Indifference won out.

 

Was this a surprise, or announced? I wasn't planning to purchase anyway, but just curious.

 

unannounced

 

I'm always fascinated by the number of people that are just 'available' to get a notification and proceed with an order when something like this is unannounced. From posts above, sounds like it was only available for a very short time. I mean, I don't really do social media (and thus don't have notifications), but even if I did...On any given day there's probably only a 30% chance I'd be available. The probability that I'd actually get the notification and see it and have the ability to then pull the trigger so quick is a much smaller percentage.

 

I'm just glad this time they only packaged it with one saison instead of 3. It's ridiculous to pay $200 for 3 white labels and a 375mL stout.

 

Can’t speak for everyone, but my work essentially requires me to have my phone within hands reach at all times, so it’s not unusual for me personally to see these things pop up and be able to react quickly, particularly with Instagram post notifications turned on. Only takes one to two minutes tops before I’m back to business.

 

I work from home - 2 computers, phone around me. I’m not working every minute and it’s unusual that I miss a notification unless IG is being funky.

For me it comes down to do I care enough about the beers plus what goes into it - the race to buy, finding a proxy, etc.

Here it was reasonable, but ultimately not worth it to me. I’m not one that needs and or wants to chase every beer so I’ll live another day.

 

kind of tells me they must not have had a lot.

 

shit, you’d be lucky with white labels. they’d be $15-20 less than Crusher

 

Anyone know what the breakdown was price-wise for the Terminus package? Couldn’t find an itemized cost for each bottle anywhere. Safe to assume $40 for Terminus and $35 for Crusher?

 

That is correct. Both bottles of Terminus were $40/each to la coterie.

 

And to think, I’m not even upset about missing the LC timeline this morning. No fomo = no care.

 

if it was bundled with pn15 it would have been more appealing imo