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Temporal Artisan Ales
- From:
- Temporal Artisan Ales
- British Columbia, Canada
- Style:
- Belgian Quadrupel (Quad)
- ABV:
- 12.24%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.76 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- May 22, 2023
- Added:
- May 22, 2023
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- Gots:
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Reviewed by perfumer from Canada (BC)
3.76/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.76/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Looks: Pours nearly-black-golden-brown with not a trace of head, no ring or fingers.
Smells: All the usual suspects in the quad style: raisins, figs, banana, burnt sugar, bread, scotch/cognac booziness, a bit of funk, slight earthiness. The French oak apple brandy barrel definitely shows- adding, well, brandy, apple, and oak.
Taste: Flavours follow the nose, but with the stone fruit taking center stage, and the apple brandy carrying more weight. Really shows off the character of the barrel in a nice way. According to his Instagram, he used pale and pilsner malts instead of crystal or toasted malts like many modern quads do, which could be causing the fruit-forward nature of the base (or the lack of deeper maltiness, depending on how you look at it)
Feel: Very light effervescent carbonation. Just barely there, a bit too close to flat for my taste. Light to medium body, wish it was a bit heavier.
Overall: Really love the barrel character, but the quad base is just "pretty good"- with Rochefort 10 and such being so easily accessible, we're spoiled with exceptional examples of this style, so it's hard to stand out against those. That and the mouthfeel keep this from reaching greatness, but it's still a very tasty, fruity quad that shows off a really beautiful barrelling.
May 22, 2023Smells: All the usual suspects in the quad style: raisins, figs, banana, burnt sugar, bread, scotch/cognac booziness, a bit of funk, slight earthiness. The French oak apple brandy barrel definitely shows- adding, well, brandy, apple, and oak.
Taste: Flavours follow the nose, but with the stone fruit taking center stage, and the apple brandy carrying more weight. Really shows off the character of the barrel in a nice way. According to his Instagram, he used pale and pilsner malts instead of crystal or toasted malts like many modern quads do, which could be causing the fruit-forward nature of the base (or the lack of deeper maltiness, depending on how you look at it)
Feel: Very light effervescent carbonation. Just barely there, a bit too close to flat for my taste. Light to medium body, wish it was a bit heavier.
Overall: Really love the barrel character, but the quad base is just "pretty good"- with Rochefort 10 and such being so easily accessible, we're spoiled with exceptional examples of this style, so it's hard to stand out against those. That and the mouthfeel keep this from reaching greatness, but it's still a very tasty, fruity quad that shows off a really beautiful barrelling.
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