Eternal Return: Apricots
Temporal Artisan Ales in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
Brewed at/by: Luppolo Brewing CompanySour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Regular Out of Production
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Score
6.59
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This special edition of Eternal Return features the same base blend of three beers aged for 2+ years in wine barrels, combined further with another blend of two beers aged for 10 months in wine barrels. This second portion was conditioned on whole apricots for an additional 9 months before blending.
A portion of the blend came from the barrel “Sanchez & Smith”, an old Chardonnay cask named by Dan during the initial crowdfunding campaign that helped lunch Temporal.
A portion of the blend came from the barrel “Sanchez & Smith”, an old Chardonnay cask named by Dan during the initial crowdfunding campaign that helped lunch Temporal.
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6.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Earthy yeast and sour apricot aroma, good carbonation in a yellowy orange body though foam isn't very prominent. Flavour is a nice meld of chunky yeast and sour apricot. Dry barrel finish with heavy acidity, okay carbonation. Apricot is a little thin, complexity is lacking, but otherwise okay.
Tried
on 25 Oct 2020
at 02:35
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tasting at Brian's, bottle
Cloudy blond colour. Some apricot aroma, but also sharper acidity that hides a bit the balance of the base version.
Good.
Cloudy blond colour. Some apricot aroma, but also sharper acidity that hides a bit the balance of the base version.
Good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jul 2020
at 07:29
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
375ml on Brian's deck. Appearance: pale hazy golden with a weak white head. Aroma: funky, barrel, some fruity character which cannot be recognized as apricots, unfortunately. Taste: very acidic, with a slight stone fruits character. Overall: ok.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Jun 2020
at 04:03
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
On the nose, this is similar in the bug notes to the regular, but there's a fair bit of apricot as well, and that reduces some of the complexity. On the palate, the apricots are sweet, and then it's fairly sharp, woody. In the end, the tartness gets a bit too strong. The balance isn't there on this one.
Tried
on 26 Jun 2020
at 03:58
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
375mL bottle, pours a cloudy golden blonde with a small white head. Aroma is somewhat herbal, with subdued apricots, and a little oak. Flavour is a lot more acidic than the regular Eternal Return, with intensely acidic apricots, some acetone, and subdued bugs. The wine is not very noticeable. The apricots aren't so assertively expressed and there is too much acidity and acetic character. Weak.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jun 2020
at 03:57
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cloudy gold with no head. Apricot and light funk. Apricot and sweetness with a bit of acidity and a tart finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jun 2020
at 03:57