Eternal Return: Apricots

Temporal Artisan Ales in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦

Brewed at/by: Luppolo Brewing Company
Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Regular Out of Production

Score

6.59

ABV: 5.3%

IBU: -

Ticks: 6

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.

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6.2

Deanf (9781) reviewed Eternal Return: Apricots from Temporal Artisan Ales 5 years ago

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

fiulijn (28382) reviewed Eternal Return: Apricots from Temporal Artisan Ales 5 years ago

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.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Jul 2020 at 07:29

6.8

BeerPlace (10899) reviewed Eternal Return: Apricots from Temporal Artisan Ales 5 years ago

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

Oakes (33493) reviewed Eternal Return: Apricots from Temporal Artisan Ales 5 years ago

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

mcberko (47456) reviewed Eternal Return: Apricots from Temporal Artisan Ales 5 years ago

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

Ferris (26026) reviewed Eternal Return: Apricots from Temporal Artisan Ales 5 years ago

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