Temporal Artisan Ales Vanilla Geisha Horizon

Vanilla Geisha Horizon

 

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

Brewed at/by: Container Brewing
  Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Regular
Score
6.93
ABV: 12.4% IBU: - Ticks: 8
An unblended imperial stout aged in an Austin Nichol's 12yr barrel. Conditioned on Mexican vanilla beans and Mexican Geisha coffee beans from Prototype Coffee. This is the next beer in the Temporal Void Series, an exploration of the extremely strong end of barrel-aged beers.
 

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5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4

Bottle: Poured a pitch-black color stout with a dark brown foamy head with some retention and some lacing notes. Aroma of chocolate notes with floral coffee notes and dominant vanilla extract notes and residual sugar notes. Taste is also a mix of chocolate notes with floral coffee notes and unpleasant vanilla extract notes with some residual sugar notes. Body is full for style with good carbonation with no discernible alcohol notes. Way too much vanilla extract.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Mar 2024 at 14:15


4.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 3.5

Brown bottle, 330 ml, release NUM: 19/∞, from, with and at Philippe Boutin (merci!), savoured on 3 February 2024; eye: black, opaque, no effervescence, no head, no lacing; nose: vanilla extract, chemical; mouth: malt, vanilla, vanilla extract, finale in vanilla extract with presence of malt, full-bodied, average carbonation, lightly sweet, alcoholic texture; in short: once is enough FRANÇAIS
Bouteille brune, 330 ml, release NUM : 19/∞, de, avec et chez Philippe Boutin (merci!), savourée le 3 février 2024; œil : noire, opaque, pas d'effervescence, pas de mousse, pas de dentelle; nez : extrait de vanille, chimique; bouche : malt, vanille, extrait de vanille, finale en extrait de vanille avec présence de malt, corsée, carbonatation moyenne, légèrement sucrée, texture alcoolique; en résumé : une fois, c'est assez

Tried from Bottle on 29 Feb 2024 at 22:03


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Pours near black. No head, no carbo. The coffee goes big in the nose, the vanilla riding shotgun. Soft body, little bit of acidity, probably from the coffee. The vanilla character is mellow and refined, as is the barrel. I'�d love a more assertive malt here, but the treatments are excellent - top quality flavours and in the right balance. This one'�s very good.

Tried on 26 Oct 2023 at 03:38


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

330mL bottle, pours black with a small beige head. Nose brings out lots of vanilla beans and coffee upfront, with plenty of bourbon barrels to round it out. Flavour is big time on the coffee upfront, followed by bourbon oak, alcohol and a bit of vanilla beans. Lots of bourbon, alcohol, and coffee on the finish. A bit hot and lacking some cohesion but it's very nice.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Jun 2022 at 05:12


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

330 ml bottle. Pours a dark brown with short tan head. Aromas of sweet bourbon, chocolate nougat, raisins, and slick roasted malts. Flavors follow same; bourbon is oaky, plus additional coconut and fruity black coffee. Alcohol on the finish, probably the coffee making it more obvious. Very good.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Jun 2022 at 01:44


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle, courtesy of Sergey
Dark brown colour, near black. Aroma of vanilla and chocolate. Good body strength; moderately sweet; very good flavour of cacao, then chocolate, coffee, vanilla; the flavours are very well combined; there is definitively an alcohol note, it's evident, but it's not boozy.
Excellent.

Tried from Bottle on 15 May 2022 at 04:44


7.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

330ml shared with Ryan @ Alex's. Appearance: brown with a beige head. Aroma: lots of coffee with noticeable bourbon notes. Taste: tons of coffee, earthiness coming from it, quite a lot of bourbon too, moderate body, vanilla. Overall: a bit harsh, too much on the coffee side, lacks balance IMHO.

Tried on 09 May 2022 at 06:49


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Poured from 330mL bottle. Dark brown with minimal beige head. Lots of coffee on the nose, taste of mild coffee, tons of vanilla, mild roast malt. touch of bourbon barrel. Decent. Unlike the last version (Event Horizon), I don't feel like this will improve with age... it is what it is.

Tried from Bottle on 09 May 2022 at 06:25