Notella Horizon
Temporal Artisan Ales in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
Brewed at/by: Container Brewing|
Score
7.20
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An imperial stout aged in an Austin Nichol's bourbon barrel, conditioned on a bunch of toasted hazelnuts and organic fair-trade cacao nibs from the Philippines.
This is the next beer in the Temporal Void Series, an exploration of the extremely strong end of barrel-aged beers.
I wanted do something a bit excessive for the next iteration of the Void Series "Horizon" stouts. I'd been planning for a while to do a "hazelnut chocolate spread"™ beer and, after tasting through some barrels, picked a single Austin Nichol's bourbon barrel of stout (brewed last June) for the base!
I crushed up a very large amount of toasted hazelnuts and added them directly to the brite tank with the beer. I also added a bunch of cacao nibs sourced from the Philippines. I have a really great cacao supplier that gets fair-trade organic nibs (the good stuff) from all over the world. It's really important to me that I work with suppliers that have strong values and ensure their partner farms and co-ops are paying workers a fair wage. I chose the Filipino nibs for this beer because they had a very deep, fudge-y, classic chocolate note that I thought was very reminiscent of "hazelnut chocolate spread"™.
It's crazy how different the single-origin nibs can smell and taste. One of the bags I ordered is from the Dominican Republic, it's super citrus-y and bursting with cherry & red fruit notes. Obviously not an ideal choice for this kind of beer but I'm excited to put them into something. But I digress.
This beer is awesome. It tastes like "hazelnut chocolate spread"™. If you like hazelnuts and chocolate, this one's for you.
I hope you enjoy it.
- Tristan
This is the next beer in the Temporal Void Series, an exploration of the extremely strong end of barrel-aged beers.
I wanted do something a bit excessive for the next iteration of the Void Series "Horizon" stouts. I'd been planning for a while to do a "hazelnut chocolate spread"™ beer and, after tasting through some barrels, picked a single Austin Nichol's bourbon barrel of stout (brewed last June) for the base!
I crushed up a very large amount of toasted hazelnuts and added them directly to the brite tank with the beer. I also added a bunch of cacao nibs sourced from the Philippines. I have a really great cacao supplier that gets fair-trade organic nibs (the good stuff) from all over the world. It's really important to me that I work with suppliers that have strong values and ensure their partner farms and co-ops are paying workers a fair wage. I chose the Filipino nibs for this beer because they had a very deep, fudge-y, classic chocolate note that I thought was very reminiscent of "hazelnut chocolate spread"™.
It's crazy how different the single-origin nibs can smell and taste. One of the bags I ordered is from the Dominican Republic, it's super citrus-y and bursting with cherry & red fruit notes. Obviously not an ideal choice for this kind of beer but I'm excited to put them into something. But I digress.
This beer is awesome. It tastes like "hazelnut chocolate spread"™. If you like hazelnuts and chocolate, this one's for you.
I hope you enjoy it.
- Tristan
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