Double Barrel T.C.O.
Temporal Artisan Ales in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada π¨π¦
Brewed at/by: Container BrewingStout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Regular
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Score
7.27
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This is the next release in the Temporal Void Series, an exploration of strong barrel-aged beers. Tristan's Chocolate Orange is the first of two bottles releasing Sunday, December 18th at noon at @containerbrewing. 14.75% abv. 500 bottles available with a limit of 4 per person. Please BYOBag - ideally cloth and reusable.
As with previous Void sales, this is a single day pop-up release. But this one's a bit special as it's a week before Christmas (!!) so we'll have some extra goodies for sale. A re-up of @ripplesbysam Temporal tie-dyes, two-bottle gift boxes (with your choice of bottles!), touques, stemless glasses, and some wooden pins, keychains, and coasters (stocking stuffers HELLO)
This beer is one of my favourites so far. You can probably tell I had fun with it. It's the first double-barrel-aged release from the Void Series!
When I saw some bitters barrels pop up through one of my barrel brokers I knew I needed to jump on it. I grabbed a couple - classic aromatic, one with sorghum, and a few orange bitters barrels - one is holding a very special mixed culture saison collaboration I'm excited to share with you next year. I had a feeling the orange bitters barrel would be perfect for a chocolate orange beer, so I had to go for it. I picked a barrel of stout that had strong bourbon character since I wanted it to shine through all the other things that would be going on. And boy, there is a lot going on.
For cacao I chose to pair a pretty classic fudge-y crop from the Philippines with a really unique cacao from The Dominican Republic. The Dominican cacao had notes of citrus that blend right in with the citrus of the orange barrel.
The result is a big beer that is chocolate-y, orange-y, bourbon-y and stout-y. It's a special beer for this special time of year!
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
0,33l bottle at home. Almost black color, tiny head. smells cocoa, cocoa nibs, bitter chocolate, orange notes, orange chocolate, lovely smell. full body, light carbonation. tastes spices, cinnamon, bitter chocolate, bit nutty, orange chocolate, cloves, Christmas spices, vanilla, light bourbon, cocoa nibs. finishes lightly sweet with notes of Christmas spices, cinnamon and cocoa nibs. Very nice one, great to drink, love the spices notes
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
330ml @ Black Christmas 2023 at Heritage Hall. Appearance: brown with a beige head. Aroma: some American oak and booze, some sweetness and maltiness. Taste: along the same lines, some roasted malts. Overall: ok.
Oakes (33493) reviewed Double Barrel T.C.O. from Temporal Artisan Ales 2 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cinnamon, vanilla and nutmeg, along with dark sugars. Dark brown colour, of course. The body is a bit light, but it's not bad. I think I avoided this because I'm not into chocolate orange but of course I don't really get much orange here so I'm happy.
mcberko (47456) reviewed Double Barrel T.C.O. from Temporal Artisan Ales 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle pour at Farmhouse Fest 2023, pours a deep dark brown / black with a small tan head. Aroma brings out intense chocolate orange, booze, and bourbon barrels. Flavour is boozy, with lots of chocolate orange, booze, and gentle bourbon. Boozy and orangey, rather messy and lacking integration but pleasant enough. Good.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Poured from 330mL bottle @ Weathered 2023. Dark brown with minimal beige head. Lots of orange peel, dark chocolate, touch of alcohol heat. Quite nice.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
330 ml bottle Pours black with almost no head. Aromas of dark chocolate, orange liqueur, soft bourbon and slick roasted malts. Flavors follow same with more orange peel and dark rich chocolate. ABV makes it a bit thin. Very good.