Temporal Artisan Ales

Client Brewer in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦

Established in 2018

Contact
1507 Powell St, Vancouver, V5L 5C3, Canada
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Description
Temporal Artisan Ales is a brewing project that is crafting delicate oak-aged beers in a shared space at Luppolo Brewing Company in Vancouver, BC. The beers we create are fermented 100% in our oak barrels over lengthy periods of time, imparting delicate complexity. Portions of separate barrels are blended to enhance specific characteristics unique to each barrel. Every beer we release has been meticulously crafted from start to finish.

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6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Poured from 500mL bottle. Hazy gold with minimal ring of white head. Quite acetic, balsamic, but still enjoyable.
Tried from Bottle on 20 Aug 2021 at 03:14

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
375mL bottle, pours a hazy golden blonde with a small white head. Aroma is very buggy, with plenty of acidity, oak barrels, and wine tannins. Flavour is extremely acidic, with enamel-stripping acidity, a vinous tang, and some bugs. Too acidic for me, but it has some depth. Decent.
Tried from Bottle on 20 Aug 2021 at 03:12

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Hazy, pale. No head. On the palate, lots of tartness, hints of brett. Definitely a puckering beer. Lots of wood, some balsamic notes, so it gets a little slick. This seems close to turning actually, bottled it off just in time.
Tried from Bottle on 20 Aug 2021 at 03:12

5.9/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle. Dullish pale amber colour. Not much head. The aroma has a bit of vinous stuff, but also some of that acetic character that I don't like. On the palate, very tart. Definitely acetic, but also lactic. The barrel...I mean I don't even know of a white wine aged in a tequila barrel so that alone is pretty cool. But the wine character might be there, and tequila I'm not getting that. This ends up being an acidic blend with vague accents, but I would prefer more sweetness for balance. And tequila...I'd actually like to perceive that here, because I think it would help the beer.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Jul 2021 at 00:24

6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
750ml bottle decanted. Nice foggy rosé body, still and no foam. Soft vinegar on the nose but nothing else comes through. Flavour is grapeish, sour maltiness, soft funk. Warming, acidity helps with high fat foods. Nevertheless very simplistic and nowhere near worth what they're charging for a bottle.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Feb 2021 at 00:38

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Good puffy foam, stormy carbonation, mellow pale straw body. Strong acidity on the nose, soft wood barrel, musty yeast lingers. Flavour is soft maltiness accented by wood, soft wine notes. Mellow acidity, sweetness lingers. It has a nice rustic vibe to it, though a little simple, and it has to be said that these Vinifera bottles are incredibly expensive for what they are.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Feb 2021 at 21:22

6.5/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Pours a deep pink with no foam or carbonation. Oh, one of these again. Nice floral cherry on the nose, slight caramel, soft yeast funk. Flavour is tart cherry, fresh and sweet, soft biscuit and hints of biscuit. Good lingering tart sweetness that I enjoy. Not bad at all.
Tried on 06 Feb 2021 at 05:41

8.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Very nice deep red body, slightly muddy, and uncarbonated with zero foam. The aroma is soft brett yeast, easy biscuit, deep chewy syrupy grape and cherry juice moderated by some rustic sourness. Flavour is deep and rich cherry layered under milk chocolate mousse, soft caramel latté. Full and lingering, crisp and saccharine. Bold, round, beautiful.
Tried on 04 Feb 2021 at 23:39

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 5
750mL bottle, pours a hazy pale golden blonde with a small white head. Aroma reveals a touch of funk, dusty grape skins, and a little vinous oak character. Flavour is fairly vinous, with lots of acidity, dusty earthy skins, and a little vinegar. Extremely acidic, almost stomach-churningly so. There's little complexity or depth here. For $30 (plus tax), this is extremely disappointing.
Tried from Bottle on 03 Jan 2021 at 05:33

5.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
750mL bottle, pours a clear dark red with almost no head. Nose is quite earthy, with musty grapes, leather, cardboard, and earthiness. Flavour reveals sweaty feet, musty grapes, earthiness, and a little leather. That sweaty feet on here really isn't all that pleasant. Flat carbonation, which is fine, but the flavours aren't so great. There just isn't all that nice a character from the grapes here. For the outrageous $30 (plus tax), this doesn't come close to delivering, and I'm annoyed I spent the $ on this. Unfortunately, there's little to enjoy about this one.
Tried from Bottle on 03 Jan 2021 at 05:17