Timmermans

Commercial Brewery in Itterbeek, Flemish Brabant, Belgium 🇧🇪
Owned by John Martin
Associated with 2 Venues

Established in 1702

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Kerkstraat 11, Itterbeek, 1701, Belgium
Description
Timmermans has kept the tradition of the true lambic alive for over 300 years now. This unique beer, made with 30% wheat, is brewed in Itterbeek, in the oldest active lambic brewery. At its origin is a miracle: micro-organisms in the air of the Senne valley end up in the wort and cause spontaneous fermentation. This is why a true lambic is brewed only within a 15 km radius of Brussels, in the area known as Pajottenland. Since 1993, Martin’s Finest Beer Selection has been proud to preserve this authentic part of Belgium’s beer heritage.

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7
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Pale yellow colour, white head. Sourish fruity aroma. Sourish fruity flavour. It’s not a splendid gueuze, but at least it is not another sweet-one.

Tried on 11 Jun 2004 at 16:32


6.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

Sampled draught at Akkurat, Stockholm.
Clear amber colour, small head. Fruity aroma, some barnyard, Sweet and juicy with short cherry/apple flavour, and no more than a vague hint of lactic acidity. Not bad in itself, but a joke in comparison with the real lambics.

Tried on 07 Jun 2004 at 11:43


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottled
Hazy orange head. Small creamy white head. Aroma is apricots, yeast, alcohol and cherry. Taste is very sour, yeast, apples and very much like very dry white wine. Sourish aftertaste. I like sour things but too sour beer is just not for me. (7/3/4/2/11 2.7)
Re-rated, bottled (BB 07/2005)
Hazy orange color, small dissappearing white head. Aroma of sour apple juice. Sour taste of apples, apricots, mould, earth and grapefruit - a bit like champagne. A bit watery in palate. Fruity sourness in the aftertaste. (7/2/6/3/12 3.0)

Tried from Bottle on 03 Jun 2004 at 13:27


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Hazy orange body. White, fizzy head, no lace and mostly diminishing. Citric sour aroma. I didn’t expected a great beer, but my prejudices were in vain. This is not the top of the gueuzes, but sweet, acidic flavour did please me. Although the components of a goud flvour are present, the flavour is not fully well-balanced. But, thanks to Timmermans for this wonderful beer I drank this evening.

Tried on 20 May 2004 at 15:33


5.1
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

Hazy golden colour. Lemony, wheaty aroma. Slightly tart, but then sugary, with lambic notes. All right as a beer, but lousy as a lambic.

Tried on 17 May 2004 at 19:03


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

Hazy light orange color, medium white head. Aroma is light horseblanket like a gueuze and spicy flowery like a blonde beer. Sweet and sour taste, bit watery for a gueuze. Easy to drink, but for a gueuze it is not that good.

Tried on 27 Apr 2004 at 15:43


6.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Pale amber, slight haze; yellowish foam, gone in seconds. Very sour nose - acetic acid, and in no mean way. Something fruity, but not very natural, mixes in. Taste: in the background, a heavy sour, acetic laden presence makes itself known. But it is battled to death by a "smooth" (in the Bacardi-Smirnoff-BMC meaning) sweetish flavour that is partly brown sugar (surprise) and partly something less definable. Slight acid burn, not refreshing enough because of the candi syrup, but this fills in the body. Not my cup of tea. Different flavours sit uneasy upon each other, and it chafes.

Tried from Can on 25 Mar 2004 at 13:36


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

Hazy golden-orange. Lemony, slightly chalky aroma. Milky/lemony flavours. Dry finish. Slight toasty note. Different gueuze...not bad.

Tried on 21 Mar 2004 at 23:29


4.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5

Bottled. Deep red with creamy head. Sweet with only a light hint of acidity. Syrupy cherry flavour. Just sweet. All complexity killed. It's not really bad, but it's very commercial, and more like a alcopop than a real kriek.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Feb 2004 at 13:45


6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

A ruby red beer with a beutiful lasting pink head. The aroma is sweet fruity with strong notes of cherries. The flavor is slightly sour, but also sweet, with strong cherry notes, and it has a woody finish. A great flavor and the best cassis I've ever had, since it is not too sweet and has a fuller flavor.

Tried on 25 Jan 2004 at 06:57