Timmermans Pumpkin Lambicus
Two traditions are brought together here in a unique complacency, namely an original succulence never tempted before. The result is sublime, liberating a graceful taste tinted by a controlled acidity on the lambic confused with the dry fruity of the pumpkin and the discreet sugar added. By crossing the middle of the mouth appears a taste of brown sugar remembering and accentuating the convivial touch of Halloween.
3.3
291 reviews
Itterbeek, Belgium
Community reviews
Tap at BeerTemple. Hazy brown with fluffy beige head. Christmas spices, pumpkin, cinnamon star cookies, light gooseberries and funk. Under medium sweet and sour. Medium bodied. Quite unusual but not bad.
On tap @ Beer Temple Amsterdam. giallo ambrato carico, quasi ramato, schiuma grossolana, bianca non molto persistente. Aroma intenso, classico delle fermentazioni spontanee,in aggiunta miele, speziato, (chiodo di garofano) e Vaniglia. Zucchero di canna e legno meno intensi ma presenti. Gusto Gentle-sour, acido ma senza essere aggressivo, quasi abboccato, fruttato.Si avverte la zucche e anche lo zucchero di canna. Per lo stile è rotonda, poco corposa, carbonatazione vivace. Debole calore alcolico. Equilibrata ed armonica
Draft at beertemple. Aroma of mild tart, vomit and malt. Taste is quite sweet, with soft sourness, sweet candy toffee, sweet malt and subtle pumpkin. Way too sweet, but should not be a surprise with this brewer.
Bottle from Rehills, Newcastle. 750ml bottle. Bright amber coloured with no head of foam. It has a sweet cinnamon and toffee flavour with spicy notes and a slight sugary and tart fruit and toffee finish. Ok, but a bit sweet.
Keg at cloisters... Copper brown.. Big tan head.. Soft sweet pumpkin spice nose... Juicy zest fruit... Very fizzy.. Light pumpkin... Way to fizzy
On tap at Beertemple, Amsterdam. Nose is fruity, pumpkin, sourish, spices. Body is clear ruby brown, head is medium, beige, creamy, average lasting, excellent lacing. Aroma is cherry, honey, biscuit, spices, pumpkin. Medium sweet, medium fruity sour. Finish is medium lasting fruity medium sweet sour. Medium body, slick texture, soft carbonation. Easy fruity sour beer, interesting, tasty, well balanced, nice one.
From the corked, caged 750 ml. bottle dated 09/07/15. It is more than a year old at this point. Not a bad looking orange-amber pour with a modest, short-lived off-white head. This has a fascinating aroma of overripe fruit, pumpkin spice, and a whole of of cinnamon. Medium body. The pumpkin spices offset the tart and overripe fruit characters of a typical Lambic, which makes this interesting. Not out of this world but definitely interesting.
Treated as a lambic, this was poured into a pokal.
The appearance was a soft burnt orange (yes, pumpkin color) with a quickly dieing head. No lacing.
The aroma starts with a sweet pumpkin fleshiness flowing into subtle sour citrus rind-like character. What’s nice about this is that the sweetness seems quite balanced. Warming slight cinnamon smells nice. Slight acceptable apple juice after a little bit of further warming.
The flavor leans sweet first and then brings in the sour pretty nicely. It’s pumpkin fleshy, like real pumpkin, there’s nothing remotely fake about this at all. And the sour that comes in is real nice. Barely any aftertaste (but what there is seems a blend of apple juice to pumpkin flesh), escaping mostly quick finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light on the body with a fantastic sesssionability about it. Low carbonation. No stickiness.
Overall, lambic - check, subsiding sour - check, pumpkin fleshy sweetness - check. Now if this doesn’t make for a nice early Autumn’s evening, nothing will.
Large bottle in Fl. Amber pour with chunks of debris. Fruity aroma. Tastes more like some pie than pumpkin. Very sweet. Tart
wish I had a newer bottle,,02/07/14, sour, bitter, not good,,, I will get a newer bottle,,
Tap (PiwPaw Beer Heaven, Warsaw)
Spicy apple pie and cinnamon aroma, totally one-dimensional. Baked apple taste, again more cinamon. Palate a bit thin, but also with a sugary stickiness and a bit too fizzy. Not a particularly good lambic.
Tap (PiwPaw Beer Heaven, Warszaw). Clear dark amber color. Medium size, beige head, stays. Pumpkin, cloying sweetness, herbal and yeasty in aroma. Sour, pumpkin, sweet, biscuits in taste. Sour, milky, wheat and biscuits in aftertaste. Messy mouthfeel.
Sampled at ESBLS. I was curious about this one. Clear golden with plenty of bubbles rising. I taste sugar first followed by cinnamon and fruit. Only a little pumpkin but it increases. Interesting fruit and spices. This could be a Halloween Lambic.
Bottle:
Clear, bubbled, coppery-gold with a faint ring.
Aroma is a bit cidery, apple...yeast.
Taste is sweet, not much pumpkin, more apple and brown sugar, really.
Ok, but not very biting or sour.
Very tart but sweet, slightly weird mix. A very hazy beer with huge yeast particles and light carbonation. Not bad but not in a hurry to have again.
-- rated with beerbasher/winphone
Not horrid I guess. Pumpkin colored with massive sediment particles. this was an old bottle. Vegetal, pumpkin, yeasty esters. Light bodied. What the heck for two bucks.
sample from draft in goteborg sweden. poured a amber colour with a fuzzy bubble head. nose of old grains, minerals, pumpkin flesh, spices, adds a real real sweetness. no tart notes.
Bottle at home. Pours clear dark amber with a thin white head. Aromas of funky vegetables, savoury, cinnamon. Taste is more cinnamon, light demerara sugar, light sour. Chalky, cinnamon finish.
Bottle from Appellation Wines (it was the last one sorry!)
Appearance - amber/orange with a nice fluffy head.
Nose - funky, vegetal, savoury generally.
Taste - pumpkin, brown sugar, cinnamon perhaps?
Palate - close to medium bodied with a creamy yet dry tangy texture and a dry finish.
Overall - you start with a pumpkin with the intentions of making a beer. It’s a difficult order, so not the worst attempt.
Bottle. Apple/pumpkin, malt, and light vinegar aroma. Golden yellow with small head. Sweet brown sugar, pumpkin, malt, and mild lactic/vinegar flavor. Decent body.
Big bottle. Thanks to my m-law. Color is dark honey. Aroma is pumpkins, sour grapes and sugar. Lower carbonation. Light sourness. Sugary notes. Ok. It's a lambic and I don't think I'm a big fan of lambic beer.
Tap @ Bishops Arms, Hornsgatan. Clear dark copper, small white head, good lacing. Fruity aroma, red apples, spice, caramel. Medium carbonated, silky sweet, light mouthfeel. Mildly tart and fruity taste, mild spicey, apples and some sweet syrup.
On tap at Ölrepubliken, Spicy and fruity smell, also tart. Sweet taste with a light tartness. Fruity and spicy. Interesting taste.
Bottle shared. Pours clear amber with a big bubbly cream head. Aroma of massive mineral, pumpkin light but present, spice and cinnamon. Flavour is light moderate sweet with no real sourness. Light to medium bodied with soft carbonation.
75cl bottle courtesy of and shared with Kermis.
Pumpkin aroma. Medium creamy off white head. Clear light amber pour. Not sour. Easy drinking
Overall: Sour fruitiness, peach, ginger bread.
Note: On-tap at a De Klomp tasting. Reviewed 2015-10-31.
Ser ut som äppelmust. Det är kanel och lite äpple i doften. Mycket kanel i smaken, inte helt angenäm lite kemisk i smaken
750 ml bottle pours Amber with a white head. Aroma of pumpkin, yeast and a little funkiness . Taste is tart pumpkin and yeast.
Lightly cloudy tan, no head. Quite spicy, maple sweetness. Lightly tart, quite sweet. Chewy, short finish. Fairly clean. Medium body. Decent.
On tap at Ölrepubliken. Clear brown with off white head. Aroma has toasted pumpkin, cardamom, funk, cinnamon, wood, barnyard and funk. Taste is funky, tart, toasted pumpkin, spice, cardamom, cinnamon with some sugars. Strange and pretty good