Lambicus Blanche
Brouwerij Timmermans-John Martin N.V.

Lambicus BlancheLambicus Blanche
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From:
Brouwerij Timmermans-John Martin N.V.
 
Belgium
Style:
Witbier
Ranked #55
ABV:
4.5%
Score:
87
Ranked #17,752
Avg:
3.85 | pDev: 12.47%
Reviews:
47
Ratings:
165
Status:
Active
Rated:
Feb 20, 2024
Added:
Nov 04, 2003
Wants:
  11
Gots:
  13
Formerly Tradition Blanche Lambicus.

There is no other beer like Timmermans Tradition Lambicus Blanche anywhere in the world. It is made by bringing together lambic with the process used for brewing beers with malted wheat. By the addition of spices such as coriander and dried orange zest, the beer has a light, fruity flavour, deliberately cloudy and subtly spicy. Should ideally be drunk from an authentic stoneware jug.
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Ratings by psm90:
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Reviewed by psm90 from England

5/5  rDev +29.9%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Wonderful sweet fruity malts, full of mango, pineapple, orange and sherbet. Nice yeasty flavours too, which really bring out the sweetness. There's just enough spicy citric hops to balance everything out. A perfect beer.
Jun 29, 2015
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Rated: 4 by paulish from New York

Feb 20, 2024
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Reviewed by StonedTrippin from Colorado

3.9/5  rDev +1.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
cool project, this is the first i am seeing of it, different packing than what is pictured here, cork and cage small format green glass, been while since ive seen a new timmermans release, i had to have this! didnt know they made witbier either, maybe they blend this with something from someone else, although the label does not specify, i would ne surprised if that were the case, but to me this still reads timmermans lambic first, a little malty, a little sweet, sour but not too funky, metallic in a good way, just specific to them. clearer than expected actually, but some settled out and coagulated flakes in this, not real sexy after the first half, fizzy white almost inch of head rises and settles fast like a soda, and this ends up looking shiny, a little malty, and lively with some junk. the nose and taste are fruity tart and sweet, cooked orange with lactic bacterial character but not with aged hop and bretty funk like lambic should have, but thats been timmermans in general and not a critique of this, just an observation, some banana and peppercorn esters from the wit aspect, toasted wheat and toasted coriander together, white pepper, white wine, copper pennies, maybe dimes too, less funk than i want i suppose. its got generic long boiled tasting grain richness to it thats a little out of place, it lacks the woodiness and maturity i was hoping for as a lambic blend, but does exhibit a lot of the wit aspects. weird overall, cohesive but also i cant help but wish for better more complex base lambic in the mix. slightly medicinal, lemons and oranges, warms up pretty well and gets more complex on the yeast side, sprite or something too late, white floral, vermouth notes, so curious. slightly too sweet and tart to pound on, and it lingers on my palate long, but its better and better the more i drink it, weird as heck, but good. glad i ran into this one, a little green glass oxidized but not tired tasting. fun and odd.
Nov 07, 2023
 
Rated: 3.75 by bigred89 from Maryland

May 07, 2023
 
Rated: 3.69 by shelby415 from Oregon

Oct 24, 2022
 
Rated: 3.5 by TMoney2591 from Illinois

Feb 14, 2022
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Rated by Huhzubendah from District of Columbia

3.06/5  rDev -20.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Bottle shared by Bardia. Thank you!
Oct 17, 2021
 
Rated: 4.29 by Electros from Canada (ON)

May 16, 2021
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Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway

2.59/5  rDev -32.7%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
330 ml bottle, courtesy of Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. ABV is 4.5%. Sweetened with sugar AND saccharine, hmmm... Ingredients also include artificial "aromas / flavourings" + antioxidant E300. Spontaneous fermentation, has the character of a sweetened lambic more than a witbier. Pale golden colour, big white head. Citrussy aroma with some sidenotes of milk products, also notes of farmhouse cider and barnyard, hints of banana and cloves. The flavour is saccharine sweetness with citrussy notes, and only a moderate acidity. No bitterness. Not very interesting.
Apr 30, 2021
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Reviewed by janubio from Spain

3.5/5  rDev -9.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Corked bottle, served at home in a Timmermans glass.
Pale yellow colour, small heas with short retention and jus a bit of a lacing.
Aroma is funky, citric, bretts, lemon, cloves, coriander,, oranges.
Medium to light body, flat carbonation, sour finish.
Taste of oranges, lemons, barnyard, coriander, cloves.
Good mix.
Feb 22, 2021
 
Rated: 3.39 by polloenfuego from Canada (NB)

Jan 27, 2021
 
Rated: 3.25 by DvdP from Netherlands

Nov 19, 2020
 
Rated: 3.94 by ElGallo from New Hampshire

Sep 14, 2020
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Reviewed by thehyperduck from Canada (ON)

4.05/5  rDev +5.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
375 mL cork & cage bottle from the LCBO; best before Apr 15 2021 and served slightly chilled.

Pours golden-yellow, foggy and translucent; it's topped with half a finger of foamy white head that falls apart within sixty seconds or so, soon reduced to a frothy collar and a couple of filmy wisps upon the surface. It smells of orange oil, lemony tartness, coriander and crackery, grainy wheat, with just a touch of Brett-ish funkiness. Nothing too complex here, but the citrusy aspects are potent and quite enjoyable.

Tasty stuff - the orange oil comes through right off the bat, joined by lesser, more tart notes of lemon, crab apple and peach; underneath this all is a backbone of wheaty pale malts, which supplies a base level of sweetness to the profile. The back end includes more apple and citrus, with hints of grape must, candy sweetness, coriander, lemon sourness and very mild funkiness persisting briefly into the aftertaste before drying off. Relatively light in body, with lively carbonation that remains spritzy and active well into the session; feels crisp and prickly on the tongue. Wits are a refreshing style in general, but this right here is a genuine thirst quencher.

Final Grade: 4.05, an A-. Timmermans' Lambicus Blanche is a rather unique take on a witbier, with the lambic/wit mashup being pulled off quite skilfully IMO. Since this has never been a go-to style for me, I really appreciate the novelty, which winds up making the brew a little more interesting (and worth looking out for) vs. your average witbier, IMO. There's still some dwindling stock around here, so I'd better pick up another bottle or two while I can - summer still has a few weeks more to go, and this is exactly the sort of light, refreshing, mildly tart tipple that ought to really hit the spot on a sweltering mid-August afternoon.
Aug 03, 2020
 
Rated: 4 by Gooljd from England

May 04, 2020
 
Rated: 4.24 by pioppo from Italy

Jan 01, 2020
 
Rated: 3.77 by Silke_Neryn from Sweden

Jul 16, 2019
 
Rated: 3.92 by steverx8 from England

Jun 02, 2019
 
Rated: 3.5 by Quafftastic from Virginia

May 15, 2019
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Reviewed by BenHoppy from Michigan

2.57/5  rDev -33.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 1.75 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 1.75
I enjoyed the smell of wood, lemons, brett, and lambicness of this bottle but the flavors were off putting as it tasted like stale apple juice with a splash of lemon. Worst lambic I ever had. Perhaps though it was aged too long at 6 years but since its a lambic should've been able to carry on 10 plus years.
Sep 23, 2018
Lambicus Blanche from Brouwerij Timmermans-John Martin N.V.
Beer rating: 87 out of 100 with 165 ratings