Titanum 10

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I was at a restaurant in Italy and drank a 75 cl bottle of beer labeled “Titanum 10”. It is very difficult to find online but it is a Belgian strong ale. I could not find it on this or any other “large” classification site like this one. I did find it here. It is worth noting that I drank it in a Lupulus brand glass and the listed brewery, Les 3 Forquets, has a website which now redirects to lupulus.be. BeerAdvocate has an entry for lupulus which does not include any “Titanum” brews. I am not sure how to add it to the site or if it is “discontinued”, so I’d appreciate a little guidance on this one.

Lastly, I’m no expert but for what it’s worth I thought it had a great honey taste which went very well with prosciutto.

 

Yes, I forgot to mention that was the other site I had found it on. Also according to the 2018-19 version of this magazine (on page 216) the official distributor is GMA import Specialità (gmasrl.it).

Thank you for mentioning this. I re-read https://www.gmasrl.it/it/birra-artigianale-titanum/ and found that they actually credit "master beer sommelier Gilberto Acciaio" as the creator of Titanum.

Here is a somewhat adequately translated article/interview about him:
https://www.pizzeriagourmet.it/en/gilberto-acciaio-bier-sommelier/
It is mentioned that he is involved with GMA Import, which also owns this food wholesaler.

Here is a shorter description which conveys about the same information but clarifies that he is the beverage manager for GMA Import:
https://www.accademiaferrarelle.it/gilberto-acciaio/
The site appears to be offering some sort of cooking class.

Here we can see the previous food wholesaler advertising the beer with the same descriptions lifted from the GMA page:
https://www.pizzeriagourmet.it/birra-artigianale-titanum/

In summary:
- Gilberto Acciaio is the beverage manager for GMA Import Export Specialità s.r.l.
- He created the Titanum brew and distributes it exclusively(?) in Italy through GMA and their food wholesaler, Pizzeria Gourmet.
- Titanum is actually "produced by a Belgian Master Brewer", who’s location/name is unknown, but I’d bet that it is Lupulus.be

Found in the product description on either site:
- Titanum 10 (what I drank) features Pilsner malt and two kinds of Slovenian hops: Styrian Golding and Styrian Bobek and is 10% ABV
- Titanum 8 is a combination of Pilsen and Munich malts with Tomahawk, Saaz, and Citra hops and is 8% ABV
- Titanum 6 is Pilsen malt with American Moesaic and Simcoe hops and is 6% ABV

 

I should clarify that GMA is a general food wholesaler in Italy and their other brand, Pizzeria Gourmet, provides only the subset of GMA’s products which are related to pizza as well as some beverages which happen to include Titanum. I think that GMA should be considered a "beer marketing company" in this case and we can safely ignore Pizzeria Gourmet.