Timmermans Framboise Lambic - Brouwerij Timmermans-John Martin N.V.

Mora2000

Texas

3.05/5  rDev -3.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

The beer pours a red color with a white head. The aroma is very strong and one dimensional. I get nothing but raspberry. The flavor is more of the same. The beer is very sweet and syrupy and heavy on the raspberry. Medium mouthfeel and medium carbonation. This may be a traditional lambic, but it has nothing in common flavor or aroma-wise with the better versions of the style.

Serving type: bottle

11-03-2010 03:48:12 | More by Mora2000

jrallen34

Illinois

2.1/5  rDev -33.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

Drank from the bottle into my Darkness tulip...Pours a dark blood red, almost grape juice purple with a light purple head. Ok retention and lacing...The aroma starts off with really "true" fresh squeezed raspberries; sweet yet tart. However, as you get deeper into the layers some really unpleasant notes of generic juice, and candy start to surface...The taste is terrible, a complete lack of flavor, no tartness the raspberries disappear and all you get a bitter metallic berry.

Most Timmermans are fruit to a fault and sweet, this is neither and a very poor representation of a fruit beer.

Serving type: bottle

11-01-2010 01:47:16 | More by jrallen34

jasonjlewis

Texas

3.55/5  rDev +12.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

this beer pours a nice to 2 finger head with a good retention dark amber color
The smell is of tart raspberry. There is a far amount of acidity in the nose

Taste has some underlying tartness that accentuates the raspberry. It prevents the raspberry from becoming too sweet. Good balance of sour and sweet.

This beer finishes dry but has a fair amount of sweetness

Certainly better than lindemans so give it a try

Serving type: bottle

10-31-2010 03:00:56 | More by jasonjlewis

champ103

Texas

2.38/5  rDev -24.7%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2

A: Pours a ruby red color. A light pink head rises to two fingers, and recedes in a second. Light lace is left behind.
S: This has a raspberry like fruit cake aroma. Lots of cloying sweetness and sugar. Very artificial raspberry syrup.
T: Exactly as the nose. Cloying sweetness, fruit cake, and artificial raspberry syrup.
M/D: A light body and crisp carbonation. I will not be finishing the bottle, that says it all.

There is a time and a place for the Lindemans type fruit lambics, but this and the strawberry version is just bad. Way to much fake an artificial flavoring. Avoid.

Serving type: bottle

10-11-2010 22:28:53 | More by champ103

ThaCreep

Belgium

2.05/5  rDev -35.1%
look: 3 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.5

A nose with a powerful scent of raspberry suggesting the use of a syrup. It is safe obviously not on this one because the mouth is the same ilk, that is to say strong on the fruity and syrupy but without being saturated with sugar. The lambic is discreet, if not nonexistent, and the omnipresent scent of raspberry.

Serving type: on-tap

09-07-2010 11:26:44 | More by ThaCreep

DuffManOhYeah

Michigan

4.55/5  rDev +44%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

This is a very difficult beer to review mostly due to the fact you wouldn't even know it was beer unless someone told you. I understand that many people are of the opinion that it really lacks that essential "beer taste," but it ultimately is a lambic, which generally do not taste like traditional beers. And though it might be considered "girly," it is extremely tasty.

A- Basically looks like soda pop after you let the head die down. Still is a very good-looking drink despite the fact that it's not the normal amber you see in beers.

S- Smells more like a fruity wine than beer. Extremely overpowering raspberry smell makes you want to swim in it

T- This is one of the most delicious drinks I have ever had, and easily the tastiest "beer". But it doesn't taste at all like beer. It is probably so tasty because it is overpowered with blatant raspberry flavors. Although I feel I'm being cheated out of a real beer flavor, I stop caring because it is absolutely delicious. It has a near-perfect balance of sweetness and tartness that will make you crave it.

M- Really refreshing and clean, not bitter at all. Kind of like drinking soda pop but with not as much bite.

D- You can drink it about as easily as Kool-Aid. The alcohol isn't overpowering but it's still there so you have to be pretty responsible with this one.

Serving type: bottle

06-20-2010 22:23:13 | More by DuffManOhYeah

BourbonStreet

Georgia

5/5  rDev +58.2%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5

Loved this lambic! And it is a lambic, so it's not supposed to taste like a traditional beer. Beautiful color and nice white head that lasted a while. Perfect balance of fizziness and smoothness. Raspberry flavor and smell were fresh, not artificial, like many lambics. Very nice tartness to break up the sweetness. Clean finish. Could drink this one all night.

Serving type: bottle

02-14-2010 11:17:04 | More by BourbonStreet

dbalsock

Vermont

1.8/5  rDev -43%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1 | overall: 2

It appeared much like a wheat beer overloaded with raspberry juice might look... like soda pop with a bright fizzy head that after a few minutes reduced to a thin lace. The aroma was very very sweet raspberry and had some artificial characteristics... almost medicinal. The taste was worse, like raspberry/cherry cough syrup with a very cloying mouthfeel, low carbonation and even hard to swallow. It made my tongue feel funny and slick and made the other things I ate or drank taste differently as well. A poor showing that should never be called a lambic.

Serving type: bottle

07-26-2009 12:54:22 | More by dbalsock

lacqueredmouse

Australia

3.48/5  rDev +10.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Very reddish coloured body, slightly cloudy, with a big pink head of fine white foam. Not a lot of lacing, and it does look very thin - much like a thin, sweet beer. Unsurprising, really.

Huge raspberry characters on the nose. Very sweet, with a very tasty tart character to cut through the undeniable sweetness. Lots of berry jam, sweetness, but just enough acidity to make it not sickly.

Taste is really quite refreshing and pleasant, a sweet and sour combination of raspberry fruits and just enough acidity to cut through. Finish is quite dry, but the jammy sweetness sticks around long enough to add to the lingering grily character. Let's face it - it's not an extreme, or even a particularly good example of a fruit lambic, but there's a time and place for it, and this is this time and place for it.

A very drinkable Belgian fruit beer, refreshing, and a nice balance between the tartness of a true lambic and the sickly sweetness of a beer pummelled with fruit syrup. It does perhaps err on the side of sweetness, and it is quite effeminate, but it's undeniably drinkable. I've had far more sickly fruit beers.

Serving type: bottle

06-21-2009 22:56:58 | More by lacqueredmouse

ricke

Sweden

2.3/5  rDev -27.2%
look: 4 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5

Serving date: 2009-05-18. Served in wine glass.

A: A strange deep red color with both pink and brownish hues. A medium sized head with a slight pink nuance. Some lacings.

S: Very simple smell, almost completely one-dimensional. Basically just aromas of artificial raspberries - raspberry candy, cheap raspberry fruit juice, bubblegum. Perhaps some notes of strawberry-like fruitiness as well. Smells more like candy than beer.

T: Is this beer or is this raspberry soda? It's certainly more reminiscent of the latter. It just taste like very sweet artifical raspberries, some notes of strawberries. Perhaps a semi-tart lemony flavor in the middle. If I really focus, I think I can detect a very faint hint of malts beneath the sweet fruits. The biggest problem is not the fruits per se, but the fact that they are really synthetic in character - no real flavor of genuin fruits. The finish is short with notes of bubblegum, some minerals and more raspberries.

M: Light body with soda-like carbonation. The big amount of carbonation stops this one from becoming overly sugary sweet.

D: If I would be in the mood for a sweet soda and looking for a substitute, I'd definitely go for this one, but as a beer it falls really short. It's to sweet, overly simplistic and quite boring after a while. It's not that it tastes awful or anything, it's just not a good beer. A poor version of the fruit lambic.

Serving type: bottle

05-18-2009 17:21:57 | More by ricke

laituegonflable

Australia

3.53/5  rDev +11.7%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Pours a bright red colour with a slight pink tinge, pure white head with fairly sparse bubbles, doesn't stick around. Mainly due to the fact that there is no carbonation. Slight lacing, but not much. Looks fruity.

Nose is very, very pungent and very nice. I can smell it from a metre away. Very sweet, with a tangy fruit edge. Actually smells more like strawberry than raspberry to be honest, particularly like that artificial strawberry flavour you get filling strawberry cream chocolates, for example. Very aromatic and in spite of the fruit dominance it's quite enjoyably complex.

Well, my first impression is that it's not very sour, which I would expect from a lambic. It's very fruity on the front and mid and the only tartness is a slight puckering at the back. One note, really, through the palate, but it does have a rhythm to it. Sweet, a bit thin, then slightly tart. Quite decent, although the thinness is worrying. I'm going to sit here and worry about it for a bit. Mouthfeel is also a bit thin.

This is pleasantly drinkable, but it's not overwhelmingly good, and to be perfectly, brutally honest, I prefer things that taste like beer. It's just a quirk of mine.

Serving type: bottle

04-07-2009 23:11:04 | More by laituegonflable

madvoice

Australia

3.13/5  rDev -0.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Poured a rather raspberry pink in colour with a thick foamy head that lasted a while and left a fair bit of lacing down the glass.

Smelled sweet and of fresh raspberries.

Taste was very much raspberry. Sweet to start with then with the tart aftertaste which is typical of raspberries.

Quite a fizzy beer but light on the mouth. In all honesty it didn't taste like beer at all. More of a girly beer this one. I don't mind it and could quite easily drink it but its missing a vital part that is beer.

Serving type: bottle

04-04-2009 10:16:40 | More by madvoice

AlexLMS

Portugal

1.73/5  rDev -45.3%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 2

First of all I would like to state that Lambic beers are definitely not my style. They don't taste like beer. Anyway, here is the review:

Appearance: very bright medium red colour. The head is pinkish white, very low and frothy. Impaired retention but lots of lacings.
Aroma: raspberry and sugar.
Taste: raspberries, sugar and nothing else.
Mouthfeel: cloying, very high carbonation, very low alcoholic strength and a light body.
Finish: again raspberries. Weak sour aftertaste.

Overall: I think that my senses were caught unaware and I could only feel the raspberries all over it (aroma, taste and finish). It could be refreshing if not for the huge amount of sugar. In short, a raspberry soft drink. First and last.

Serving type: bottle

09-28-2008 11:08:21 | More by AlexLMS

texashammer

Texas

3.85/5  rDev +21.8%
look: 4 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Very interesting results here. Reddish, pinkish, purplish color, transluscent, with little or no head. Smells unpleasant. Weird musty metallic smell is very unappetizing. Tastes very yummy though; good taste kills the smell. Sweet in a raspberry cream sort of way. Raspberries and vanilla. Sweet but more like real fruit than a lot of them. Nice spritz too. Not very tart.

Serving type: bottle

11-03-2005 04:41:49 | More by texashammer

cypressbob

United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)

3.55/5  rDev +12.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

250ml bottle, into a deleirum t tulip

Pours with a purpley pink body, off white pinkish head, fluffy

Smell, some slightly tart fruit on the nose, rasberrys dont adorn the nose but are def. part of the aroma

Taste, smooth crisp rasberry, slight sweetness but not excessive

A fairly solid lambic, but nothin world changing

Serving type: bottle

10-29-2005 22:11:47 | More by cypressbob

dauss

Colorado

2.55/5  rDev -19.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

Had it at a french restaurant in Brussels. 35cl bottle, 4% ABV.

Appearance: Definitely filtered, crystal clear blood red. A big pink head rests on top with good retention and lacing.

Smell: all raspberries. Very strong, fresh and fruit, but not much else there, only raspberries.

The taste: Sweet and thing, much like a raspberry soda. A ever so slight bardyardy quality in the finish with a slight tartness. Interesting how this beer finishes dry, but its extremely fruity. All raspberry.

Notes: Their claim of "Genuine Lambic matured in oak barrels and brewed in the Brussels Region" just doesn't seem to work. Its missing the depth and complexity of Cantillon's Rose de Gambrinus, very one dimensional, and the raspberries are just overpower. I assume that this is just another "Framboise Lambic" tailored to the general public.

Serving type: bottle

07-21-2005 10:13:39 | More by dauss

bark

Sweden

4.2/5  rDev +32.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 5

The liquid is clear; colour is dark red with a tint of brown. The pale pink foam forms a quite large head that sinks down to a thin lid with a fizzing sound.

The smell is sweet and very fruity with a clear dry note of raspberries and a sour touch of vinegar. Yeast notes are also present.

The first taste is one of raspberry soda that develops into a fresh sour/dry note with a touch of citric acid and a creamy sweet note. The aftertaste is sour-sweet and creamy with fruity notes.

Mouth feel is fresh with lots of tiny bubbles.

A well crafted fruit-lambic: Not too sweet, not artificial.

Serving type: can

05-15-2005 18:35:35 | More by bark

Phyl21ca

Quebec (Canada)

1.58/5  rDev -50%
look: 2 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 1.5

Can: Poured a bright pink beer with almost no head. Aroma of flavoured raspberry isn’t very enticing. Taste is quite a letdown with some artificial flavour of raspberry covering everything and no tart, sourness or acidity noticeable. This tastes more like a juicy soft drink then beer. There is no way I’m going to try something else from those guys unless it is highly rated and praised.

Serving type: can

06-30-2004 14:39:35 | More by Phyl21ca

Mitchster

Michigan

4.53/5  rDev +43.4%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Bought and drank this one in Barcelona, Spain. Clear, pink, forming a foamy, light pink head with excellent retention and lacing. Carbonation is strong. Mouthfeel is spritzy with a light body. Perfumy aroma of tart raspberries and mildly dusty basement. No discernable hops or other typical fermentation characteristics. Taste is absolutely delicious with tart, sour raspberries, a dry acidity, and a pleasantly dry finish. Hops and malt are delicate and balance the overwhelming raspberries. All the ingredients are in perfect harmony. An overwhelmingly excellent brew.

Serving type: bottle

04-27-2003 16:10:34 | More by Mitchster