Breweries
Timmermans - Bourgogne Des Flandres
Up to 1957 Bourgogne des Flandres was brewed in Bruges. This beer is now making a return to the Venice of the North: from 2016 onwards, Bourgogne des Flandres will be produced once again in a brand new microbrewery. This red-brown beer from West Flanders is a blend of a top-fermented brown beer with a spontaneously fermented lambic that has matured in oak barrels. In recent years, Bourgogne des Flandres was produced by Timmermans (founded in 1702), a lambic brewery located in Itterbeek (Dilbeek), the oldest lambic brewery in the country. Sample the Timmermans Oude Lambiek, matured for two years in barrels that used to contain port. A freshly sour, fruit beer with aromas of truffles and a mild hint of vanilla, impressions of smoky oak and the fresh but bitter finish that is typical of a lambic. Lambic is the underlying beer for geuze, kriek and many fruit beers. Let yourself be surprised by the rich aromas and the complex character of this – often underestimated – beer that forms the basis of so many others. Lambic is also warmly recommended as an aperitif.
