John Martin
Commissioner
in
Genval,
Walloon Brabant,
Belgium 🇧🇪
Associated Venue: Ferme de Mont-Saint-Jean / L'Orangerie du Prince
Established in 1909
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Description
One hundred years ago, settling in Belgium in 1909, the famous British master brewer John Martin said: ''only connoisseurs can appreciate beers like mine''.
For a century now, three generations of "The Finest Drinks Company” have offered a fabulous voyage into the world of truly amazing drinks. Today, every second, day and night, two of our finest beers are savoured by lovers of finest Ales somewhere in the world! Thanks to a unique blend of English tradition, Belgian savoir-faire and a hint of daring, our special beers are treasures that we just want you to discover!
For a century now, three generations of "The Finest Drinks Company” have offered a fabulous voyage into the world of truly amazing drinks. Today, every second, day and night, two of our finest beers are savoured by lovers of finest Ales somewhere in the world! Thanks to a unique blend of English tradition, Belgian savoir-faire and a hint of daring, our special beers are treasures that we just want you to discover!
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Pours unclear blonde, small white head. Smell is indeed a bit tropical, yellow fruits, surprisingly good for a beer by this brewery. Taste is medium bodied. Not as creamy as a real NEIPA ( yet it is session, so that's to be expected) , restrained bitterness. Nice malty base, showing some wheat, and some other grains ( barley, perhaps a touch of oats ? ) , way, way above any other John Martin beer i've had before. not only is this drinkabkle, it's even quite good, and shows a better understanding of the style than many breweries I'd expect to get it way more. This is a big surprise !
Tried
on 12 Dec 2019
at 01:56
5/10
There was once an Englishman in Belgium. Naively thinking of home. This wasn't it!
Tried
on 25 Nov 2019
at 17:48
6/10
Nice marketing but just a brown ale
Tried
on 25 Nov 2019
at 17:47
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle thanks to Vestergaard! Pours hazy dark orange, small white head. Aromas of brett-like notes, orange, light hoppy, malty. Taste is bretty, fruits, dates, citrus, orange, malty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Nov 2019
at 16:54
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap @ Fermentoren, Aarhus. Pours clear brown with a small offwhite head. Aromas of malt, caramel, light spice, chocolate. Taste is light bitter, caramel, sweetish orange, malt, sweet berry-like notes.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Nov 2019
at 16:54
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
2/XI/19 - 75cl bottle from the brewery (Toer de Geuze 2019), shared @ the big Zombicide Tasting, BBE: 2057 - (2019-1806)
Clear orange beer, small creamy off-white head, little stable, non adhesive. Aroma: funky, weird, bit metallic, fruity touch. MF: lively carbon, medium body. Taste: very funky, bit weird, metallic notes, fruity touch. Well, at least it’s not all diacetyl, like the Guinness collab… MF: lively carbon, medium body. Taste: very funky, bit metallic, bitter, lemon peel, bit chemical, bit dirty. Aftertaste: bitter, funky, not very pleasant.
Clear orange beer, small creamy off-white head, little stable, non adhesive. Aroma: funky, weird, bit metallic, fruity touch. MF: lively carbon, medium body. Taste: very funky, bit weird, metallic notes, fruity touch. Well, at least it’s not all diacetyl, like the Guinness collab… MF: lively carbon, medium body. Taste: very funky, bit metallic, bitter, lemon peel, bit chemical, bit dirty. Aftertaste: bitter, funky, not very pleasant.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Nov 2019
at 17:30
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Vastly underrated beer. Biere de garde style. Malty and caramel, but not too sweet, balanced with the alcohol, which is present but not overbearing. Rare kind of beer, super low bitterness, love it. Online belgian beer factory
Tried
on 28 Oct 2019
at 17:36
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle 750ml. corked @ [ Assentoft Tasting by Hansen & Zita ].
[ As Brasserie De La Taupe Brewer's Desire ].
ABV: 7.5%. Clear medium orange yellow colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, sweet malt, sour, tart fruit, light caramel. Flavor is moderate sweet with a long duration, tart fruit, sweet malt, fruity. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20190914]
7-3-7-3-15
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Sep 2019
at 19:36
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Frothy white good mostly diminishing head. Amber colour. Moderate malty and light hopy acetic aroma. Light bitter flavor. Woody sligtly acetic notes. Average finish. Oily palate.
Tried
on 14 Sep 2019
at 13:07