Martens

Commercial Brewery in Bocholt, Limburg, Belgium πŸ‡§πŸ‡ͺ

Established in 1758

Contact
Reppelerweg 1, Bocholt, 3950, Belgium
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Description
Brewery Martens has been in business for 260 years. Throughout our rich history, which remains embedded in our native town of Bocholt to this very day, the brewery has always remained in hands of the Martens family. Yet, while we put great store by our family history, all eight generations of the Martens family have also continuously been driven by innovation and state-of-the-art processes, which is what has made us into one of the most modern and innovative breweries in the country today.

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3.6/10 β€” Appearance 4 Aroma 2 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 3.5
Canned. Golden colour. Sweet, fruity and sweaty with mellow mouthfeel and grassy finish. Pilsener? don’t think so.
Tried from Can on 07 Sep 2004 at 12:52

2/10 β€” Appearance 2 Aroma 2 Flavor 2 Texture 2 Overall 2
Canned. Golden colour, small head. Metallic and sweet with mellow, sharp mouthfeel. Useless.
Tried from Can on 07 Sep 2004 at 12:50

3.9/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 3 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 3.5
Thnx Skortila, for bringing a can from the local supermarket. I expected the worst, but it was not too bad. Classic German Pilsener is the best description.
Tried from Can on 16 Aug 2004 at 12:33

3.8/10 β€” Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 3 Texture 6 Overall 3
A hazy yellow beer with a beutiful head. The flavor is simple: sweet malty. The flavor is sour, as if brewing cereal has been used, but also malt sweet with notes of metal and straw. I’m not having this again - a bad pils.
Tried on 07 Jun 2004 at 15:03

6.5/10 β€” Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
(a bit aged sample) Yellow-straw coloured; fluffy disparate head. Very grainy nose, sweet. Taste of sweet grain & malt, even a bit chaff. Even when no visible carbonation, quite prickly - nearly fizzy feeling. Palate is fruity, pineapple like. Medium bodied, quite dry. Brewery Martens have a problem. When I started tasting beer, no specialised pub or wholesaler would be out of Sezoens. Nowadays, it is a rarity, so that even a very special beerhall could only sell me Sezoens which was already slightly overdate. Why? Until Germany changed its law concerning one-way bottlings, they were too busy selling the Germans canned Pilsener under every imaginable name, and their top-fermenting specialities were neglected... Now the border is closed and they have to relearn selling Sezoens. Oh yes, Sezoens is NOT a Saison.
Tried from Can on 02 Mar 2004 at 16:36

5/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 4
Blond very bright body, white frothy head, which fully diminishes, fairly lacing. Hoppy aroma, citruslike. Light sweet-bitter initial flavour. Bitter finish.
Tried on 28 Jan 2004 at 13:16

5/10 β€” Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
Watery blond colour, white head. Bitter and wheat aromas, a typical pilsener. Little bit bitter flavour.
Tried on 17 Jul 2003 at 11:41

6.5/10 β€” Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Pale gold; thin white head, a bit irregular, lacey but fast gone. Nose of palt malt and a fine, herby-hoppy odour, good German type hops, a bit peppery. Very dry, hopbitter taste. "WΓΌrzig-herb" they say over there. Quite good, actually, but one-dimensional. Very refreshing, light bodied. Very dry beer, even in the aftertaste. A nice classic Nord-German Pilsener.
Tried on 03 Jun 2003 at 22:52

2.5/10 β€” Appearance 4 Aroma 2 Flavor 2 Texture 4 Overall 2
Category II pilsener, which means it is not very good. The usual pilseners like Amstel, Heineken and Grolsch are category I. So this is definitely below average. Exactly what it tastes like.
Tried on 07 Dec 2002 at 15:41

3.6/10 β€” Appearance 4 Aroma 3 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 3.5
Decent dutch pilsener. Cheap, bit sweet. Not as hoppy and bitter as the usual german stuff.
Tried on 07 Dec 2002 at 15:39