4.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
[Draft at ZBF 2004] A yellow beer with a smal disappearing head. The aroma is sweet malty with notes of yeast. The flavor is very pilsner like - malty, but lacking bitterness, which makes it too sweet and the body is thin - so this is not a good version of a pilsener.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Mar 2004
at 19:53
6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
(Draught) Straw-gold; very fine dense head, not stable. Pale malts, (very) vague patchouli in the nose. A dry malty pilsener, some hints of corn (DMS?), but a very hoppy finish (pure aroma hops, no bitterness). Light, with appropriate body, quite dry. Good artisinal pils.
Tried
on 08 Mar 2004
at 15:40
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
A hazy amber beer with beutiful light brown head. The aroma is sweet with notes of corriiander, bannana, and mango. The flavor is very acidic which prickles the tongue combined with notes of lemongrass and hints of bannana. A very interesting beer.
Tried
on 14 Jan 2004
at 16:54
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Hazy pale amber; slim cream-coloured head, fast gone. Slightly roasted & caramalt nose; bit herbal finish. Again a fresh, grainy & herbal taste on top of sweet & light roasted malts. Biscuit finish. Quite carbonated, the little head notwithstanding. Very refreshing. Nice, refreshing ale. A whiff of simple beers made once everywhere... those that were really satisfying. "A honest ale", my friend Jeremy said. Exactly.
Tried
on 15 Dec 2003
at 05:51
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Am I truly the first one to rate this? Oh ye cruel gods! Foxy-brown, hazy, yeast in suspension. Very thick head, nearly gushing. Nose of apples, lactic acid, ironoxide, horsey. Taste is yeasty, ironoxide, lactic acid, lemony & barnyard aroma’s. Sample a bit aged (2 yrs.), hence some oxidized, ’biscuit’ tones. Extremely refreshing, medium bodied. "Martzen" is a stronger, bottle-conditioned version ot the year-round ’Tonneke’. Brewed with the March water, which, according to the brewer, is ’in bloom’.One of Belgium most complex, most underrated, and least-known classics. One of my absolute all-time favourites. One of Belgium’s big losses to come in the near future. DRINK THIS! Incidentally this brewery has also one of Belgiums’ best artisanal pilseners. Re rating Above was for the predecessor; known as "Maartse" or "Märzen". More than just the name and the ABV changed. The following is for the Mars Especial, which is no longer a Flemish brown, but another Belgian ale. Colour: Golden -amber beer; thick, dissipating head. 4/5 Nose: with ambrée and crystal malts, cookies. 7/10 Taste is very young, like concentrated vegetable matter, as from insect secretion. Rather moderate acidity with faint lactic touch. 7/10 Medium bodied at best. Slight burning sensation 3/5 regrettably much less distinctive than the original. But no doubt produced following more "learned" and "Eu-approved" methods. O tempora, o mores. 14/20
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jun 2003
at 12:37