John Martin was an English brewer who took up residence in Antwerp in 1909. His grandson Anthony is now the owner of the business.
Although he set up in Belgium, John Martin’s beers were very much in the British style. He first brewed a pale ale, and his second beer was the IPA.
After a full rebranding in 2009, the IPA was re-released in 2012.
The hop-lovers will probably be disappointed in this beer as an IPA. Even viewed as an English style IPA, it lacks the assertive hop bitterness and aroma we’ve become used to for IPA’s.
But taste it without the IPA-expectation, and you get a well balanced, malty ale with a background hop presence. A solid biscuity malt base, with light fruity hints and a little lingering, spicy bitterness.
De Molen's annual spring time release is 'Day & Dew' - an IPA featuring a bevy of US hops and bergamot fruit
De Molen's first take on the currently trending north-east IPA
One of De Molen's Bereft Festival 2017 beers, this is a smoked Earl Grey IPA - heavy on the smoke and tea, light on the IPA!
The spring seasonal offering from De Molen is technically an India Pale Lager
A beer sitting between a pale ale and an IPA, celebrating 50 years of Maris Otter malt
An old-school IPA, the gift of De Molen's brew team to John Brus for his recent marriage to partner Petra
A west coast IPA from one of California's early microbreweries
by Brouwerij Emelisse/Slot-Oostende
20% rye, 10% smoked malt with Simcoe and Cascade hops
A clean, crisp and sessional IPA from the team at Troubadour
An IPA featuring a bevy of different hops, with a big caramel malt body
An IPA from Kees, finished with a French saison yeast for an interesting mix of beer styles
Kees' version of a NEIPA - or at least a hazy IPA - full of Citra, Mosaic and Loral hops
Pineapple, coriander and szechuan peppers plus a little lactose make for an intriguing milkshake IPA
An IPA which mixes the influences of both the Anglo-Saxon and US versions of this style
A deliciously fruity and aromatic IPA featuring Centennial, Chinook and Columbus hops
A tripel known as 'The Beer of Bruges'; though no longer brewed within the city walls.
A very un-Belgian beer, which has found favour both in Belgium and abroad
A dark and rich Christmas beer, rumoured to be the first one of its style
A fruity, malty Belgian pale ale, originally brewed in 2003 to celebrate the 90th birthday of the brewey's former head brewer.
A Belgian witbier made using 40% unsalted wheat, 60% barley, coriander, curaçao orange and a mix of spices
