This is the second beer we’ve featured from ‘The Brew Society’, after including the Martha Brown Eyes last year. And that beer was a big hit!
The Brew Society was a social enterprise set up to help small brewers and offer contract brewing and bottlings services. And of course they have their own label being the series of ‘Martha’ beers.
Martha was a girl born in Heule in the 1920’s, known for her love of beer this is tribute to her recipe for her favourite beer. A good story, and after the success of Martha Brown Eyes last year, we were quietly anticipating big things from this beer, and to be fair we weren’t let down.
This beer presents a lovely yellow gold body, with an inviting Belgian yeast aroma full of spice and citrus, backed by the grainy malt.
The flavours are crisp and sharp, the beer is very lively so be careful with your pour. There is a light but full grainy body as hinted in the aroma. There is also lemon citrus and yellow stone fruits, coupled with a fresh grassy hop bitterness and slightly spicy yeast character.
Deceptively easy to drink for the ABV, it finishes quite light and dry, with a tickling peppery zing and a solid bitterness that invites another sip.
An interesting beer from Alvinne, and one of Belgium's most bitter beers at 115 IBU
by Abdij Averbode (Brouwerij Huyghe)
A multi grain mix of barley oats and spelt, plus dry-hopping make this strong blonde ale a really interesting creation
A Strong Blonde Ale cross Belgian Tripel, with oak chips used in the brewing process to add a hint of vanilla
by Brouwerij De Hoorn (Palm - Swinkels)
A Belgian Strong Blond Ale aged on oak chips
The 'Devil's' little brother, made to the same recipe but without secondary fermentation in the bottle
by Brouwerij van Hoegaarden (AB InBev)
Like a super-charged Hoegaarden witbier...but better
A special Belgian Strong Pale Ale that is the only Belgian beer to use Witloof
A sort of Belgian style strong blonde ale, made using unsold sourdough bread
Like a bigger, tastier (and classier) version of the classic Leffe Blond
A strong blond ale in the style of Duvel, brewed by Het Anker brewery
A delicious strong blond ale with a crisp malt body and a nice hop bitterness
The world renowned Belgian Blond Ale from Orval Trappist Monastery. There simply is no other beer like Orval.
by Brouwerij Palm (Swinkels Family Brewers)
A fruity, malty Belgian pale ale, originally brewed in 2003 to celebrate the 90th birthday of the brewey's former head brewer.
by Brouwerij Verstraete (Deca Services)
An unfiltered, unpasteurised, dry-hopped strong blond ale with barley, oats and wheat in the grain bill
A classic strong pale ale from one of Belgium's old family breweries.
A variation on the acclaimed Piraat strong blond ale, this time with four different hops added at three separate times during the beer-making process
A delicious, complex but light and dry Belgian Strong Blonde Ale from Brasserie St Feuillien
A special Belgian Blonde ale, dry-hopped with Cascade hops. A tribute to Armand Desplenter, one of the founding brewers
A full malt body, spicy Belgian yeast and five different hops in this strong blonde ale
A big-hitting Belgian quadrupel is the introduction to this Belgian brewing collective
