Rediscover Martin’s Pale Ale in Antwerp. It’s back in Antwerp, where it all began in 1909 with the arrival of the young John Martin at the port of Antwerp!
This is thanks to the partnership between the local and independent brewery Antwerpse Brouw Compagnie (ABC) and the Martin family. Together, they made an old dream (of several decades) a reality: bringing Martin’s beers home to Antwerp. Expertise from ABC and the Martin family was sought. Several test brews were made, the recipes were compared to old documents, test panels were organised, fermentation and hops tests were carried out. During all of this, Anthony’s “beer memory” was used as a compass.
Martin’s Pale Ale is therefore a complex beer to brew. The sweetness of the beer requires strict fermentation control, while the hops aromas, from English aromatic hops, are obtained by dry hopping. The beer is also characterised by a subtle balance between taste and freshness.
This quest for perfection, respect for tradition, in combination with the most modern brewing facilities in Antwerp, has finally revived the beer that is now brewed in Antwerp. In addition to Martin’s Pale Ale, its allies, India Pale Ale and New England Pale Ale, also landed in their new home port of Antwerp.