Was scanning the "warm single beer" shelf were so many stores like to
keep their most expensive imports under the bright lights out of the
dark cooler and came across a beer I'd never seen:

"MaDonna White Beer- Traditional Belgian Brew from S. C. Marten SA."

....Hmmm...brewery rings a bell....

"Product of Romania"

Price was about a buck and a half for a 11.2 oz. steinie-style bottle.

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Was scanning the "warm single beer" shelf were so many stores like to
keep their most expensive imports under the bright lights out of the
dark cooler and came across a beer I'd never seen:

"MaDonna White Beer- Traditional Belgian Brew from S. C. Marten SA."

...Hmmm...brewery rings a bell....

"Product of Romania"

Price was about a buck and a half for a 11.2 oz. steinie-style bottle.

Saw this in Baltimore last month; didn't get it, I was soaked to the skin
and drinking coffee. Romanian witbier?

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Bryson wrote:

wrote in message news:7sl3c.44298
Was scanning the "warm single beer" shelf were so many stores like to
keep their most expensive imports under the bright lights out of the
dark cooler and came across a beer I'd never seen:

"MaDonna White Beer- Traditional Belgian Brew from S. C. Marten SA."

...Hmmm...brewery rings a bell....

"Product of Romania"

Price was about a buck and a half for a 11.2 oz. steinie-style bottle.

Saw this in Baltimore last month; didn't get it, I was soaked to the skin
and drinking coffee. Romanian witbier?

Perhaps not so surprisingly, the Romanian brewery is owned (67 percent)
by a Belgian brewery, Brouwerij Martens. However, SFAIK the Belgian
Martens does not make a wit, so the Romanian version could be test
marketing or perhaps a cheaper way of exporting.

" Perhaps not so surprisingly, the Romanian brewery is owned (67 percent)
by a Belgian brewery, Brouwerij Martens. However, SFAIK the Belgian
Martens does not make a wit, so the Romanian version could be test
marketing or perhaps a cheaper way of exporting.


They do not make strictly speaking, a wit, but they have a wit (Limburgse
Witte) in their portfolio, which a smaller Limburg brewer (St. Jozef) makes
on their demand. It has a rather confidential distribution. The recipe was a
collaboration, officially, between both Limburg brewers. Martens themselves
are to busy making... Pilsener for Germany.

JorisP

Joris wrote:
"Martens themselves are to busy making... Pilsener for Germany."

Hi Joris,

LOL! Buying Pilsener from Martens in Germany is the cheapest and easiest way
to buy Belgian beer here ;-) Recently I saw an article on the internet
where someone claimed that the Karlsquell beer is now brewed from Martens
and not any longer in Germany. If they had read the printing on the can some
years ago, they would know that it is Belgian for a long time.

Funny thing!

Prost,

Bastian