Son Of Mars Elite Pilsener Beer Mars Brewery Brussels Belgium (1930)
Mars Brewery Brussels, Belgium (www.taverntrove.com/results.php). Het is overgens ook een schoenentype dat soms wordt nagemaakt (zie ebay).
Brusselse brouwerij Mars vind ik niet, maar wel een Parijse bistro....
45, avenue de La Bourdonnais 75007 Paris
Mars traditionally referred to a weaker beer made from the second runnings of a lambic brewing. It is no longer commercially produced. In the 1990s, the Boon brewery made a modern Mars beer called Lembeek's 2% (the 2% referring to the alcohol content), but its production has since been discontinued (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambic#Mars).
In ancient Roman religion and myth, Mars (Latin: Mārs, Martis) was the god of war and also an agricultural guardian, a combination characteristic of early Rome. He was second in importance only to Jupiter and he was the most prominent of the military gods in the religion of the Roman army. Most of his festivals were held in March, the month named for him (Latin Martius), and in October, which began the season for military campaigning and ended the season for farming (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_(mythology)).
Under the influence of Greek culture, Mars was identified with the Greek god Ares, whose myths were reinterpreted in Roman literature and art under the name of Mars. But the character and dignity of Mars differed in fundamental ways from that of his Greek counterpart, who is often treated with contempt and revulsion in Greek literature.[3] Mars was a part of the Archaic Triad along with Jupiter and Quirinus, the latter of whom as a guardian of the Roman people had no Greek equivalent. Mars' altar in the Campus Martius, the area of Rome that took its name from him, was supposed to have been dedicated by Numa, the peace-loving semi-legendary second king of Rome. Although the center of Mars' worship was originally located outside the sacred boundary of Rome (pomerium), Augustus made the god a renewed focus of Roman religion by establishing the Temple of Mars Ultor in his new forum (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_(mythology)).
Although Ares was viewed primarily as a destructive and destabilizing force, Mars represented military power as a way to secure peace, and was a father (pater) of the Roman people. In the mythic genealogy and founding myths of Rome, Mars was the father of Romulus and Remus with Rhea Silvia. His love affair with Venus symbolically reconciled the two different traditions of Rome's founding; Venus was the divine mother of the hero Aeneas, celebrated as the Trojan refugee who "founded" Rome several generations before Romulus laid out the city walls (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_(mythology)).
The importance of Mars in establishing religious and cultural identity within the Roman Empire is indicated by the vast number of inscriptions identifying him with a local deity, particularly in the Western provinces (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_(mythology)).
Mars is identified with a number of Celtic deities, some of whom are not attested independently..... Mars Braciaca appears in a single votive inscription at Bakewell, Derbyshire. The Celtic epithet may refer to malt or beer, though intoxication in Greco-Roman religion is associated with Dionysus. A reference in Pliny suggests a connection to Mars' agricultural function, with the Gaulish word bracis referring to a type of wheat; a medieval Latin gloss says it was used to make beer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_(mythology)).
Planeet Mars
Mars, of all the planets in our solar system, is the most similar to Earth. These materials describe some of the general characteristics of Mars, concentrating on those important to Martian meteorology, especially observations of atmospheric temperature . Although its diameter is only 53% that of Earth, it has dramatic geological features ranging from a 3000 mile (~ 5,000 km) long canyon system and Martian volcanos, that rise 29 km, more than 90,000 feet, above the mean Martian surface. The axis about which Mars rotates, is inclined approximately 23.98° to its orbital plane, compared to Earth's 23.44°, its day, called a sol, is 24.66 hours, and its year is 669 sols. Currently it has a very thin, cold, mainly carbon dioxide, CO2, atmosphere about 1% as dense as Earth's, and some water-ice clouds but no liquid water . However, Viking interpretations of orbiter images very strongly suggest that it had running water earlier in its history (www-k12.atmos.washington.edu/k12/resources/mars_data-information/mars_overview.html#Introduction).
(www-k12.atmos.washington.edu/k12/resources/mars_data-information/mars_overview.html)
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the second smallest planet in the Solar System, after Mercury. Named after the Roman god of war, it is often described as the "Red Planet" because the iron oxide prevalent on its surface gives it a reddish appearance. Mars is a terrestrial planet with a thin atmosphere, having surface features reminiscent both of the impact craters of the Moon and the volcanoes, valleys, deserts, and polar ice caps of Earth. The rotational period and seasonal cycles of Mars are likewise similar to those of Earth, as is the tilt that produces the seasons (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars).
Mars. It is twice the diameter of the moon but only 53 per cent the diameter of Earth. Due to weak gravity of the planet, much of its atmosphere leaked away into space never to return (www.davidreneke.com/the-mystery-of-what-makes-mars-tick/#).
Mars has two relatively small natural moons, Phobos (about 14 miles in diameter) and Deimos (about 8 miles in diameter), which orbit close to the planet. Asteroid capture is a long-favored theory, but their origin remains uncertain. Both satellites were discovered in 1877 by Asaph Hall; they are named after the characters Phobos (panic/fear) and Deimos (terror/dread), who, in Greek mythology, accompanied their father Ares, god of war, into battle. Mars was the Roman counterpart of Ares. In modern Greek, though, the planet retains its ancient name Ares (Aris: Άρης) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars).
You must have taken a train ride. Some time when another train on another track passes by, whether in slow or fast speed, you feel your own train going backwards. It is nothing but an (optical) illusion. The same happens in the case of a superior, or outer planet. An outer planet is one that lies outside of Earth’s orbit. These are all planets from Mars to Pluto. First you see the planet ahead of us, then, because of our faster orbital speed, we catch up with (in this case) Mars. Then, as we are in a straight line, it seems to pull to a stop.
Soon, however, as we forge ahead, Mars falls behind and resumes a backward journey giving us the illusion of retrograde motion. In fact, it is not going anywhere, just continuing on its onward journey, but it is interesting to see planets play out a little comedy in the skies.
When the ancients saw the planets go backwards they were frightened and thought like the present-day astrologers, regarding it as a bad omen. You, however, have the privilege and the good fortune of watching the little cameo going on in the skies against the starry background, having nothing to fear at all. Now that we are done with the coppery colour and retrograde motion of Mars (www.davidreneke.com/the-mystery-of-what-makes-mars-tick/#).
To begin, beer needs water. Well, that’s pretty much done – to an extent. Any manned settlement on Mars will need to harvest water – either from the polar ice caps which are mostly frosty and dirty but are still water, or from the atmosphere – which has water in it, though not much at all. Anyway, there’s water there – it’s just an ass-pain to get at it. Odds are that several processes will be used by future colonists on Mars, but either way – if it’s bringing our own, or making it there – we will have water.
Second on the ingredients list are the plants, barley for example and hops – which are like pine-cone looking things? I don’t know, they’re green. Moving along – plants on Mars will be damn tricky. First off, there’s water again, then temperature – Mars averages between -90 celsius and +20 celsius… it’s a wide swing, and not very conducive to farming – so there will need to be greenhouses and heaters, and we’ll need to figure out ways to get around whatever background radiation there might be – and in addition to that, we also have the idea of pressure.
The atmospheric pressure of Mars is roughly 6 mbar which is way way way below Earth levels – and plants move water through their system using a series of tubes (like the internet) that rely on a certain kind of pressure, and so we might have to grow our barley and hops in special pressurized greenhouses. We’ll also definitely need some sunlamps and fertilizer… in fact, general thinking is that we could be better off using one of the hollowed out lava tubes that lurk under the surface of Mars, and turning those into an underground planting bed – with lights and hydroponics and pressure-seals to make it all much more earth-like. However, that’s not to say that over time we couldn’t work toward developing crops which could be more tolerant of the atmospheric pressure and conditions of Mars. Though, I’m probably not the one to get that done.
So that’s water and plants… next is heat – for boiling. We’ve talked about fire before, and how tough a nut that is to crack, but that sort of goes away once you put actual colonization into the picture. Humans need Earth-like pressure (a minimum of 61.8 mbar), and so we will be nicely holed up inside, in a pressurized building with an Earthy atmosphere. So odds are, we’ll have a stove, and we can boil the water. Done and done!
All that having been settled, we boil the malt and water and hops and such, and then pour it all into a bottle with some yeast. The yeast, we can probably bring to Mars with us – though as a fungus, there’s no reason to think we couldn’t make it on Mars. We let the bottle ferment, let the yeast convert the sugars in the wort into some delicious alcohol, and blammo – we’re pretty much at beer.
Now, bottling and capping might also be a problem given the pressure of Mars – but we’re living there, so we’re inside again – and I think we’re going to be all right (https://sarcasticrover.wordpress.com/2012/08/20/will-there-be-beer-on-mars/).
Andere bieren en brouwerijen:
There are several breweries that have produced their own Biere de Mars, one of the notable examples being Jolly Pumpkin in Michigan. The style is actually a variation on the biere de garde, a maltier version of a saison. Many versions also include Brettanomyces yeast like Ommegang’s does, adding a sour, funky character to the beer. Surprisingly, according to BJCP guidelines, a Biere de Mars is specifically named as such because it is meant for drinking now and not aging (http://beerpulse.com/2008/06/ommegang-biere-de-mars-comes-out-of-retirement-rouge-out-in-july/). With earthy tones of ripe mango and lemon verbena, this bottle-conditioned ale reflects the hearty character of the southern Belgian and northern French countrysides. Brewed with barley, oats and wheat malt, Biere de Mars' celestial orange hue inspired the planetary play on words (www.newbelgium.com/beer/detail.aspx?id=1a853953-7295-4a79-811f-655b79b7d31d).
The Bringer of War
STYLE: Double India Pale Ale
RELEASE DATE: August 2014
ABV: 10.1%
COLOR: Reddish Copper
GLASSWARE: Snifter
SHELF LIFE: 6 months (we recommend this beer be enjoyed as fresh as possible)
TASTING NOTES: The first release in Bell’s Planet Series, Mars (The Bringer of War) is a double IPA with a complex hop character and a malty backbone. Notes of tropical fruit, citrus, pine, lemon, lime and pineapple are all present in both the aroma and flavor. Hopped at a ratio of about 3.4 pounds of hops per barrel, the recipe for Mars was developed from a trial batch called Larry’s Latest Double IPA brewed in our original brewery located adjacent to the Eccentric Café in downtown Kalamazoo (http://bellsbeer.com/planets/mars/).
Mars is the first beer release in the "Planet Series," inspired by the symphony written by composer Gustav Holst. Mars is a Double IPA with an intense hop profile and malty backbone (www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/287/126806/).
Er is ook een chocoladereep onder de naam mars:
Een Mars is een populaire chocoladereep die door het Amerikaanse bedrijf Mars Inc. wordt geproduceerd. Het bedrijf produceert meerdere veelverkochte repen, zoals ook de Milky Way en de Snickers.
De terminologie is binnen en buiten de VS niet dezelfde.De Mars zoals die buiten de Verenigde Staten bekend is, is een 9 centimeter lange reep van ca. 51 gram. Ze bestaat uit een substantie van kruimige chocolade, bedekt met karamel en omhuld met (solide) melkchocolade. De energiewaarde is hoog: de wikkel vermeldt 1021 kilojoule. De verpakking is zwart met het merk in rode letters; jarenlange marketing heeft van dit uiterlijk een sterk en herkenbaar merk gemaakt.
De reep is in de Verenigde Staten als Milky Way bekend, terwijl de reep die in Europa Milky Way heet, in de VS 3 Musketeers gedoopt is. Tot 2000 kende ook de VS een reep met de naam Mars (http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_(reep)).
In the United States, a different confection bore the Mars bar name. Featuring nougat, soft caramel, almonds, and a milk chocolate coating, the American Mars bar was discontinued in 2002. A similar bar featuring the Mars name was relaunched in the US in 2010 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_(chocolate_bar)).
De Mars-chocoladereep is een klassieker: al te koop in België sinds 1962. Maar er zijn intussen wel al heel wat klonen op de markt. ...op z’n minst vier klontjes suiker zitten er in één zo’n reep. ....Een marsreep heeft ook iets gemeen met bier, want ze bevat ook altijd gerstmoutextract. Niks mis mee: ’t is een natuurlijk ingrediënt en het laat de smaak van de karamel beter uitkomen (www.radio2.be/de-inspecteur/wat-heeft-mars-in-zijn-mars).
Test-Aankoop ontdekte dat een reep Mars, Snickers en Twix in zeven jaar tijd lichter zijn geworden. Wogen deze repen in 2005 respectievelijk nog 54, 60 en 58 gram, anno 2012 tref je exemplaren van 45, 45 en 50 gram aan. Dat is tot 15 gram minder per stuk (www.geldenrecht.nl/artikel/2013-05-03/zo-zet-de-supermarkt-u-op-het-verkeerde-been).
In Schotland verkoopt men wel gefrituurde Mars, waarbij een Marsreep in een beslaglaagje wordt gefrituurd (http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_(reep)). Een gefrituurde Marsreep (Engels: battered Mars bar, deep fried Mars bar) is een gewone Marsreep (een candybar) die is gefrituurd in een beslaglaagje (http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gefrituurde_Marsreep). Lang werd gedacht –zelfs door veel Schotten- dat de gefrituurde Mars net zo’n mythe was als het monster van Loch Ness. Het tegendeel is waar: de deep fried Mars is levensecht. En je eet ‘m met ketchup. Lees, bekijk het filmpje en huiver. In het toonaangevende medische tijdschrift The Lancet verscheen [in 2004; David S Morrison and Mark Petticrew, “Deep and crisp and eaten: Scotland's deep-fried Mars bar”, The Lancet 364 (2004) 2180.] zelfs een wetenschappelijk artikel over het vreemde fenomeen. Het werd uitgevoerd door twee Schotten die zelf nog nooit een gefrituurde Mars hadden gezien. Ze waren dan ook verbijsterd toen uit hun onderzoek bleek dat 1 op de 5 Fish&Chips tentjes gefrituurde Marsen verkocht. Overigens bleken ook gefrituurde Kit Kats en Snickers erg populair (www.cheffen.nl/schotse-lekkernij-de-gefrituurde-mars/) (http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Deep_Fried_Mars_Bar).
Onlangs hebben ze hun chocoladereep 'hittebestendig' gemaakt, met polyol en een monosaccharide (www.confectionerynews.com/R-D/Mars-develops-heat-resistant-chocolate-with-polyol-mix). Misschien om dat frituren tegen te gaan?
Overigens is ook bier te frituren.
De maand Maart is overigens vernoemd naar deze reep, of God....(www.etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/maart1):
Zie o.a. M. Philippa e.a. (2003-2009) Etymologisch Woordenboek van het Nederlands:
maart zn. ‘derde maand van het jaar’
....Ontleend aan de Latijnse maandnaam Mārtius, verkort uit mēnsis Mārtius ‘de maand gewijd aan Mars’. Mars (genitief Martis) was aanvankelijk de Romeinse god van de landbouw en de vruchtbaarheid, later vooral die van de oorlogvoering. Deze maand was bij de Romeinen tot in de 2e eeuw v. Chr. de eerste maand van het jaar en het begin van het landbouwseizoen
T. Pluim (1911), Keur van Nederlandsche woordafleidingen
Maart, Lat. Martius = maand aan Mars gewijd.(www.etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/maart1).