Brouwerijen Alken-Maes

Commercial Brewery in Alken, Limburg, Belgium 🇧🇪
Owned by Brouwerijen Alken-Maes NV/SA - Heineken Belgium

Established in 1988

Contact
Stationsstraat 2, Alken, 3570, Belgium
Subsidiaries
Brouwerijen Alken-Maes owns 3 breweries/brands:
Description
Winning innovator on the Belgian beer market with brands such as Maes, Cristal, Desperados, Grimbergen, Affligem, Strongbow and Mort Subite.

De “Brouwerijen Alken-Maes NV” ontstond officieel in 1988, als gevolg van de fusie van de brouwerijen Maes en Cristal Alken. Maar de roots van beide entiteiten gaat terug tot omstreeks 1880. In Waarloos kocht Egied Maes toen nl. de brouwerij Sint-Michaël, terwijl korte tijd later Arthur Boes een brouwerij startte in Alken, zo’n 100 km verderop.

Beide brouwerijen ontwikkelen zich stelselmatig, met bv. Cristal dat in 1928 als eerste Belgische pils het licht ziet. Maes Pils volgt in 1946. Nadien vervoegen Grimbergen, Ciney en andere bieren de portfolio, tot aan de fusie in 1988. Na onderdeel te hebben uitgemaakt van Danone en Scottish & Newcastle, wordt Alken-Maes in 2008 eigendom van Heineken.

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7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Drank it many times because of wide availability even in Germany. Seems like it has been dumbed down even more since last tried. Pours to a clear dark ruby red with a 1cm head with medium persistence. Typical Belgian (Dutch?, Polish?) mose: coriander, Candi sugar, light orange Marmelade, Marzipan. Slight vanilla and caramel. Sweet on first taste with the spice and orange breaking through. Solid mid body. Nice persistent and pleasant receding final notes: coriander and caramel sugar. Well balanced and nicely rounded. Slightly thin at the end. Still good I have to admit.
Tried from Can on 05 Jan 2024 at 23:52

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Dissipating Beigel head left a spotty cover on a dark reddish brown body. Malt, spices & yeasty aroma. Medium full bodied, smooth thinning out to a lightly carbonated clean back. Caramel, toffee, spices, malt - raisin tastes with a fruity finish. Easy going.
Tried on 24 Dec 2023 at 17:05

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6.5 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Van tap bij De Sjampetter in Deventer. Rood fruittonen, wat kers, caramel, bes, zoeten, wat syrupy. (19-12-2023).
Tried from Draft on 19 Dec 2023 at 18:09

5/10
Fruity, light, slightly flat
Tried from Draft on 18 Dec 2023 at 13:36

5/10
Dry grainy beginning. Not much bitterness, very dry. Grainy dusty. bready in the aftertaste, dry with no bitterness.
Tried on 12 Dec 2023 at 21:41

2.6/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 2 Flavor 2 Texture 2 Overall 3.5
Draught @'t Mestputteke, Deurne. Clear blond, white colour. Grainy, grassy, cardboard, watery and dirty.
Tried on 10 Dec 2023 at 16:12

6/10
Tried from Bottle at Vooruit on 25 Nov 2023 at 10:27

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle, 330 ml at Le Bistro Porte de Hal. Cloudy golden, large white head. Malty, grainy, some floral notes, sweet and quite simple. Tad spicy.
Tried from Bottle on 23 Nov 2023 at 07:40

7.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle froma friend, many thanks. Dark amber color with small off-white ehad. Aroma of caramel, nuts, dark chocolate, spicy phenol, fruity esters. Taste is complex with caramel, . fruity esters, spicy phenols, Belgian yeast, honey, dark chocolate, malt, light honey. Good.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Nov 2023 at 17:08

7/10
Когда самолёт задержали а вокруг одни бояны
Tried from Draft on 17 Nov 2023 at 17:28