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:
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
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

0.3 liter bottle to glass on the Viking Ingvi longboat. The pour is a clear golden yellow with a minimal white head. The aroma is honey malt, floral, and a pleasant Belgian yeast ester. The taste is the nose exactly, very much honey malt, floral and Belgian yeast. The taste is the herbal easter yeastiness, the honey maly and the floral carries the finish. The palate is medium bodied with soft natural carbonation and the yeast and floral finish.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Apr 2025 at 23:13



7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

From Paris, trying this beer at Prélaz, ordinary Belgian tripel, not bad, again a bit too sweet, smooth side of apricot, malty, alcool. 11.06.2019.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Apr 2025 at 17:20

gave a cheers!

6.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

Dark amber still body.
Minimal malt aroma.
Medium bodied, lightly carbonated with a clean back.
Sweet, malt, caramel & toffee tastes with a tangy finish.
Deece but not a style I like.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Apr 2025 at 17:46



8.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

For a Grimbergen, it is a really interesting beer, full of red fruits, plum, apricot, cynamon, pear, porto, hop and malt, complex. 30.04.2018, De Siebenthal at Montagny.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Mar 2025 at 08:45

gave a cheers!

5

Tried from Bottle on 26 Mar 2025 at 11:50



5

Tried on 26 Mar 2025 at 06:28


6.8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Old rating from 2014 - 330ml bottle, pours amber with a small white head. Aromas & tastes of citrus, banana, lemon, coriander, spice & bread. Moderate body. Smooth slightly oily finish

Tried from Bottle on 23 Mar 2025 at 17:46