Brouwerijen Alken-Maes
Commercial Brewery
in
Alken,
Limburg,
Belgium 🇧🇪
Owned by
Brouwerijen Alken-Maes NV/SA - Heineken Belgium
Established in 1988
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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.
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.
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6
0.3 liter bottle to glass on the Viking Ingvi longboat. The pour is amber brown copper with a decent sized light tan head. The aroma is plum fruit sweetness, caramel malt, brown sugar, and general Belgian yeast. The taste is big malt sweetness up front, plum caramel and toffee, then moves to the yeast. The palate is medium to heavier bodied, low carbonation and the yeast and slightly boozy finish. Solid Dubbel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Apr 2025
at 13:52
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Old rating from 2013 - 330ml bottle, pours clear golden with a white head. Aromas & tastes of grain, clove, banana, grapes, pear, earth, nuts & malt. Moderate body. Sweet slight bitter finish
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Apr 2025
at 13:47
7/10
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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
7/10
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Apr 2025
at 15:21
7.8/10
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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
6.3/10
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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.
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
5/10
Skunky, sweaty.
Tried
on 05 Apr 2025
at 10:33
8.3/10
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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
5/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Mar 2025
at 11:50
5/10
Tried
on 26 Mar 2025
at 06:28