Stassen
Cidery
in
Aubel,
Liège,
Belgium 🇧🇪
Owned by
Brouwerijen Alken-Maes NV/SA - Heineken Belgium
Established in 1895
Contact
Rue de Kan 7, Aubel, 4880, Belgium
Description
The company was founded in 1895 by Léon Stassen (1852-1931), who produced cider with apples from his own orchard. In 1992 Stassen becomes part of the English group HP Bulmers. In 2003 join Stassen and HP Bulmers the S&N group (Scottish & Newcastle). After sole ownership by Bulmers and S&N, the company returned to the fourth generation family members led by Philippe Stassen in 2008, but was acquired by Heineken in 2012.
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle shared@pre GBBF Shindig, London (04/08/2018) - clear golden yellow pour with a bubbly white head. Dry fruity apple prominence, dry citric apple, medium body and carbonation, apple skin, citric dry apple finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Sep 2018
at 21:54
3.2/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 6
Flavor 2
Texture 2
Overall 3
Bottle @ home. Almost water colored with no head. Smells overly sweet, some herbs I guess, a hint of nasty white wine in the background. Tastes wine, candy, Chinese food and salmiakki. Absolutely hate it. Soft carbo. Drain pour for me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Sep 2018
at 20:20
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle @ home. A little bit more dry and less sweet then the juice apple one. Therefore a bit more wine like in taste. It's fairly decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Sep 2018
at 19:29
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5
Can split at L6, from Fergus fridge, 05/09/18. Pale golden blonde with a decent off white cap. Nose is apple pie, straw, grains. Taste comprises apple pulp, grass, grains. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Passable mass market affair ... just!
Tried
from Can
on 12 Sep 2018
at 07:36
2.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 2
Texture 4
Overall 2
23ml bottle from Albert Heijn shared with Soph in Ovezande, Netherlands. Pours a vivid deep clear blood red. Artificially raspberry laces on the nose. High carbonation. Awful artificially chemically sweet raspberry character. Chemical aftertaste. Terrible.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Sep 2018
at 18:32
4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 3
23ml bottle from Albert Heijn, shared with Soph at our AirBnB in Ovezande, Netherlands. Pours very pale greenish yellow. Sweet nose, some pear drops. Medium carbonation, light body, taste is artificially sweet, some floral notes, pear drops but essentially a very thin breezy alco-pop blend for people who dont like real cider.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Sep 2018
at 18:13
3.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 3
330ml bottle from Albert Heijn. Shared with Soph at our AirBnB apartment in Ovesand. Pours clear gold, aroma has artificial sugary apple flavour kids sweets. Medium carbonation. Taste follows the aroma with pear drops and other assorted sweet chemical notes. Bizarre alco-pop.Earlier Rating: 4/19/2018 Total Score: 2.230cl bottle, thanks to ShivanDragon for this. Drunk in the sun. Pours clear pale gold. Artificially sweet commercial cider apple aroma. Taste is clean and light on the palate with a sugary medium-sweet character. Completely artificial of course, though drinkable and not too sweet. There are worse mass-market supermarket Eurociders out there.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Sep 2018
at 17:53
4/10
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Sep 2018
at 15:45
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draft at Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork, Ireland. Pours crisp gold with limited but persistent white foam, very fine. Aroma is apple and a little melon. Body is average, like carbonation. Taste is definitely sweet, but not excessive. Finish is long and with a strong feeling of apple, maybe a little excessive.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Aug 2018
at 19:13
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
25.08.2018 -- 0.33l can from edeka in charlottenburg, bb 21.07.2019. pours a clear pale golden with no head. aroma of (artificial) green apples, meat. flavour of sweet and sour apples. drinkable, but artificial and too sweet.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Aug 2018
at 22:54