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.
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Keg at the London six day. A clear golden yellow coloured pour with no head. Aroma is sickly, semi sweet apple, bile, tangy apple. Flavour is composed of semi sweet spicy apple, plastic, green spicy apple. Palate is semi sweet, tangy, moderate carbonation. Meh.
Tried
on 29 Oct 2017
at 13:51
3.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 3
Sampled from 0.3 l bottle from 'AH XL' (Maastricht), best before April 2018. Clear, the palest golden and almost like water with a few white bubbles on top. Sweetish, fruity and quite artificial aroma of pear yoghurt and apples. Quite sweet, minimally sourish, quite fruity and quite artificial taste of sweet apples, pear yoghurt and some banana juice, followed by a short, minimally tart finish. Thin body, slightly effervescent mouthfeel, average carbonation. Crap.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Oct 2017
at 13:13
2.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 2
Texture 4
Overall 2
Imported from my RateBeer account as Blind Pig Blueberry and Oaked (by Stassen (Bulmers, Heineken)):
Aroma: 3/10, Appearance: 2/5, Taste: 2/10, Palate: 2/5, Overall: 4/20, MyTotalScore: 1.3/5
16/X/17 - 33cl bottle from Albert Heijn @ home - BB: 28/XII/17 (2017-1788) Thanks to Erwin for sharing the bottle!
Clear very pale yellow piss coloured - sorry if that sounds presumptuous - cider, no head. Aroma: lots and lots of (artificial) blueberries, fruity, chemical, cough syrup, sugary. MF: lively carbon, medium to light body. Taste: very sugary, sweet, watery, artificial blueberry flavourings, more sugar, slightly sourish. No oak, what a surprise... Some sugary factory produced boxed apple juice. Aftertaste: bit acidic, very sugary, more of that artificial blueberry stuff, liquid candy all the way. And not in a good way...
Aroma: 3/10, Appearance: 2/5, Taste: 2/10, Palate: 2/5, Overall: 4/20, MyTotalScore: 1.3/5
16/X/17 - 33cl bottle from Albert Heijn @ home - BB: 28/XII/17 (2017-1788) Thanks to Erwin for sharing the bottle!
Clear very pale yellow piss coloured - sorry if that sounds presumptuous - cider, no head. Aroma: lots and lots of (artificial) blueberries, fruity, chemical, cough syrup, sugary. MF: lively carbon, medium to light body. Taste: very sugary, sweet, watery, artificial blueberry flavourings, more sugar, slightly sourish. No oak, what a surprise... Some sugary factory produced boxed apple juice. Aftertaste: bit acidic, very sugary, more of that artificial blueberry stuff, liquid candy all the way. And not in a good way...
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Oct 2017
at 18:13
5/10
--- Beer aliased from original tick of Orchard Thieves Apple on 04 May 2020 at 11:16
Tried
from Draft
at
The BBQ Club
on 09 Sep 2017
at 17:25
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle. Color: Golden, small white head. Taste: Overly sweet, overripe apples, notes of sugar. Below medium carbonation, above medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Sep 2017
at 14:21
4.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Süßlicher Geruch nach Aprikosen, Whisky, Honig. Torfiger Antrunk, zu dem die starke Süße nicht passen möchte. Dabei bleibt die Süße stark, wenig würzig, die Apfelnoten sind erkennbar, bleiben aber im Hintergrund. Langer Nachhall, in dem die Süße schnell schwindet. Schwierig. 8/6/8/6/9/6
Tried
on 06 Aug 2017
at 09:04
4.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Farbe von "ich habe zu viel Akohol getrunken"-Urin. Speckiger und beeriger Geruch. Im Antrunk süß, sowhol Apfel als auch Beere. Dabei bleibt die Süße gerade noch apkzeptable, der Apfelanteil scheint zu steigen. Okay. 4/7/9/7/9/7
Tried
on 06 Aug 2017
at 08:59
2.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 2
Flavor 2
Texture 6
Overall 2
Sampled from 0.23 l bottle from ’AH’ (Groesbeek), best before April 2017. Clear, just a greenish touch with a few bubbles on top. Very sweet, chemical aroma of energy drink, sorbet powder, some straw and hints of stewed apples. Extremely sweet, artificial, chemical and a bit sourish taste of energy drink, wine gum, sorbet powder and hints of stewed apples, followed by a short, a bit tart, chemical-artificial finish. Thin body, minimally astringent and slightly effervescent mouthfeel, soft carbonation. Disgusting stuff, one of the worst things I’ve ever tried.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Aug 2017
at 04:37
5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Gul klar med lavt hvitt skum. Lukter definitivt epler, eplemost. Søt lett syrlig eplesmak. Kort. Tørr.
Tried
on 24 Jul 2017
at 02:04
7/10
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Jul 2017
at 22:41