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.

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4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 2 Texture 6 Overall 3
Imported from my RateBeer account as Blind Pig Honey and Smoked (by Stassen (Bulmers, Heineken)):
Aroma: 5/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 2/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 6/20, MyTotalScore: 1.9/5

26/VI/17 - 33cl bottle from Albert Heijn supermarket @ home - BB: 31/VIII/17 (2017-951) Thank to Erwin for sharing the bottle!

Clear golden yellow cider, small irregular creamy head, falls down quickly. Aroma: lots and lots of boxes of sweet apple juice, apple flavoured candy, and hey, where's my smoke? Or my honey? MF: ok carbon, medium to light body. Taste: very sweet, sugary, apple candy, alcohol, slightly sourish, maybe a hint of that promised smoke, but that might very well be the power of suggestion, all together. Aftertaste: more sugary, apple candy, sugared Turkish apple tea. What the hell is this stuff? Bah.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Jun 2017 at 17:15

8/10
Tried from Can on 19 Jun 2017 at 21:31

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Champagne bottle. More than less a clear golden body with a decent white head that fades and champagne style carbonation. A bit weak aroma but delicate, pure apple, a tiny hint of yeast and not so much more. Flavor is pretty mild, clean and refreshing apple, medium sweet but ends rather tart with hint of tannins and slightly acidic apple. Fine balanced body and nice aftertaste. All in all not a big flavor cider this, but I really enjoyd the subtle and very delicate take on the style, it feels close to champagne, but still just enough apple to make it a bit more interesting. Highly enjoyable (and my first Belgian cider).
Tried from Bottle on 12 Jun 2017 at 15:33

7/10
Tried from Bottle on 11 Jun 2017 at 18:41

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Fles gedeeld door Roelzie1986. Het is en erg zoete cider, met weinig koolzuur. De smaak is erg zacht door de combinatie met peer.
Tried on 08 Jun 2017 at 15:03

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Big bottle from web SB cons 2017-06-06 Göteborg AR: sweet apple and pear juice, wee tart apple AP: clear golden with a green hint F: sweet apple and pear juice, soft carbonated, sweet mouthfeeling,
Tried from Bottle on 06 Jun 2017 at 09:03

6.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
Sampled from 0.3 l bottle from ’AH’ (Groesbeek), best before October 2017. Clear, pale greenish yellow with a frothy, white head. Sweetish, sourish and moderately fruity aroma of apples, straw and some wood. Quite sweet, slightly sourish, rather fruity taste of apples, pear and hints of wood, followed by a short, slightly tart, moderately dry finish. Thin body, minimally astringent and fairly effervescent mouthfeel, average carbonation. Okay!
Tried from Bottle on 04 Jun 2017 at 11:30

6.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 8
Pours clear peachy orange/copper. Small white layer of foam. Smell is red apples, appleskin. Taste is sweet, red apple skins. not too bad. Bit sweet, of course, but still balanced.
Tried on 03 Jun 2017 at 12:53

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
75cl bottle from Delhaize. Pours a pale yellow, good peach aroma. Spritzy fine bubbles on the palate that contribute to a refreshing fruit cider character. Only 4% peach juice but quite a vibrant influence. Thankfully lacks the metallic edge of other Stassen ciders. Really quite nice.
Tried from Bottle on 25 May 2017 at 14:09

3.8/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 3
2017/05/04. Bottle shared at home. As ’Blind Pig Blueberry and oaked spirit flavored cider’ from AH XL. Very pale straw with white ring head. Disgusting chemical burnt plastic lemonade. Over medium sweet. Thin oily feel, soda fizz. Cider my ass. Like licking a garbage bag. (Just moved this rating since benzai made a separate entry for this abomination) --- Beer merged from original tick of Blueberry And Oaked Spirit Flavored Cider on 04 Jan 2018 at 13:41 - Score: 3
Tried from Bottle on 23 May 2017 at 17:46