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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5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
75cl bottle shared at December THT. No head. Clear pink/amber pour. Not the best cider.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Dec 2016 at 13:42

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 7
Bottle shared courtesy of and with a slightly enraged (but willing to share) Malaysian stink badger at the December THT. Clear pinkish golden with a small off white head. Aroma of sweet red apples and apple core. Flavour is heavy sweet. Medium bodied with light carbonation.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Dec 2016 at 13:41

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
75cl bottle from Sainsburys. Pours clear gold, small white head that valiantly persists for a few minutes. Aroma is ripe, lightly stewed cooking apples. Taste is quite rich with more of that metallic element I’ve found in their other ciders. Sweet apple fruit is prominent on subsequent sips, but that metallic element is too off-putting. Nice fancy bottle, but this seems better suited to a can in Lidl.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Dec 2016 at 12:00

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
Bottle from local AH, BB May 17, large sample. Clear yellow color, short bubbly head. Aroma of green apple, slight tart, bit flowery. Not bad and sweetened as expected. Medium sweetness, slight tart green apple, slight candy. In between the Jillz apple soda pop and a sweet cider. Getting to the right direction.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Dec 2016 at 09:31

3.3/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 3 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 3
Bottle from Albert Heijn. Sweet, nose of pear, apple, sugar. Watery, lemonade. Has nothing to do with cider.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Nov 2016 at 13:17

3.5/10
Decent soda, of course fairly sweet. Plenty of fruit, pear is recognizable but mostly apple. Nice switch from radler for hot summer days.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Nov 2016 at 23:00

4.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 3
Can. Clear pale golden color. Aroma and taste: apple, sour-sweet, watery, drinkable.
Tried from Can on 29 Oct 2016 at 10:03

4.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 3
Sampled from bottle at THT October. Clear red with white head. Cherry and strawberry flavored hardcandy. Very sweet, low carbonation. --- Beer merged from original tick of Raspberry on 08 Jan 2018 at 15:18 - Score: 4
Tried from Bottle on 28 Oct 2016 at 13:15

4/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4
Bottle shared. Clear dark pink with some bubbles. Some sweet raspberries, cherries, candy, some bitter chemical notes. Quote sweet too. Body like a soda with matching carbonation. Decent soda basically.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Oct 2016 at 12:38

4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 3 Flavor 3 Texture 6 Overall 4
25cl courtesy of and shared with Maakun. Thin ring pink head. Clear redpink pour. Swet raspberry taste.
Tried on 28 Oct 2016 at 12:37