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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4.9/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
440ml can into shaker. Looks like sparkling mineral water with a (very) faint green tinge. Highly carbonated. Nose is acidic but flavour is sweet. A bit of zing in the mouth, a touch of apple core at the finish and that’s it. Easy drinking on a hot day.
Tried from Can on 12 Jan 2016 at 03:51

8.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 9
375 ml. bottle split with Kraddel. Surprisingly dark, almost looks like brandy a bit, dark honey brandy amber coloured. Nose is huge basic very sweet & sticky caramel and honey, sugar, caramelized apple & toffee, more honey forward than anything else followed by sweet caramel. Taste is very sweet, caramel & big honey, brown sugar, biscuit, faint suggestion of Pineau des Charentes, toffee, butterscotch, candy and caramelized apple. Body could have been a bit thicker, comes close to failing to support the sweetness, light touch syrupy. Very simple but still very satisfactory, not really sure if coughing up the price for this one was worth it. Otherwise fun even if very basic & simple but still loveable taste.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Dec 2015 at 02:26

7.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 9
Thnx to Ships: Pours Dark orange . Smell is thick, apple, sweet. Taste is very sweet. Mild alcohol burn boozyness. Not as complex and deep as most other ice ciders, but def. worth drinking ! I would love it to be less boozy, to finally have an option other than having to trade for expensive ice ciders. this is the step belgium needs to finally have Ice cider, but hopefully, there will be more in the future
Tried on 04 Dec 2015 at 10:55

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 7
Sampled from a 12 oz clear bottle this cider poured a bright yellow-golden color with a trace soapy white head that lingered but left no lacing. The aroma was Fuji apple flesh. The flavor was tangy and very sweet with Fuji apple and a bit of tartness. Long finish. Medium body. Solid.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Oct 2015 at 11:29

5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
Bottle. Yellow. No head. Flavor is Apple candy. Very sweet and not much carbonation. Meh. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
Tried from Bottle on 16 Aug 2015 at 20:00

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
16oz can from the state store
Pours clear light golden with a small white head, light spotty lacing. Aroma of fresh apples. Flavors of apples, sugar with a tart, dry finish
A good cider.
Tried from Can on 09 Jul 2015 at 21:40

5.8/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 8 Overall 6
(can 0,25l) My first cider rating.
Aroma: Apple juice, sweet, light wine.
Appearance: Clear yellow color. No head.
Taste: Apple juice, very sweet.
Palate: Sticky texture. Fizzy carbonation. Light sweet, dry finish.
Overall: Not bad, too sweet. I’d rather stick with the beer.
Tried from Can on 14 Jun 2015 at 10:26

5.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 4.5

Lukt: Sursøtlig duft av eple.
Utseende: Fin gyllen farge.
Skum/kullsyre: Dekkende skum.
Smak: Frisk smak av eple med en noe sursøtlig avslutning.
Hvor: Kjøpt@Supermarked, Kuala Lumpur, Nydt@Hotell.
Medium: Boks@330ml, ABV@5%, Når@02.06.2015
Tried on 02 Jun 2015 at 10:40

7.1/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Why are there 2 separate listings for the same brew? Not my business. From a bottle, direct. Smell is clean pleasant cider perfume. Slight processed feel at first then it clears up a little, quite sweet. Perhaps is a little diff than the other but hard to tell, would have to drink them side by side. Tastes pretty good, have to be careful you just don’t chug this son a bitch. Hope it don’t burn my tummy.
Tried from Bottle on 28 May 2015 at 16:01

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Tap at Narnia pub. Golden color. Sweet apples in aroma. Sweet apples in taste, clove. Sweet, but not so bad.
Tried from Draft on 24 Apr 2015 at 13:15