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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4.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 3.5
Review based on the BJCP2008 guidelines (style 27A). Bottle 33 cl - Batch L4245056S. AROMA: distinctive artificial and sweet apple aroma. APPEARANCE: very pale yellow color and translucid. white head that instantly disappears. TASTE: extremely sweet and artificial apple flavour. finishes sweet. PALATE: thin body with medium-low carbonation. OVERALL: cider with an extremely sweet and artificial apple flavour.
Tried from Bottle on 08 Oct 2014 at 15:49

4.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 1
’tja wat moet je hiervan maken, het is gewoon een zoet appelsap op koolzuur met wat alcohol, licht fruit zuurtje. De vrouw dronk het even wat geproefd en toen snel weer teruggegeven.
Tried on 18 Jun 2014 at 02:29

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Pours a pale clear gold with no head. Aroma of fresh red and tart green apples. Taste is medium tart and finishes lightly sweet. Not too bad.
Tried on 12 May 2014 at 18:38

6.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle. Granny Smith apple aroma. Golden yellow - small head. Very sweet /light tart apple flavor. Not bad, but sweetness is at an alco-pop level.
Tried from Bottle on 10 May 2014 at 16:07

4.8/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
Bottled, BB Dec-14, medium sample. Clear almost pale nothing color, bit greenish perhaps. Aroma of some green apple, bit citric, bit white wine. Quite a lot of apple in taste, bit citric acid, bit sweet. Almost like a mix between a soda pop and a cider. Finishes a bit sugary. Its not even that bad as a drink. Lacks body though.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Apr 2014 at 08:09

2.1/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 3 Flavor 2 Texture 2 Overall 0.5
11.2 ounce bottle as "Strongbow Gold Apple." Pours a VERY pale yellow color. Weak aroma of earthy, pithy apples. Taste is sickly sweet apples, earth, minty notes. Thin bodied, watery. Dreck.
Tried from Bottle on 08 Apr 2014 at 23:48

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Second of 2 ciders from the Publix mix and match selection. Brighter apple nose than the Stella Cidre. Overall brighter in terms of a clarity of the apple notes, clean apple notes, crisp and drinkable if not very interesting. Basically the kind of cider you drink for drinking. Bright golden color.
Tried on 06 Apr 2014 at 09:05

4/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 5
Ins Glas ergießt sich ein goldgelbes Getränk mit geringer Schaumkrone und viel Co2. Geruch süß nach Äpfeln, weinartig. Geschmack süß nach Apfelsaft, leicht säuerlich.
Tried on 31 Mar 2014 at 13:22

5.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle at Murphy’s Law, Den Haag. Poured a clear medium amber with a bubbly broken white head. The aroma is big acid apple leading to a strong sweet flavour with a smooth apple palate. It’s a cider. It’s apple... It’s sweet ...but at least it’s not battery acid!
Tried from Bottle on 14 Jan 2014 at 00:10

4.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 4
Bottle at Murphy’s Law. Pours clear golden with a white head. Aroma of artificial apples, more apples, apples peels, beating Dean, lightly toffees apples and over ripe apples. Flavour is heavy apple. Full appled with heavy apple.
Tried from Bottle on 13 Jan 2014 at 14:45