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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4.1/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
Bottle @ Brugmansia/Fonefan Tasting, April 2010. Pours clear pale yellow with no head. Pear, sugar and some sweet artificial notes. Sweet and a bit watery. Syrup..
Tried from Bottle on 20 Apr 2010 at 09:58

5.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
Bottle @ Brugmansia/Fonefan Tasting, April 2010. Pours clear golden with a white head on top. Nose is red and green apples. Some sugar and a bit synthetic. Relatively dry. Some real juice and a fine dry end.
Tried from Bottle on 20 Apr 2010 at 09:57

2.2/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 2 Flavor 2 Texture 4 Overall 1
Bottle, 6%. Mild pear/apple aroma, smells the same sometimes. Clear pale yellow colour. Very small white head. Sweetish flavour, but not as bad as some crap ciders/perries. A bit of soap. Not much more.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Apr 2010 at 08:24

4.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 4
Bottle, 6%. Mild apple aroma. Clear dark golden colour. Small frothy white head. The flavour is quite sweet with some apple. Does not really taste its ABV.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Apr 2010 at 08:20

4.5/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
0.33l from a Culinaris somewhere near the Hungarian parliament in Budapest. Poured a light yellow-golden body with no head. Light nose of white wine, some pears hit me while I was pouring it but nothing later on. Light, sweet taste. Some very light pear. Noticeable carbonation bite. Unimpressive but yay, my first Belgian perry.
Tried on 02 Apr 2010 at 14:16

5.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 6
0.33l from a Culinaris somewhere near the Hungarian parliament in Budapest. Poured an orange-golden body with no head. Vinuous, sourish nose, maybe some light apple. The taste is quite sweet, appley, somewhat funky too. Not stellar but you can go far worse and yay, my first Belgian cider.
Tried from Can on 02 Apr 2010 at 14:14

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottled. A dark golden cider with a thin beige head. The aroma has strong notes of apples. The flavor is sweet with strong notes of apples, leading to a dry apply finish.
Tried from Bottle on 23 Mar 2010 at 13:15

4.2/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 4
Bottled. A light green cider with a lazing off-white head. The aroma has notes of pears and grass. The flavor is sweet with notes of pears, leading to a sweet finish. pretty mainstream.
Tried from Bottle on 23 Mar 2010 at 13:03

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
33 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden orange with a small white head. Aroma is dry apple phenolic and slight crisp fruity. Citric and dry fruity flavoured. Dry and phenolic finish.
Tried from Bottle on 23 Mar 2010 at 12:50

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle 33 cl. Courtesy of yespr. Pours a clear reddish golden with an off-white head. Sweet apple aroma. Medium body, high carbonation, sweet apple notes and a little metal. No real tartness. A decent commercial Cider though. 230310
Tried from Bottle on 23 Mar 2010 at 12:50