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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5.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
Clear light golden with a medium white head. Sweet aroma with a nectar, passion fruits, elderflowers. Sweet flavour with apples, elderflowers,
Tried on 21 Aug 2009 at 20:43

5/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
75 cL clear bottle. Pours clear and golden pale yellow with a fizzy and quickly gone head. Aroma is dry apple, light phenolic. Vague sweetness and dry apple flavoured, mild citric too. Dry and carbonated tickling finish.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Aug 2009 at 02:12

4.6/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
Pale yellow with a small white head. Clean and boring elderflower aroma. Sweet apple and elderflower flavour. Clean and drinkable for sure.
Tried on 25 Jun 2009 at 16:00

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5
75cl bottle. Thank you Yespr. See through yellow with no head. Elderflowers and apple. Some herbal notes. It has an ok dry crispyness though its defenetly on the sweet side.
Tried from Bottle on 23 Jun 2009 at 10:26

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
75 cL clear bottle. Pours clear and slight greenish with a small fizzy white head. Light herbal elderflower and apple fruity aroma. Sweet, light fruity and elderflower flavoured. Mild citric and subdued sweetness into a slight fizzy finish. Good crisp elderflower cider, a bit on the sweet side.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Jun 2009 at 07:09

4.3/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 3
Bottle. Golden color, no head. Sweet apples and a touch of yeast in the aroma. Sugary sweet flavor with apple and chewing gum. Hints of yeast and dust. Sugary finish, turning into a more pleasant drier fruitiness. Just not my taste.
Tried from Bottle on 28 May 2009 at 02:34

4.3/10 Appearance 2 Aroma 5 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 5
Draught @ De Poort, Utrech, HollandClear sparkling, light yellow color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, fully diminishing, white head. Aroma is moderate green apples, sweet apple. Flavor is moderate sweet and light acidic with a average duration. Body is light to medium, texture is watery, carbonation is soft - lively. [20081215]
Tried on 02 Apr 2009 at 02:44

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottled (from K-Supermarket, Huutoniemi). Pale yellow colour, not much head. Aroma is sour apples, some wood and mild baconlike notes. Flavour is very dry sour apple along with some hints of yeast and wood. Quite pleasant and dry.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Mar 2009 at 12:00

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Clear golden with tall white short lasting head. Dry aroma with apple and woody notes. Dry flavor with alcohol, tart apples and woody notes. Ends dry.
Tried on 16 Sep 2008 at 08:08

6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Metallic golden-yellow drink; very "moussating" to a good, but Champagne-like disappearing white head. Apples, dry, Champagne yeastesters, vinous; applejuice, but much drier; leafy - even appleblossoms. Dry and sweet taste alike, like some real ice-cream, without becoming too sweet; dried apples all the same. Very sparkling, fizzy as sparkling wine, but it has enough restsugars to avoid being thin. I’m not a big fan of moussating ciders - my standard are bone-dry Welsh-English scrumpies - but in its class, this must be one of the better ones. I’m agreably surprised this is Belgian made.
Tried on 12 Jan 2007 at 15:21