# Brouwerij Alken-Maes — Alken, Vlaams Gewest

> Brouwerij Alken-Maes in Alken, Vlaams Gewest, Belgium scores 2.92 out of 5 — Limited, #404 in Belgium. 86 beers tracked, mostly Belgian Ale.

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Brouwerij Alken-Maes is a brewery in Alken, Vlaams Gewest, Belgium. We grade it Limited, with a score of 2.92 out of 5 on the beer it brews — #404 in Belgium. Of the 86 beers we track, 70% are Belgian Ale and 13% Pale Lager.

## Rating

- Score: 2.92 out of 5
- Grade: Limited 😕 — Most craft beer drinkers pass these by.
- Ranked: #404 in Belgium · #21,774 worldwide
- Popularity: Extremely widely rated
- Beers tracked: 86

## About

Alken-Maes was created out of the 1988 merger of two small breweries, Maes, located in Waarloos and Alken. Both had specialized in pils (Maes was producing Maes pils and Alken Cristal pils) until Maes purchased the Union brewery (based in Jumet) in 1978, which produced Grimbergen beer among others.

After the merger, the group continued to purchase other breweries to expand their offer to a larger panel of beers. In 1989, the new brewery purchased a 50% stake in De Keersmaeker brewery, which specialized in spontaneous fermentation beers such as Mort Subite. In 2000, it bought Ciney and Brugs Witbier as well as the other 50% of De Keersmaeker.

In the same year, the brewery was bought by British company Scottish & Newcastle, which in turn was bought by the Carlsberg/Heineken consortium in 2007. In 2002, it took over the Louwaege brewery from Kortemark (producing Louwaeges Kriek and high fermentation Hapkin). Alken-Maes has now become the number two on the Belgian market. Its headquarters are in Waarloos.

## What they brew

- Belgian Ale — 70% of the beers we track
- Pale Lager — 13% of the beers we track
- Wheat Beer — 8% of the beers we track
- Other — 6% of the beers we track
- Sour / Other — 3% of the beers we track

## Find them

- Address: Stationsstraat, Alken, Vlaams Gewest, Belgium
- Coordinates: 50.8778972, 5.3070831
- Website: https://www.alken-maes.be/

## Same owner

- Part of [Heineken](https://finding.beer/brewery/heineken-19063.md)
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## Breweries nearby

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- [Den Tuymelaar](https://finding.beer/brewery/den-tuymelaar-33865.md) — 2.63, Limited — Hasselt, Vlaams Gewest — 2.9 mi away
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- [Boes Brewing Company](https://finding.beer/brewery/boes-brewing-company-29671.md) — 2.95, Limited — Hasselt, Vlaams Gewest — 3.7 mi away
- [Pandinus Brewery](https://finding.beer/brewery/pandinus-brewery-16127.md) — 2.46, Limited — Kortessem, Flanders — 3.8 mi away
- [Bokke](https://finding.beer/brewery/bokke-8525.md) — 4.70, Exceptional — Hasselt, Flanders — 3.8 mi away
- [Belgian Craft Beer Company](https://finding.beer/brewery/belgian-craft-beer-company-23410.md) — 2.71, Limited — Hasselt, Flanders — 3.8 mi away
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## Rankings this brewery appears in

- [Best breweries in Belgium](https://finding.beer/breweries/belgium.md)

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