Ciney (beer)

Ciney is a Belgian beer, which comes from the city Ciney.

History

Roger demarche founded in 1952 in Ciney the brewery SA Brasserie demarche. In addition to the brewery, he also operated a soft drink, beer and spirits. Demarche developed in the 1970s, a new brown beer, which he offered in 1978 under the brand Cuvée Ciney. Was first tapped the new beer on June 23, 1978 at Le Rubens at Place Monseu, the central square of the city Ciney, in which also the Church of St. Nicolas is located. The Tower of St. Nicolas, which forms the "i" in Ciney logo, 2010 was severely damaged in a storm. The Ciney - brown beer, which is classified as Bière d' Abbaye of strength S, there were initially only in the 30 - liter drum. The brewery had its time twelve employees.

In the following two years visited demarche pubs and restaurants around Ciney to spread Cuvée Ciney on. In 1980 he designed under the Ciney another variety, Cuvée de Ciney Blonde, a top-fermented, strong blond beer. Both varieties were at a production level of about 1,000 hectoliters (1980 ) as a façon Bière, so as a special beer that is brewed in small quantities. Outside the area Cineys the beer was available only in Namur and Liege.

Ciney was from the early 1980s, quickly became popular and developed in Belgium to 1988 to a nationally distributed brand. The brewery managed to new equipment and vehicles and put brewery staff, sales staff and a driver, to the number of employees has doubled to 30. Also the branding and colors have been changed. In 1986, added a third type of beer: Ciney Spéciale 10, an amber beer with a high alcohol content. In October 1987, the brewery was Brasserie demarche for their Ciney beers at the Brussels food exhibition Salon de l' Alimentation de Bruxelles awarded a gold medal. In addition to catering establishments who cared for about 70 % of sales, Ciney has now also sold as bottled beer in the supermarkets in Belgium. In 1992, the sales of Cuvée de Ciney reached 40,000 hectoliters.

End of 1992, Roger demarche Ciney rendered in wage brewing at the Brasserie L' Union, which is part of the brewery Alken-Maes. In 2000 Alken-Maes bought the Brasserie demarche and the trademark rights to Ciney. Alken -Maes was acquired by Scottish & Newcastle, which in turn were taken over by a consortium of Heineken and Carlsberg, so Ciney is a trademark of the Heineken Group since early 2008. From 2000 Ciney was brewed in a Alken-Maes brewery in Jumet in the province of Hainaut., Which was closed in 2007. Since then Ciney is brewed in the Alken-Maes brewery in Alken.

Beers

All beers are top-fermented Ciney - brewed ( French " haute fermentation - Spéciale ").

• Cuvée de Ciney Brune ( 7% vol. ) Is ocher with red highlights and moussiert plentiful. The taste is smoky and malty with flavors of licorice and banana and a slightly bitter finish.
• Cuvée de Ciney Blonde ( 7% vol. ) Is light to amber, has a malty flavor, a malty, sour aroma and a fairly acidic finish. The best drinking temperature is 4 ° C.
• Ciney Spéciale 10 (9 % vol. ) Has a dark ruby color, has a full-bodied taste with light oak overtones, the aroma contains traces of anise, coriander, cinnamon and clove.