Cnudde Bizon

Brewed by Brouwerij Cnudde
Style: Fruit Beer
Eine, Belgium

Serve in Flute

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When my friend Michel K. bottled this beer, it was just called "Kriek" by Louis Cnudde. Mix of his brown ale, and the wild-fermenting cherrywine in the cellar...Anyway, this dates from the end of the eighties...
Fully hazy red-brown, no head to speak of. Sweet impression, with condensed fruitaromas, bit of almondy from the stones, and already some oxydation (!). Very tart, frutiy, woody as nothing else, peppery-oaky, and deep-deep old cherries. And a few oxydation notes, oxydated walnutoil. Oxydation and age have made this lighter than it was. A superb blend. But then you ought to try the unmixed contents of the cherry fermenters...

(Draught@One Pint Pub) Hazy ruby red with a small head. Moderately tart cherry aroma with some raspberry. Lightly tart, dryish but quite cherry-fruity flavor with a nice balanced maltiness. Medium-bodied, soft-carbonated palate. A perfectly balanced fruit beer.

Draught. Deep murky ruby brown colour, small beige headf. Aroma is wood, cherries, sourness and slight notes of acidicness. Flavour is tart cherries along with some sour wood and malts. Some slight hints of vanilla too. Wellbalanced and pleasant.

Last saterday (25.04.’09) on VBPF Jette. Dark red color, with almost no head. Aroma sweet, fruits, sour. Medium body. Taste nice cherry, malts, some sourness. Good.

bottle, thanks to bu11zeye, poured clear orange amber with a dreamsicle vinous aroma,flavors of sour milk, fruity balsamic, pool water, wood finish,

(Draught at One Pint on 2008-02-11) Dark red wine colour. Sour aroma. Surprisingly light taste. Very balanced cherry flavour. Some sweetness in aftertaste. Blanced taste from the beginning to the end.

The Fonefan/Brugmansia Cnudde tasting. Courtesy of Fonefan/Brugmansia. Dark mahogany from party fass. The aroma is sourish with notes of malt and berries. The flavour is sourish with notes of spices, berries, malt and light sweetness. The sourness is in no way sharp, so it should be pleasant for the big majority. It’s nice and has more body than the Oudenards Bruin.

From 5L party fass @<a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/forums/cnudde-ølsmagn target=_new> Cnudde Tasting.. Clear medium red amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, moderate to berry - fruit sour, cherry. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and light acidic with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. (290308)

Party fass @ Vilvordia Bierproef Festival, Jette, Brussels. Pours a dark red color with no head. Has a sweet malty fruity caramel aroma with some acidic hints. Sweetisg fruity caramel flavor with some hints of cheeries with some acidic hints. Has a sweetish fruity caramel finish with some hints of cherry in the aftertaste.

Bottle. Reddish brown color. Finally got to taste it, the very last Oudenaardse kriek. Cherry confit in the aroma. Sweet and sour, milky and buttery flavor with cherries. Fresh cheese in the finish. Simple, straightforward but off the beaten track. I wonder how this beer must have tasted 20 odd years ago.