Birrificio Italiano Cassissona

Brewed by Birrificio Italiano
Style: Fruit Beer
Lurago Marinone (CO), Italy

i was expecting a gusher but it was not. love the gass saturation and the cream that it lends to the head and body. the nose i cassias syrup, taffy, melon, and cream. the aroma is much sweater than the taste. buttery and mellow with the lightest detectable notes of sour. a nice effort but it doesn’t live up to its big brother scires.

Tasting at Joe McPhee’s. At first taste this one was extremely over carbonated, seltzery. Once this beer settles for a few it really becomes enjoyable. Tart undertones, fruity.. clean and crisp. Takes a serious back seat to scires.

Bottle: Murky orange with a creamy strong off-white head. Aroma has buttery notes, and a touch of tart berries. Seems oxidized. Light fluffy body with a tart flavor upfront. Fruit skin flavors with a cleaning character followed by butter/cream flavors. Flavors aren’t cohesive; didn’t work out well.

Light amber, dark gold with a massive to the point of annoying white head. Aroma was pleasant, honey accented malts, some spice, a bit of a yeasty note, and a dark fruity finish. Flavor was a match. This was much like a saison accented with cassis as opposed to a syrupy mess, which I greatly appreciated. Not bad, but the high level of carbonation was actually to the level of irritating, getting in the way of the experience.

Bottle. 75cl. [2007].
Light unclear medium orange color with a huge, frothy, excellent lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy black currant, black currant sour and sweet. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and light to moderate acidic with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (180408) 7/4/73/15
Bottle. 75cl. [Vintage 2004].
Clear medium amber orange color with a large, frothy, excellent lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, vintage, notes of black currant, moderate yeasty, acidic. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (180408) 6/4/7/3/14

Bottle shared by humulone_red. Thanks!
Pours a murky amber with a filmy head. Smell is bright fresh fruity, cassis, and maltiness. Taste is very mild. Faint tartness, berry like flavor, and a thin body with light carbonation. Decent, and the fruity is surprisingly light in this one.

"Bottled on January 2, 2006; matured over 6 months." Sleek 750mL bottle from the MJ Rare Beer Club. Pours a murky burnt orange coloring with an obnoxiously aggressive head of huge almond bubbles. Huge. Takes a while to dissipate and allow me to take a sip. In the meantime, I sense woody black currants...strong black currants. Once the head settles, I take a sip and thankfully the black currant flavor is relatively muted comparably speaking. Dry woody feel after each sip. The body of the beer isn’t entirely effervescent, just murky and cloudy; however the feel across the palate is bubbly and crisp. Sparkling wine in its flavors and overall feel. Fairly easy to drink, the dry woodiness overtakes the juicy fruitiness readily.

750ml from the Michael Jackson Beer Club (bottled January 2006). And a handsome bottle it is! The carbonation is pretty intense on this one, and it needed about 5 minutes to settle down. Nice deep copper pour beneath that massive head. The aroma initially suggested that the cassis was going to be too strong, possibly overpowering the dry champagne-like brew. But thankfully it turned out to be very subtly integrated. Crisp and fruity, with some nice woody notes like a good pinot grigio. Good stuff, much to my surprise.