Cassissona
Birrificio Italiano in Limido Comasco (CO), Lombardy, Italy 🇮🇹
Fruit Beer Regular|
Score
6.41
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Ungstrup (52110) reviewed Cassissona from Birrificio Italiano 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4
Bottled. An unclear golden beer with a lazing beige head. The aroma has notes of vinegar and malt. The flavor is both sweet and sour and dominated by malt.
madmitch76 (40452) reviewed Cassissona from Birrificio Italiano 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
4th July 2008. A frothy and crisp beer. The blackcurrant is quite mild. Best when very cold. A little watery which detracts.
bhensonb (22605) reviewed Cassissona from Birrificio Italiano 16 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle from Liquid Solutions. Pours slightly hazy amber with a bubbly 3-finger beige head. Mild black current aroma with a hint of herb. Suggests a belgian ale variant. Medium body with very frothy carbonation. Flavor starts very black current, then heads a bit towards citrus, then herb or wood, returning back towards bc. Interesting stuff. Not all that sweet, in fact hardly at all, finishing a bit acid/citric. Towards the end of the bottle I’m really liking it.
jgb9348 (11828) reviewed Cassissona from Birrificio Italiano 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Nice amber coloured body with an orangish tint and a super-large off-white head. Aroma of black currants, malt, coriander seed, wheat and a ton of yeast. Medium-bodied; Sweet taste up front with some malt and black currant flavours roaming through. Aftertaste shows a sweet finish with the currant flavour roaming throughout. Overall, a decent beer - nothing horrible at all and some good flavours going through. I sampled this 75 cL bottle purchased from Chevy Chase Wine & Liquors in Washington, D.C. on 06-January-2006.
Sebletitje (15877) reviewed Cassissona from Birrificio Italiano 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
courtesy of Tony @ OTH. On tap, pours amber with white head. Aroma / taste, fruity (cassis), light hops and sugars. It does leave the light tart mouthfeel of the berry-cassis. The cassis was really faint in taste, noticeable and made this brew a very enjoyable one.
yespr (55501) reviewed Cassissona from Birrificio Italiano 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
75 cL bottle, courtesy of Ungstrup. Pours dark orange with a white head. Solid butterish aroma. Light spiced and wineous fruity flavoured. Towards dry and spiced into the finish. Sad aroma, decent flavour.
CloakedDagger (37227) reviewed Cassissona from Birrificio Italiano 17 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
(Bottle 75 cl) Courtesy of Ungstrup. Pours a very cloudy amber golden with a rough, dense, off-white head. Distinct butter aroma. Medium body with some sweet fruitiness. No bitterness. 311008
jcwattsrugger (14787) reviewed Cassissona from Birrificio Italiano 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
750ml bottle @Joe’s NYC Gathering–pours a white ring with cloudy amber color. Aroma is sweet medium malt, some sharp. Taste is sweet, then medium malt, some sharp. Minimal carbonation.
fonefan (84534) reviewed Cassissona from Birrificio Italiano 17 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
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
beastiefan2k (4724) reviewed Cassissona from Birrificio Italiano 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
It took my a long time to pick this up, due to the high sticker price and low rating score. However, I spotted this with a reasonable price tag and I am not disappointed. As advertised, this weirdly shaped bottle (which makes tilting a pain) pours with a huge head, which never goes away leaving a very sticky lacing on the side of the glass. The color is a very dirty, murky, muted yellow, with no clarity at all. The more you pour the darker and dirtier it gets. I love the head but the color needs some work, just ends up looking like a dirty beer. At the last pour, with all the floaties, its almost a brown color. Aroma is full of thick, mainly slightly aged, Belgian malts with some alcohol coming through as well. Some airy Belgian character with sweet yeasty dough-ness and a light berry at the very end of the aroma. Taste is again surprisingly strong with some alcohol, thick golden maltiness which comes off as a bit like golden syrup. The best part is the finish which givrs a kick of chocolate and then dark chocolate berry liqueur. Its a strong, sweet kick and this is where the cassis shines.
750mL bottle, labels says 6.4%, Westvleteren goblet glass.