EP031 | Cemetery Juice

This editorially independent podcast has been supported by VISITFLANDERS as part of the “War Chest” series of stories. Read more. Cnudde runs Brouwerij Cnudde with his two brothers Pieter Cnudde and Steven Cnudde. It’s a family brewery which has been located in the village of Eine for more than one hundred years, operated today as a side project which touches all aspects of community life in the village. Eine is a part of the city of Oudenaarde. It’s the place often referred to in beer literature as the home of Oud Bruin, a beer of mixed fermentation which picks up lactobacillus during its open fermentation, becoming acidified in stainless steel tanks. Indeed, Brouwerij Cnudde has produced no other style of beer during its one hundred year history. Today’s podcast is about Brouwerij Cnudde and the village of Eine. It’s about community and resilience and people laying down everything to help those around them. It features the story of the Cnudde family as well as the incredible demonstration of bravery by the Americans of the 37th Division at Ohio Bridge in Eine, for whom statues of bison have been placed on the bridge. Just as those bison appear on Ohio Bridge, they have featured on the logo of Brouwerij Cnudde since the brewery’s earliest days. A bison appears on the labels of all their beers and on the glassware of the brewery. Its the name they gave their second beer, the cherry beer Bison. There’s a statue of a bison in the garden of the house and brewery on the Fabriekstraat opposite the cemetery where Brouwerij Cnudde is located. The bison is a symbol of your community, and without their Eine tribe, Cnudde would never have survived. Sit back, listen, and enjoy the story of Brouwerij Cnudde and the village of Eine. *