Pizza Port Cuvee de Tomme

Brewed by Port Brewing/Lost Abbey
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
San Marcos, California USA

Holy Christ! This is deceptively strong. Drinking this from a tap (lacking ABV info) I just barely picked up a hint of alcohol, unitl I felt it after finishing. Pours almost black with a medium-light head. Sour, slightly woody aroma. Pleasant. Take a sip, the mouth puckers immediately. Very sour, very delicious, and pretty unique. The cherry is subtle, the oak a bit less so, and the brett not subtle at all. A truly impressive beer.

2008 bottle. Very murky brown pour with almost no head. Aroma is light sour cherry funk, heavy wood, and pommegranite. Flavor is sour and wood up front with a bitter bite in the middle and a nice long sour finish. If I hallucinate, I can taste some cherries in there. I like that the cherries are subtle b/c cherry/kriek beers are not always my favorite. Good stuff, wish the bottle were larger.

Bottle at my cloisters Bar staff tasting no2... deep brown red ... sweey cherry and light sour fruit nose ... woody and tart ... lots of rasisns ... very soft but nicecarbonation... quite rich and deep flavoured. ... all round not to shabby.

Bottle 12.7fl.oz. @ home.
[ Trade by Dunk ]. Clear medium to dark amber red color with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, berry - sour, raisin, cherry, cask wood, bourbon, alcohol. Flavor is heavy sweet, moderate to heavy acidic and heavy bitter with a long duration, and a dry dry finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft - flat, finish feel is light moderate alcoholic. [20081225]

2008 Bottling. Appearance – Pours a light brown color and turns into a cloudy unfiltered medium brown color with hints of amber around the edges. A very small off white head forms and subsides to small ring clinging to the edge of the glass. A swirl of the beer shows some nice legs. Smell – Large whiff of bourbon, tart cherries, barnyard brett funk, and ocean fresh fish. Taste – Sharp taste of tart cherries. The bourbon is a lot weaker than I thought it was going to be. A nice sour funkiness to it that really hits you like a freight train, in a great way! Mouthfeel – Some light carbonation lends quite a helping hand to this beer; a perfect prickliness gives a nice refreshing feel to the sip. Every sip tickles the tongue and teases it, begging you to take another sip. Drinkability – The alcohol content is pretty high, but this is a small bottle, and I am savoring this beer like it was meant to be savored. Despite the high abv, this one is a huge winner in the drinkability factor.

Bottle. Reddish brown body with a small brown head. Lots of things going on in the aroma. Loads of raisins, bourbon, caramel, oak and slight sour cherries. Flavour is oak, prunes, raisins, bourbon, cherry and warming alcohol. Medium bodied. Very complex brew.

Draft at the 3rd Anniversary Party. Pours a deep red hue. Nose is full of wine barrel and sour cherry. Flavors follow the nose, sour cherry is very pleasant and tasty. Full mouth, well carbonated with a puckering sour to it. Excellent creative beer!

Dark mahoganey, no head. Excellent whiskey / cherry wood aroma. Taste is strong sour woody alcohol which cuts off into a sweet malt yeast that balances the sour perfectly. 2009 lost its mojo. Still solid though