Pizza Port Cuvee de Tomme

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

375 ml bottle via Sinner’s - my first taste at the Brouwer’s Sour Fest a few months back was very underwhelming, so I’m glad I have a few bottles to revisit; pours dark brown with almost no head; aromas are earthy, tart, slightly funky, cherries and very red wine-ish; slight cream and warm texture to the body; also a little fizzy, which I guess is more from the yeast and cherry combo; very impressed this time around; complex and delicate with dry, fruity finish; sourness muted and mixed well

Tasted at Cleveland tasting on 8-23-08. Thanks!! Bottle is from first batch. Pours a dark brown color with off white head. Has musty tart aromas. Has a nice medium body. Taste is upfront tart, vanilla, sour, and finishes with a cherry tart flavor that lingers. Overall this is a very nice brew.

The Dan Journal #230. Tasted 8/20/08. Hazy with a dark brown hue. Bubbled khaki head. Musty dark chocolate aromas. Alcohol and woody. Vanilla and estery. Full bodied with a big tart cherry flavor. Sour, tart and acidic. Alcohol flair. Grapefruit tartness. Lingering dry finish. Good and well crafted, but not really my thing...

Multitudes of gratitude to SoLan for sharing this incredible example of solid brewing craftsmanship. Actually, "solid" would be an understatement. Pours a very dark caramel/brown color and a tan-colored head. The nose is humongous with strong caramel hues of oak bourbon barrel, cinnamon, and plum. Flavors are intensely boozy, yet smooth and include soy sauce, firewood, cinnamon rolls, teriyaki, dark fruits, and musty earth. Low carbonation and huge body. Incredibly complex and delicious. I hope Port/Lost Abbey intends to distribute to Florida in the near future.

Pours brown with a nice tan head. Aroma of cherry and some bourbon. Flavor is tart, slightly sweet. Very solid. Don’t notice the alcohol at all. Thanks Sean!

375ml from Sinners Club. Deep dark pour, russet to dark brown. Very still, with almost no carbonation. But the nose is splendid, with lovely musty notes piling up everywhere, some trace of old ale in there that I just can’t put my finger on. Initial taste is certainly very heavy on the dark cherry, a sour front with a nice dry finish that complements the very awesome hint of pepper that emerges as you swirl it on your palate. But again, there’s this note in the middle - is it leather, tobacco, something a bit like that? - that makes this brew very enigmatic and appealing, giving just a bit of a tweak to an already very strong beer. Keep ’em coming, Tomme!

2008 bottling. Clear chestnut color with a tan head. Nice aromas of dark caramel cherries with lemon and wood. Medium body, Good taste is mildly sour with dark raisons, cherry, tart lemon and a wet wood mustiness. A nice bretty boozy woody concoction.

Thanks to Rustychiles. 2008 bottle. Pours a supernatural brown color that is just barely see-through. Nose is amazingly complex and beautiful. Heavy Brett character, cherries, burnt fruit, oak, and lots of bourbon. Initially, the alcoholic taste of the bourbon overwhelms all other tastes. Significantly improves as it warms up; lots more of the Brett and cherries are noticeable. A very complex beer. Super carbonated, which took away from the taste somewhat as well. Not as impressive as I had imagined, but very complex. Definitely for sharing.