Pizza Port Cuvee de Tomme

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

Nov. 2007 - Thanks to eaglefan538. Wow. What a beer. Dark brown pour, next to no head or lacing. Aroma...if I smelled it, I would have thought it was a wine rather than a beer. Amazingly complex flavor of tart cherries, winelike acidity and a lot of oak. Silky smooth mouthfeel. Every drop was savored. Fantastic!

Thanks to Ken for this one. Brown-ruby color, slight tan head. Aroma of bourbon, caramel, and slightly sour fruit. Flavor has cherry, caramel, sugary fruit finish and some chocolate as well. The cherry and bourbon become cloying by the end.

GABF 2007. A dark brown color with faint white head. Sweet oak notes on the aroma with a distinct sourness. A sour body with cherry, oak, and caramel flavors.

The 2008 Lost Abbey version is less bourbony than my original tasting, but it is really funky, enteric, and acidic. Better than the original 3.7, but not by much. Does this beer ever settle into a clear pour? Original: Bourbon aroma to the extreme. Sour (lactic) flavors intermingle with raisins, bourbon, wet bread. Quite boozy. Delicious, but it really has too much bourbon flavor. Thanks, Ken, for bringing his MJ Rare Beer Club offering.

I got one bottle from Zathrus13 and one from fordest. First I need to say I loved that beer from the first time I had the chance to try it. This was on December 3rd 2005 at the Strong Ale Festival in Carlsbad which was supposed to be from what I heard the wildest version (red foil). Then I had a second chance to try it at a local ratebeer tasting. That time it was the silver or the black foil (can’t remember which one exactly). So here we come with this first lost abbey release… Pours dark brown with no carbonation or any head what so ever. The nose is intense! Decadent caramel, molasses, raisins with strong woody and brett/lacto aroma. I would smell this one for hours! This is a very complex with all kinds of flavors all well integrated together; sweet and sour (actually sourer then I remembered) with strong cherry and oak character. I could not resist to the temptation of pouring the dregs to my second batch of ABT aging with brett Lambicus. I will keep the second bottle for a later tasting and hopefully I will be able to put my hands on a bottle of the next release so I can make some comparison. Many thanks Jeff and Sean for these two bottles!

From bottle at Lost Abbey before RBSG on 08/02/2008.Clear red-mohogany body with a small white head. Sweet spice, caramel, rum-soaked fruit, light sour. Big caramel flavor with a sour background. Medium full body with moderate carbonation. 9/4/9/3/17-4.2 Bottle on Mar 14, 2008 at the 2nd Richmond Industry Gathering. Hazy brown body with a light tan head. Heavy caramel flavor with light sour hints. Lightly sour flavor with oak, caramel, fruitiness and some spice. Original Rating: 7/4/9/4/17-4.1

poured dark brown with no head. nose was cherry cough syrup. the flavor was very strong medicinal cherry. might be good to relieve a sore throat, but i didn’t find it amusing as a beer.

375ml bottle purchased at the May anniversary party. Dark red with zero carbonation. Sour cherries dominate with a nice bourbon and oak character balancing this out. First taste is a large dose of sour cherry. Small bourbon and oak come through. The lack of carbonation help this one as it balances out the extreme flavors. Palate is a thick and chewy. All together this is really a masterpiece from Tomme. This really shows what he can do and why he is one of the best in the industry. .