Pizza Port Cuvee de Tomme

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

TITW Part Deux - 750mL bottle (red foil?) courtesy of jeffin7. Thanks, Jeff!! Dark ruby red; large bubble formation at the perimeter. Beautiful aroma: funky cherries, toastiness and vanilla, vinuous (suggesting the dark fruits of a pinot). Nice level of sourness: tart cherries, medium acidity (shows through on the finish), pleasant vanilla and oak. Long vinuous cherry finish. Awesome beer.

Enjoyed a sample of this one from a 750ml boittle at the Tasting in the Woods Part Deux. This beer was phenomenal. Pours to a deep ruby red to brown color, with a rocky, beige head, and a moderate carbonation. The nose on this beer is fantatic, with lots of big oaky aroma, paired with aroma of sour cherry. The plate is firm on the tongue, with lots of rich malt, paired with wild, yeasty flavors, and flavors of sour cherry. This beer finishes with more complex and delicious flavors of oak, yeast, and cherry, and ends with a refreshing sour cherry flavor that lingers. The ultimate aperitif, or desert beer, this beer is a true master piece of the brewers art.

From a 750mL Bottle, 2003 Vintage. Deep brown, almost blackish pour with a ruddy tinge and a thin white layer of head. Tantalizing, port-like aromas of ripened figs and raisins - very vinous, very sweet, but a smidgen of tart fruitiness at the same time heightens the senses. Some under-ripe raspberries and cherry pits add to the aromatic complexity. Wow, this is a big, rich beer. Full bodied, almost syrupy mouthfeel with a gentle carbonation. The dark fruits and sweet port/sherry like qualities really grabbed me the most in the aroma, but the brett complexities take over on the palate. Red grapes, oak, and leather overwhelm my tongue, creating a rich, powerful balance between vinous, woody, and brett characters. A hint of chocolate, raspberries, more port, and leathery cherry skins all seem to be concentrated in this vinous elixir. Incredibly unique, rich, vinous beer thats equally creative and fantastic.

Bottled. I had this where it happend to be brewed. A chance offering to share with the departure of a good apprentice. Wonderful aromas of the oak that it was aged in. So much fuit and sour to appease a yearning palate. Deep notes of color and mouth feel. Rich and complex from the burbon barrel it was aged in. The Brettanomyces catches you immediatly in the nose. Cherries in the mixture make for a kindness to the senses. Do not be surprised. This aged ale is Sour. Just as was intended. I can’t wait until this years arrives for the public. Tomme says only in So Cal. I am gonna make the drive. It was everything I had hoped for.

Bottled. Murkey and brownish coloured with almost no head. A bit sour and very parfumed. Notes of plums and balsamico. Its now 22 of may 2009. And we are drinking a 2005. Oh wow! So well balanced - super dryness and still a lot of berry flavour. Have rated it 3 before - but I think now that it so much beyter

Bottle. What an amazing beer. Oak, cherries, and whiskey dominate w/ a hint of brett. Not overpowering w/ sourness like La Folie, but just the right amount of sour. Possibly the fullest flavored beer I’ve ever sampled. Different taste in each sip. A combination of Raspberry Eisbock and Fish Tail Old Woody. I love it.

Thanks to Hellomynameis. Black label version. Gee, I thought this was a Flemish sour. Had a sour fruity flavor that was damn tasty.The Oak was barely noticable which was fine by me. The sour cherry taste was the main note here and very fine.

GABF 06. Another winner. Beer was clear, dark brown with an average-sized, frothy, beige, mostly diminishing head. The aroma was Flemish Sour Ale-like; funky and pointy in all of the right places. It was malty with a light note of toasted grain and caramel; Hoppy with a light lemon zest note, moderate note of herb/grass; Yeasty with a trace of dank basement a moderate note of barnyard; Moderate sour cheer, sweet balsamic and strawberry notes sparkled through the back. The flavor was heavily acidic, lightly bitter, light-to-moderately sweet with a longish, lightly acidic, tounge piquing, lightly sweet finish. Lots of intriguing coconutty retros. The body was light, the texture was watery and the carbonation was lively. Again... must find more. Tasting this brewery’s work on a limited basis left me feeling like I was Prince Charming holding a glass slipper.