Pizza Port Cuvee de Tomme

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

Bottle courtesy Walt. Unknown vintage, but my bottle had the black label with the orange "C" featured prominently. No foil. Deep reddish brown body with red highlights, medium light tan head. Interesting aroma of vanilla and oak with cherry, chocolate, and toast complementing subdued brie cheese rind tartness. Boozy body with a prominent alcohol kick, plenty of tannic oak and vanilla, and strong tartness of brie cheese rind. Sweet cherry lurks beneath the yeast and tannins, and a pinch of brown sugar imparts another smidgen of sweetness. The cherry and vanilla become more pronounced as the palate adjusts to the yeast sourness. Rich, unique, and stellar. A must try.

Nice appearance: dark brown, thin head...incredible aroma: earthy and woody (oak), thick with fruit - especially cherries, and maybe even bourbon. The higher alcohol content is evident from the first sniff. Very interesting flavor: very wine-like and vinous. The alcohol is becoming a little much, and takes away from the otherwise pleasant finish. Very complex and yeasty, mouth-puckering tartness abounds. Very, very unique brew, and worth the effort to find this one.

Many thanks to cquiroga for this - beautiful burgundy color, with lasting lace of large bubbles - rich, powerful aroma of cherries, vanilla, must, oak, background alcohol - mild sweet cherries to start, quickly making way for sour/tartness and lots of brett/funk and earthy/barnyard notes - some plum and chocolate start coming in late, followed by strong oak flavor, then a mellow vanilla/bourbon character comes along with warming alcohol at just the right time to compliment it - the vanilla/bourbon lasts through the finish, and long after you’ve swallowed, just sitting on your palate to remind you of the unique and interesting flavor experience you just had - very nice.

FoBAB: dark red/medium brown with decent tan head, nice lacing. Very sour vinegar and cherries up front, with some musty/yeasty farmhouse funk in the background. Flavor has a huge sour cherry kick right off the bat, fades towards the middle to yeasty funk with tartness taking over in the finish. Long lingering tart aftertaste.

Deep red color with complex nose exhibiting lots of funky, fruity notes with cherries coming through. First sip adds more layers of sweet malt complexity with crisp, sour flavors. Crisp sour notes accent the finish mking this an extremely enjoyable beer. Thank you, may I have another?

A slightly sour, fruity, light-bodied ale. Cherry accented with pleasant sourness throughout. Muted acidity melds with a dought yeastiness and plenty of dark fruit, figs, dates, molasses, and soft buttermilk biscuits. Ends with soft brett funk. Damn nice.

Poured reddish brown with practically no head. Aromas of chocolate, cherry, caramel, brown sugar and port. Taste had noticable alcohol with the chocolate and cherry coming in quite a bit. Powerful aftertaste with various chocolate flavors plus cherry. Perfect dessert beer.

Mahogony/red with a little dark sediment in suspension, hazy with a medium sized creamy light tan head. Fairly hazy. Nose of sour cherries (front and finish), brown sugar, ripe figs and malt vinegar. Toasted and bitter, bread crusts and pumpernickle and cherry pits. Woody and a braised/roasted vegetable, vidalia onions. Peppery and tart. Hot with alcohol. Very interesting. Thanks mr_kimchee!