Pizza Port Cuvee de Tomme

Bottle shared with friends at Obriens. Pours a cloudy dark reddish brown with a very small head and low carbonation. Aroma is oak and wine, cherries, caramel and spices. Flavor is perfectly tart, with lots of oak, and hints of honey, caramel, dark fruits. Finishes dry. Full bodied and smooth with low carbonation. Great stuff, looking forward to the Sinners 09 release! UPDATE: Had this again at the Pizza Port Belgian Beer Party. Even better than I remembered! The best sour ale I’ve ever tasted.

375 ml bottle. 2008 vintage. Pours a dark brown with some red highlights. Light brown head. Tart cherry aroma. Flavor is really nice. Lots of cherries, some wooden notes, and warming alcohol. Really nice beer.

08 bottle, shared by the generous Yaniv. Rusty reddish brown with no head atall. A little saltiness maybe? Sweeter darkish malt, small alcohol. Fruity cherry. Flat but not watery body. Sharp tannic fruity nose with a warm acidic lingering. The barrle comes out, this is very winey. A slight hint of something vinegary. Quite a lovely thing to drink indeed. Rerate ’08: More or less a change of numbers. Additions to notes must include raisins in nose and taste and raisins, red wine and lingering astringency in taste along. Bumped both appearance and mouthfeel up a point each, so I will tack on a point to palate now. A really nice beer.

Bottle from Sean. I have been looking forward to this one for a very long time. Thankfully the ass pirate was able to succeed. Pours out a dark brown color with not much of a head on it. Somewhat red in color too. Smell is fruity, sour, and has some bourbon notes too. The taste is something I wasnt really expecting. More along the lines of a very high abv and more barrel tasting Supplication. Oh, and not as good. This is almost like a bottle of wine really. Its good, its sour, and its unique. The bourbon is kind of harsh at times. I will get another bottle of it next year, so hopefully an update to my rating will be in order.

(10/30/08) Bottle drank at my hostel in San Francisco. 2008 vintage. Dark brown color with some red hues and a thin film of beige foam. Complex vinous aroma with brett, loads of dark fruits - plums, cherries, some raisins, grapes and berries noes - oak, cookies and a bit of caramel. Sweet-sour flavor with oak, malt, caramel, hints of Petit Beurre biscuits, light funky notes, cherries, some plums and some alcohol notes especially towards the finish. Full and silky mouthfeel. A great sipping beer and the alcohol is hidden quite well.

New lost abbey label. 2008 versie. Pours a muddy brown with a certain hazyness to it. The nose is pretty vinoes with notes of acidated cherries., alcohol and meat and wood. The taste is ohh so sweet and sour with alot of berries and you taste the barrels. Some cinnamon, star-anis and lactose. Fresh and picking palate.

’08 bottle...shared with my family on Christmas Eve, pours a dark brown with a nice ruby tint around the edges. Loads of tart cherries, dark roasted malts, lightly funky and some oak. Very nice, crisp body on this. Flavor consists mainly of tart cherries, subtle sweet malt, pepper and dry woodsy finish. Very nice.

Pours out brown-redish with no head. Smells of cherries and wood Taste of sweet and sour cherries and funk. Nice notes of wood and tartness as it warms. Not too sour, nice balance. Sweet sticky finish.Very dessert like. Great brew.