Pizza Port Cuvee de Tomme

2008 bottle. Ross decided to crack this one open and I was very glad that he did. Pours out a dark reddish brown with a small tan head that fades very quickly never to return. Smells are strong of tart cherries and deep wood, a slightly sweet finish to the aroma. The taste is a shocker, I knew this was a sour beer going into it but I was not expecting the sourness to be as strong as it was, and that was a good thing. The sourness worked well with cherries and oak. There also was a light sweetness of raisins and cinnamon that finished the whole thing, excellent job.

Dark mahogany with a medium beige head. Aroma had lacto, cherriees and roasted malt. So much was going on in this one. Sour flavour with sour cherries, roasted malt, caramel, wood and vinegar. Finished sour. The alcohol gave this sour an enormous complexcity.

This one is very sour and has a ton of oak flavors from the barrel aging of coarse. Once you get past the sourness of this beer the cherry flavor comes out but the initial smack of sourness does subside and allows the other flavors to come through. Im not the biggest fan of sour beers but if you are this one is a must try. Overall not something I would go out of my way to get but if its around definilty worth a taste..

Bottle. Red/brown color with off small white head. Cherry, oak vanilla and mustyness in the aroma. Sour cherries dominate but do not overpower. Some bourbon, oak and wine tastes as well. Simply beautiful.

Beachbum1975 saw this as one of my top Wants and cracked it open. Thanks man. Pours reddish brown in color. No head to be found on the pour. Smell is lots of sour cherry and some woody oak. Incredibly lip puckering and tart. Lots of good sour notes coming through in the flavor. The cherry flavor is perfectly done. Very complimentary to the rest of the beer. Just a hint of alcohol burn in the finish. Fairly thick and coating in the mouth. The cherries sour and oak work amazingly well together and are incredible. This is a world class beer. One of the few rare and hyped beers that has lived up to the expectations. Incredible beer.

2008 375 ml cork-finished bollte. Pours a dark mahogany brown with ruby red highlights. No head at first from a soft pour, but a thin tan head forms when swirled. The aroma is full of lovely cherry notes--dried cherry and concentrated cherry essence. Following this is a hint of light sourness over a subtle malt base. The flavor is full of clear tartness--both from fermentation and the cherry addition. A malt foundational structure is there but is very well integrated along with a significant yet well balanced alcohol characteristic. The barrel aging is quite evident as well which contributes a substantial amount of character in the form of woodiness and some slight pleasant oxidative elements. The body, for containing 11% alcohol, is completely smooth and fully integrated, and leaves a long, lasting impression in the finish both in the mouth and soft palate.

small ’08 bottle, from a trade. Rustic brown pour.. rich w/ lots of sediment (cherry skin? probably just yeast).. probably because of a rough car ride just before opening. Fragrant, sour-funk nose that does remind of the Giradin. small tan head. rich, funky taste that has some off-brett sweet sour. depth of the body definitely reminded me of the LA angel’s share ... this definitely tastes like a PP/LA beer, which is a wonderful signature. Cherries come through quite a bit (right up there with the red-wine grapes) with a nice sour-cherry on the lips. Good oakiness but not so much bourbon (which is alright by me). hides abv really well. Interesting, worth a taste (might be ’nothing like it’ as they say) but not transcendent as far as I’m concerned.

Thanks to luttonm for sharing a bottle. Pours a murky brown with very little head, and a *ton* of sediment - what looks like cherry peels. The room is immediately permeated with the smell of cherries when the cork is popped. The aroma is a cherry-infused tart citrus (lemon, with a bit of funk) - reminiscent of the Girardin gueuze. Tastes of a great old cabernet sauvignon - very, very musty - notes of old oak shine, and it tastes 10 years older than it is. Still, it has some bright notes like those of a champagne, but one made with red-wine grapes. It isn’t utterly fantastic, but it’s *very* good, and carries a wonderful novelty. I adore the musty flavor, which lingers forever.