Pizza Port Cuvee de Tomme

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

Bottle. Red brown colour with no head. Acid sour cherries, woody aroma and taste. Medium to full body with a acid sour finish. Yea I love sour beers :-)

Pours dark red/brown with no head. Has a strong smell of port. Quite sour with aromas of berries, yoghurt, wood and alcohol. Medium to full bodied. Too sour and rather dissappointing for a beer rated this high.

Rerate, May 2nd 2008 at the brewery. Pours a clear brown with an off-white diminishing head. Light sweetness with a moderate sourness and a light bitterness. Aromas of sour cherries and cranberries. Medium bodied with a slightly stickty mouthfeel. Soft carbonation. Dry finish with more aromas of sour cherries.

Deep brown/orange beer, no head. Big acetic aroma, cherries, sweet malts. Massive sour Flemish character. Flavour is sweet, malty, chewy, toffeeish. Tart, lactic finish. A good beer, but I can’t help but think it’s overrated. I’d rather drink a Rodenbach.

Bottle. Hazy red brown coloured with a small off white head. Aroma of caramel, butterscotsch, cherries, marzipan and rye bread with bretty notes. Flavour of cherries, marzipan, cherry stones and alcoholc with an acidic touch. Tart and warming alcoholic finish.

Thanks to JohnC for bringing this to our bigfoot vertical tasting. Taste is smokey with understated cherry notes. Oak comes through and there is a cranberry finish. Definnitely need to try this one again.

Thanks to Zathrus13 for this one. Pours brown with a slight tan head. Aromas of wood, cherries, and toffee dominate. Taste is woody with some nice scotch like buttery qualities and a strong tart element. Finish is smooth and the mothfeel is full.

Several pours at the 3rd Annual FoBAB in Chicago (on tap!). Dark brown... almost blood red, with a medium, fizzy tan cap of head. So much going on in the aroma... funky brett, sour cherries, oak, and lots of vinous notes. Tart, sour, and prickly on the palate... each sensation distinct, and each memorable. Sour cherries and vinous flavors right from the beginning. Oak was secondary and imparted some vanilla and earthy characteristics. Brett also added some funkiness in there, and there was some caramel to hold it together. Sour, slightly sticky, and tannic finish left the mouth watering. Complexity and intrigue of this one were second to none. Enjoyed every minute of it!

Sampled at the 3rd Annual Festival of Wood & Barrel-aged Beers held at Goose Island (Wrigleyville branch), Chicago, IL. Served from a tap. Belgium quadruple aged with cherries in bourbon barrel. Brown-black hued ale having long lasting large tan head with good lacing. Pronounced sour-sweet cherry aroma. Average carbonation. Medium bodied that starts with a slightly sweet, mouth puckering flavor of sour cherry, tobacco, prune flavors and finishes with lingering sourness. No discernable hop. Sourness made this beer tough to drink, even if cherry scented and flavored.