Pizza Port Cuvee de Tomme

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

Sweet and sour at the same time. Extremely fruity. Not artificial at all. The berries taste great in combination with the underlying sourness. A honour to get to drink this thank you Jens!

March Tosa Tasting, Gold Foil-North Vineyard via MrFacto. Light chestnut color with a fizzy dissipating head. Mild aromas of sour cherries, oak and rich red wine. Full flavored is one way to describe, with full tannins and plenty of oak. Cherries, light fruit, hints of spice and deep cabernet wine tendencies. Very quaffable and enjoyable.

Aroma: strong brown sugar, honey, spices, oak grape essence, and wood
Appearance: walnut brown, no head, no lacing
Flavor: very sweet and tart--almost like a gueze bite, plums/cherries
Palate: very smooth, no carbonation, nice sweet sugary bite and interesting aftertaste

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.

A very unique experience. I had no idea what I was in for when I started to try these various years and foils. It was most memorable. To begin, I was first given a sample of 2003 silver foil. Poured a deep brown with brick red hints. Very dark and opaque. The aroma was tart with deep fruit (I noted plum and fermented grapes). The flavor was sour and tart. Very crisp with lots of fruit (lemon, peach, and grapes). A veritable fruit cocktail. The body, as I’ve stated, was quite crisp. This is the one I rated at 4.1.

Next up was the 2004 Silver. This one poured a bit hazier and more brick red than the previous year. The aroma had some chalky tartness, and a swear I smelled some brine hiding in there. The flavor of this was even more intensely sour and tart than the 2003 (not surprising I guess). Again, I noted many fruit flavors. This time I noted Lemon, pear and grape. Full of fruit. The body was light and crisp. Jen said it was deliciously fruity. Full of berries, white peach, nectarine, and green fruit. Lastly she noted a hint of cherry. I only rated this at about a 3.9, though my wife would likely have given it another 4-4.1 at least.

I should have rated the gold foil but I was too far gone. Maybe some day.

FoBAB. Reddish brown, kahki colored head. Sour brown ale aroma. Oaky, sour nose, some raisin. Taste is citrus, oak, red wine & red wine vinegar. Very nice flavor, not too sour. Very nice and easy to drink for a sour beer.

aroma was slightly acetyl and apple, but the cherries were strong and there was the faint hint of wood. color was coppery with some reddish highlights and a very thin lacing. the flavor was fantastic, the cherries and the oak gave it an almost wine like quality, with a tart finish that was lip-licking-good. no hint at all of the ABV, and having had this immediately after a MAOB, would definitely consider this the top of the PizzaPort line.

Tasted many times over the years. Mind boggling and unique, but I’ve usually preferred the Mother of All Beers base beer. Copper brown color; aroma of big sour persimmon and other funky fruit, cherries, wine and bourbon wood flavors. Like taking a framboise and going off the deep end. Flavors of tongue twisting sour strange tropical fruit, persimmon...some versions without aging may be a tad syrupy, harsh, acidic, alcoholic, yet still intense, intriguing and fun. Not for the timid. The 05’ is a real standout right now.