Port Brewing Old Viscosity

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

Bottle. Nice head with good duration. Color is black. Aroma and taste are roast malt, licorice, tar, bourbon and caramel.

Bottle. Pours dark brown with a small brown head. Aroma of wood, citrus, coffee, and alcohol. Flavor starts out great... slightly sweet wood flavor, with a nice chocolate coffee body. Then it ends with a harsh alcohol burn. Probably would love this one after some aging. Alcohol flavor too prominent fresh though.

Black in colour with a thin tan coloured head, good lacing. The aroma is malty, rich, chocolate, dates, raisins, lots of burnt christmas fruit cake and light alcohol. The flavour has some alcohol, chocolate malts, lightly sweet, some fruit cake and raisins. Alcoholic warming mouthfeel, medium body, medium carbonation. Finishes long and quite warm.

This was fairly alcoholic. An Imperial Porter? Black barley wine? It okay as it is but wouldn’t hurt mellowing out a bit.

I got to try this again an it really has started to mellow out. Nice beer all round. Rating went from 3.5 to 4.0

650ml bottle obtained in a trade with Boutip, thanks Phil.
Opened on October 26, 2008.
No date.

Pours black into the glass with a thin tan head. Aroma is sweet with dark sugar and roasted malt. Flavor is nice and chocolaty with a vanilla finish. Smooth across the palate. Very nice.

(bottle from Sparky27) Pours black with a splotchy tan head that forms a ring around the snifter with adequate lacing. Aroma of chocolate, black olive, light oak with some roasted barley and hints of soy. Brown sugar and a bit of prune as well along with some dark roasted coffee. The oak starts to really show up as this warms along with scents of vanilla. The taste is full of rich chocolate, light soy, roasted malt, coffee, with a touch of oak and alcohol on the really dry finish. Mouthfeel is rather thick with subtle carbonation. A pretty good stout/strong ale/porter creation, but it lacked complexity in the flavor. Thanks Eric!

2008 Vintage. Large tan head with tight bubbles. Light aroma of roasted malts and dark sugars. Body is opaque with no light passing through. Roasted malt and chocolate-like flavors. Ever so slight warming in the palate. Body not overly heavy. Roastyness lingers on the palate for quite some time after consumption. While it’s labeled a strong ale, I’d be more apt to call it a stout based on its flavor profile.

deep black pour with nice brown head, very stout like only thinner. Nose of oak. malt and cocoa. Nice balanced flavor, rich coffee, oak and cocoa. Nice.

Bomber thanks to Austin, thanks man. Pours a deep brown color with a large brown head. The aroma is full of rich chocolates, roasted malt, some yeast too. The flavor is rich, big and bold, lots of roasted malts, light alcohol, brown sugar and some light wood. Wow. An Imperial Stout if I’ve ever had one. Tasty, with am excellent mouthfeel. Creamy and full. The alcohol is so subdued.