Port Brewing Old Viscosity

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

This beer is terrific, and worth the hype! This is an excellent, extremely dry beer that seemed to me to be somewhere between an extremely full-bodied porter and a very dry and drinkable Russian Imperial Stout. It had a dark body with a medium amount of white head. As I poured, I thought this beer to be a rather viscous Russian Imperial Stout. Aroma was extremely roasty, molasses, and raisins. Flavor is more of the same, with an emphasis on the dark roasty notes. Mouthfeel is extremely crisp and dry, and was not sticky or slick. Very good. Thanks to my cousin, Brenton, for picking this up in Denver (at Mile High Wine & Spirits) and bringing it to me in Columbus.

Coffee and roast on the nose. Nice tasting brew, but lacking to me on the finish and the mouthfeel.

Pours a dark reddish brown, black in the glass with a small, tan head. Interesting complex aroma of chocolate, coffee, candied sugar, dark fruit, anise, and molasses. The flavor is similar, but stronger and a little spicier. Starts out sweet and stouty, but finishes sharply with coffee and hop bitterness, wood, and strong alcohol heat. Silky and thick mouthfeel with light carbonation and a peppery finish.

Small tan head goes quickly,very dark pour,mahogany like,aroma coffee,caramel liccorice,molasses,aniseed,smokey like,flavour sdpicy malt goodness molasses liccorice,roasted coffee aniseed,smooth caramel a roasted bitterness and fizz on the palate,great tasting ale that is the finish.

22oz bomber served in a snifter. Poured a deep brown/black with a thin tan head. Big malt aroma with lots of chocolate. Some oxidation, but in a good, port-like way. There is a bit of alcohol in the aroma, but it doesn’t really show in the flavor. Full bodied and rich. Flavor is more chocolate and roasted malt. Enough hop bitterness to balance it out. Long dry finish of coffee and chocolate malt. A great beer to sip on a cold night.

Sample at Bishops Arms, Folkungagatan in June 09. Nice black color. Fluid reminded a lot of oil, so beautiful. Nice aroma with a lot of hops, hints of caramel, chocolate, vanilla and roasted notes, pretty sweet. The taste is a minor explosion of a lot of good stuff. Wood, chocolate, coffee, coconut. Body was heavy and so was the bitterness. The beer also had a pleasant alcohol warming. Great, great beer!

What an intense beer! This offering is awesome from first sight to last sip. The beer pours basically a black color with a very generious, soft and fluffy brown head. The head leaves a minimal amout of lacing around the glass, but I’m not about to hold that against this beer. The aroma is full of dark roasted coffee, cream, chocolate, light hops and a slight hint of bread. The body is thick, rich and extremely delicious. This beer is so dangerous due to its extreme drinkablility and smooth body, but yet it punches back with its strong character. The alcohol level is not present in the actual body, but reserves its right to smack you in the face. And it does just that. After a bomber of this, I’m feeling pretty good! The flavors are really intense and delicious, with notes of chocolate, vanilla, roasted coffee, floral hops, creamy malt and bread. The finish begs you to take another sip, and then another, and then another. This bomber went way too quickly. I wish I had another. Good for me that I know exactly where to find it for a rematch!

22oz bottle shared with Madvike. Pours a dark brow that is almost black. Smells of bourbon, caramel, malt, and roasted coffee. Taste is the same with a hint of wood on the finish. I liked this one a lot.