Port Brewing Old Viscosity

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

On tap at Porter’s Pub, UCSD. Deep black, with a very light head. Sweet roasted malt aroma, with molasses and chocolate. Intense flavor of roasted malt and chocolate, with a nice lingering toastyness. Very tasty and interesting.

22oz bottle: Oil can black pour with a thick, mocha head. The nose is pretty wild - the aroma ranges from coffee laden imperial stout to bitter strong ale to plummy doppelbock to molasses rich old ale. Wow - the barrel aging adds another layer of wood that brings everything together. The body is thick and viscous and starts bitter. Luscious notes of brownies, fresh coffee and barrel aging lead into a pleasant finish. Wow - this is one for the books. Originality is an understatement for this brewery.

Bouteille 650ml, courtoisie de Hogtownharry. De couleur brune-noire et opaque. Nez de malt très rôti (notes brûlées), de chocolat au lait (légèrement lactique), léger de café, d’alcool avec des notes de mélasse, de caramel, de noix et de fruits. Ronde-moyenne en bouche avec un pétillement moyen et une texture riche, moyennement crémeuse et légèrement huileuse. Léger goût de chocolat au lait (notes lactiques) accompagné de faibles notes fruitées (figues), boisées (fût de chêne) et de vanille lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute très rapidement un goût amer de malt très rôti (légèrement brûlé et aux notes terreuses) avec un goût de mélasse avec un léger goût de caramel et de chocolat noir. Parallèlement, l’on retrouve un goût d’alcool réchauffant (notes brûlantes) présent jusqu’en finale, où se rajoute également un moyen goût de café et de houblon herbeux ainsi qu’un léger goût de noix asséchantes. Post-goût long et moyennement sec, amer d’alcool réchauffant, de rôti/ brûlé, moyen de café noir et de houblon herbeux, léger de chocolat et avec des petites notes boisées et de noix.

a thoughtfully crafted beverage. sweet caramel alcohol aroma, dark as night and a deep tan head. palate is sherry, smoke, charred wood, syrup - just delicious.

Thanks bmartin. Got to try this along with an Older Viscosity thanks to Bob (durhambeer). Pours a nice black that allows some light through which then lets you see that its cloudy as hell. Thin brown coaxed head. The nose is sweet, smells like an RIS, light alcohol, molasses, coffee, no bourbon. The flavor has some warm alcohol, molasses, sweet, coffee, roast, bakers chocolate. I couldn’t get the bourbon out of this at all. Thick full palate. Very very nice.

22oz side-by-side with Older Viscosity. Dark and seriously murky pour. Very cloudy and thick, opaque and intimidating. Aroma of caramel, malt, molasses and sweet chocolate. Add the same flavors plus vanilla oak and an alcohol burn on the taste. Some fruit, too. This is a bruiser. Much more drinkable than the Older, but I still couldn’t drink more than 8 oz of it, probably.

Pours dark brown with a thin tan head. Smells of caramel, lots of earth, some spice, molasses. Tastes moderately bitter with some chocolate and lots of roast. Interesting and very much in the imperial stout meets old ale vein.

Bomber. Aroma of anise,coffee,molasses. Poured a dark brown with a thick dark tan head. Flavor was all as described in the nose and a touch of chocolate. Palate is full and oily just a slight burnt leftover malt taste. Overall this is aces!