Port Brewing Old Viscosity

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

Date: 11/30/2006
Mode: Draft
Source: Liars Club

dark brown, scant beige head, sweet dark fruit aroma, rich malt flavor, lots of roasted, strong chocolate, long bitter finish,
-------- /> Date: 10/10/2007
Mode: bottle
Words: Logan’s Pre-GABF Tasting

still with the rich roasted and dark chocolate flavor, long bitter finish from both the hops and the roast,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.3/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+/4

Dark brown and a little muddy. Molassesy, a little figgy, with hints of coffee. Big flavour - alcohol, toffee, coffee, wood....crazy complex but not terribly cohesive. More interesting than wow.

2007-11-02, Papsoe Blind Tasting
Very dark brown color, oily, beige head. Nutty aroma, dark chocolate and roasted malt, very well complemented by some vanilla. Full body, strong flavors (malt, roasted malt, dark chocolate, vanilla, tobacco, light coffee...); unfortunately there is a light cardboard touch. Strong hopping, but overwhelmed. Very strong alcohol, burning feeling (maybe too much). Great.

Black with a large beige head. Sweet aroma with plenty of roasted malt, caramel and coffee notes. Sweet flavour with plenty of roasted malt, coffee, chocolate and boubon.

(draft) Black body with brown edges, topped by tan head. Aroma is medium sweet, raisin, some roast, light earthy. Taste is medium sweet, prune, some alcohol, caramel, light chocolate. Medium body with low carbonation.

Bomber from BeerMerchants delivered to my kitchen by none other than Phil l himself. I’d had a pretty productive day at work so I thought I deserved some good beers. So I’ve had Brew Dog Punk IPA and Chaos Theory and also Stone Ruination so far this evening, so I guessed it was time for something dark, and here we are. Pretty looking beer that is on the black side with a thin tan head, that does die down to very little. The aroma is fairly subdued on the choc and coffee front but does have some attractive dark fruit sour aromas. Bit of charred wood, some hop, some oddly green apple. Bit of heat from the alcohol too on the nose. In the mouth, it’s full and interesting, but not big wowing me. Yes the dark plum, damson fruit carries on into the swallow with some blackcurrant too. Swallow is ok, but also some acidity and thinness there too. Heat on finish, with some tongue tingling hops. A solid beer with some decent dark choc and espresso coffee notes with some decent dark fruit flavours. Doesn’t wow me in any way. Solid and a good drink, but I think I probably want something more from this. Burn on the finish after a few quaffs is a bit of a turn off. Oh and Munster are kicking Sale in the Heineken Cup. I just wish my review of this beer was as good as ClarkVV’s, then again I could say that about a fair few beers.

Bottled 0,66 l. Opaque black, small tan head. Aroma is not so strong: alcohol, licorice, paper and hints of toasted malts. Suprisingly easy to drink - alcohol is not so dominating. Licorice, vanilla, cold coffee, toffee and Dark Horizon Second edition flavors! Not really spectacular (although name indicates so) but at least very interesting beer.

Bottle. Pours a nice deep dark brown colour. Sweet roasty, chocolate, wood, vanilla aroma. God mouthfeel. The flavour has caramel, soft roasted maltiness, chocolate, dark fruits, wood, hops and alcohol. Sweet hoppy and mildy roasted long lasting finish. A great brew indeed.