Port Brewing Old Viscosity

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

Bottle at the Knoxville Spring(ish) tasting. Pours opaque black with amber edges and almost non-existent head. The aroma is very malty with some dark tones, chocolate, coffee, raisins, vague fruit. The flavor is toast, molasses, clove, alcohol, and some cocoa. Gets ashy toward the finish and leaves an alcoholic aftertaste. Not bad, but needs to go with food.

Murky, fluid and inky mahogany black with not one bit of head. Luscious nose. Anise with bakers chocolate and milk chocolate morsels. Broiled prune juice makes an experimental lactic mocha cooler. Brown sugar caramelizes raisins and dates with a hint of portly nutella, and caramel ripples stirred with black licorice sticks. Big flavor surplus realizes blackened and burnt chocolate covered walnuts, dripping oily grease and pooling in the bottom of the mocha catch tin. Fudge gathers with burnt espresso grinds, and some singed cocoa marshmallows provide a greasy yet crisp bridge. Port sauce begins to burn in the kettle, and dark chocolate raisins are thrown in to continue the slow boil tradition. Oil slowly diffuses as the bakers chocolate wax drips off the burnt pecans. Big thanks for the bomber, tpkenned!

Near black pour, moderate head, blah lacing and retention. Aroma is lots of dark malts with chocolate, caramel, darker fruits, lesser coffee and roast, and also quite hoppy with alcohol. Flavor brings this, medium to heavy body with a watery mouthfeel and too much alcohol. A lot going on, but it is too raw and I didn’t enjoy it at all. Can someone tell me why this brewery is good?

Bottle courtesy of hellbilly! pours dark black with creamy tan head. lots of lacing! roasted coffee aroma. Chocolate, coffee, malts for flavor slight hoppy finish very good!!!

black with a light gray head. plum chocolate nose with a good mix of booze. really like sticking my nose into this , sweetness of rich chocolate makes me happy. flavor is rich in this thick brew. lots of chocolate, light raisin, the alcohol is apparent and dries out well, a touch of something woody and a lingering roast note in the finish. this is everything i like in a big stout, but there is also something different, is it molasses or cinnamon, i don’t know but i like it. marshmallow notes throughout. a bit of buttery goodness that accentuates everything well. may be the 5th bomber i’ve bought this month, and i plan to buy many more. 5 10 8 5 18

This dark brown ale poured with a modest tan head, eliciting a raisin aroma. The flavor is rather bitter and fruity with a strong alcohol finish. However, the taste is surprisingly pleasant.

Thanks to Odeed for this gracious gift. Black body, thin tan head. Aroma is roasty with chocolate, toffee, butter, cream, vanilla. Taste is raisen, alcohol, lingerning light hop bitterness, light bittersweet chocolate.

dark, small tan head. aroma is roasted malt, sweet. the finish is loaded with roasted malt bitterness that, for me, detracts from it. surprisingly light bodied.