Port Brewing Old Viscosity

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

Pours a one finger, light tan head that slowly fades leaving a good lace. Nose is roasted coffee. Midnight black color. Light carbonation and very heavy bodied. Flavor is burnt coffee and some alcohol, nice beefy strong ale. $8.30 for a 22oz bottle from Colonial Spirits Acton, Ma.

(bonus brew from naven.many thanks man)beautiful black body with a nice dark brown head.as the head sits it leaves nice lacing on the glass.aroma is a light coffee,chocolate,cocoa,and a bit of belgian yeast.flavor is dominated by alcohol.followed by what made up the aroma.kinda hard to pin it to a style.maybe an imperial brown?well anyway it sure could use some age.RE:RATE,seems like this is growing on me or the age is helping.my bottles have been sitting in the closet for a few months now.

22oz Bottle Pours out a very nice black topped with a tan head. A sweet aroma of vanilla and roast. The aroma is almost like the abbys. Very good. tast was great also. I didn’t think it was an american strong ale??? Thanks Jake

2006 bottle (also have 1 recent bottle from Capones!!!). Beautiful blackish pour with a nice looking tan head - looks like a very nice Impy stout. Aroma is a nice blend of strong coffee, thick cream, heavy roasted and even burnt malts, plus bits of very dark & strong fruit, chocolate, and alcohol. Taste is a strong mix of heavy roasted malts, hop bitterness, espresso, chocolate, & heaviness (if that tastes like anything). Very hot - I really need to develop some patience and age a few of these. Wow. A very good brew that provides an ass-whoopin to the tongue!!!

NorCal tasting July 07 - I wished this beer was as good as the aroma, because if it was it’d be phenomenal. Instead, it’s barely above average at best. An incredible aroma of smoke, dark chocolate, dark fruits, and an odd touch of coffee (where’d that come from?). Appearance was a deep, dark chocolatey brown with a minimal head. Mouthfeel was thin. Flavor of molasses, dark chocolate, burned raisins, coffee and a touch of alcohol. The problem I had was that the flavors were just too weak. A somewhat jumbled mishmash of flavor with nothing really harmonizing. Still, a nice beer and perhaps a bit of age can make this good beer better.

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.

bottles from many, Pailhead, 5000, 11026 maybe a few others. defies my usual taste, but hard to get enough of this brew. Black, very oily, no head. Aroma all over the place, tons of dark fruit, chocolate, roasted grain, faint coffee. Flavor much the same. Plums, fig, raisins, chocolate, bitter cocoa, bitter grain, faint coffee, spicy hops in the finish. Thick luscious body/mouthfeel. For so much going on this is a well crafted beer.

(Bottle) Pours dark brown, black in the glass. Small brown head. The aroma is heavily dark malty (medium roasted and light burned) with tones of dark bread, dark caramel, coffee, dark chocolate and light molasses. Undertones of dark berries and dark fruits like black cherries, black berries, blueberries, figs and prunes. There is also some room for salt liquorice, sal ammoniac, soy and new asphalt. Mild hoppy on the nose with a tiny touch of citrus. Hints of butter and vanilla. The flavour is of medium to full roasted and light to medium-burned malt with a light to medium citric and resiny hop backdrop. Lots of dark fruits and dark berries. Sal ammoniac, salt liquorice and soy are present in the flavour as well. The mouthfeel is thick; light oily, chewy, soft, smooth and a tiny bit sticky. Full, swirling body. Just fantastic.