Port Brewing Old Viscosity

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

Pours opaque deep brown with a foamy rootbeer head that lingures. Aroma is coffee, chocolate & slight bourbon. Are you sure this isn’t an Imperial stout?! Flavor is more of the same, with the subtle coffee taking a back seat to the chocolate and a touch of vanilla and smoke. Excellent beer.

Tasted @ the Uber Tavern in Seattle.
Black colored brew. Chocolate malts, dark fruits in the aroma. Oak, bourbon, chocolate malts, coffee and roasted, smoked flavor. Smooth and creamy. Nice.

Aroma is a rich, sweet and roasted. Color is black with mellow carbonation and a thin tight tan head. Taste is unbelievably rich, roasted and complex. It starts with a full body that goes down with a rich and crisp feel. Finish is bold and rich coming on with roasted coffee and dark chocolate then sweet toasted vanilla backed by a dry bitterness. After taste is sweet with burnt notes and a trace of alcohol. This is just a flat out amazing brew and is one of the most complex and rich brews I have had.

bottle....appearance:deep opaque black allowing little or no light to squeeze through. it had the thnnest resemblance of a tannish head. decent lacing on the glass.....aroma: malty chocolate and i could have sworn there was a touch of coconut in there. i could be wrong....taste: malts, chocolate, sweetness, and then a roasty bitter touch to follow. the booze makes its presence but is not overbearing at all. good american strong ale or should i say imperial stout? who the heck cares.

Pours black with a thick tan head that dissipates quickly. Aroma is chocolatey, with roasted malt and caramel, oak, and vanilla. Flavor is extremely well balanced. Roasted malt, coffee, chocolate, and dark fruits. Mouthfeel is thinner than expected, but it doesn’t take away from the beer. This is deserving of a 4.

Wow! This poured very dark, kind of like motor oil ;)Dark body, almost no head. thin tan ring, nose was malty with hints of chocolate and bourbon. Some sweet ness and hint of%. now I catch trace molasses and vanilla, now brown sugar, This nose is deep, complex, and endless. Well, there was chocolate, almost like a Hershey’s syrup mixed with the alcohol warming and bite of a strong ale. I could almost call this a porter or stout, Mouth was thick, very full. The small amount of carbonation carried the taste all over. There was some bourbon, really settled in my nasal passages. Thank you SS, I am really loving this, and I am very glad to be part of this site and to have had the chance to enjoy this. PS strange, my bottle says %10?

This is an excellent brew. Pours a deep reddish brown with frothy light tan head. Has similarities with imp stout, barleywine, and old ales. Roasted malt, bread, milk chocolate, chestnuts, plums and hints of dark fruit, licorice, oak vanilla, and hints of cocoa and floral hops. The hops are not sharp or bitter, but instead meld nicely into the rich malt. The mouthfeel is soft and rich. Wonderfully silky. Great beer.

22oz. Bomber: This one pours a slightly thick, extremely dark brown. It looks a bit like used 30 weight oil. It forms a small but dense tan head. Coffee and chocolate are the first things that hit the nose. Some bourbon and possibly a hint of vanilla in the background. Very tasty. There is a hint of the alcohol right up front, along with the chocolate malt. A hint of fruits follow, but no real sweetness to it. Feels a bit warming in your mouth. This is excellent. I’ve got to try and get a few more before they are gone!