Port Brewing Old Viscosity

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

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.

(tasting at Brickskeller) black with dark tan head. Aroma of roasted malt. Flavor is dark fruits and maybe hints of oak.

This was a very dark beer, very much unlike most American Strong Ales. It looked like an Imperial Stout, as it was thick and oily...It has a pungent, cellared aroma with strong roasted malts and coffee/cocoa. The alcohol was evident, and made this beer very astringent and somewhat unpalatable in general...just OK.

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.

Bottle - Black body, thick light brown head; What an amazing nose, layer upon layer of perfect fine aromas emerge from the black deep, this is so amazing, sweet parts, dry parts, fruity parts and amazingly for its complexity it is perfectly balanced; The body is great too, soft, sharp, thin, full, big, elegant, salty, bitter, sweet and perfectly balanced; This is a black beer and it finishes perfectly black with big black aromas, smoothening out over a long long time. I dont know what more to say about this beer, I is incredibly good. Oh, if there is one very small flaw, the carbonation seems a very little to sharp or maybe it is the bitterness in the late finish that has the sharpness.

Beer pours black with a smallish dark tan head that is moderately retained. Aroma is interesting with alcohol soaked raisins, mollasses, light smoke and coffee. Flavor is fairly sweet maltiness, chocolate, dark fruit, a bit of alcohol. I hade none of the carbonation problems of the other raters, however I thought the palate was just a bit thin. A good beer, thought not as good as the lofty ratings might suggest, IMO.

Thanks to Foolish_Mortal for this bottle. Pours dark brown/black, with a light brown head. Aroma is roasted malt, dark fruit, chocolate, and vanilla. Flavor is roasted malt, dark fruit, coffee, chocolate, and alcohol. Tastes like an impy stout to me, but who cares. This is a fantastic brew.

Bottle. Aroma of dark fruit, toasted / roasted malt, some bourbon and chocolate. The flavor is similar with a noticable amount of alcohol. Pretty complex and tasty.