Port Brewing Old Viscosity

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

On tap@O’Brien’s: Pure black color with a medium light brown head. Aroma is sweet dark fruit, a hint of alcohol some light licorice and chocolate. Flavor follows aroma with light licorice and bitter dark chocolate with a hint of balsamic. Full bodied, rich and smooth with moderate carbonation.

An exceptionally dark pour with a nice thick tan head that lasts a good while. some artistic lacing. A very nice aroma offers chocolate, dark fruit and light chocolate notes. Flavor is big and aggressive with a mouth full of chocolate, coffee along with dark fruit, alcohol, anise

Very dark brown body, dense tan head with some staying power, chocolate and smoke in the nose. Smoky, chocolatey, with some bourbon notes and moderate bitterness. A contemplative beer.

Poured a very dark brown color. Doughy aroma with a fair amount of roasted malt. Some dark fruity notes mixed in. The flavor started with mostly roasted malt with some chocolate and dark fruit mixed in. Light pepper notes on the finish. A good bit of warmth on the finish.

Bottle. Black color with a light brown head. A robust dark fruit (raisin and plums) and chocolate aroma with a warming alcohol in the nose. There is a quick bite in the flavor with chocolate, coffee, burnt malts, and molasses. A long coffee aftertaste. Smooth, silky, and rich.

Oh man..... chocolatey aroma - handed to younger daughter that likes chocolate covered coffee beans only to have her sip and spit - well worth the entertainment. Seems like an excellent candidate for a cellar as it’s deep and rich and high octane super sludge. Seemed a bit easier going when having a sample after many at tasting as opposed to drinking bomber by myself - holy shit this packs a wallop. Each sip brings a hint of a bit more of this or that, be it chocolate, hops, alcohol or whatnot ummmhummmmmm

cquiroga pretty much went over the appearance of the beer. Flavor is very complex. A lot of chocolate. A lot of fruit (plums, raisons and dates). A lot of malt. And slightly woody. Very nice.

<i>My Bottom Line:</i>
Eloquent caramel malts display a blueberry port wine musicality through a portly roasty and resinous tuba. Be careful though, cuz this most generous and jazzy Imperial Stout is pregnant with a Barley Wine.

<i>Further Personal Perceptions:</i>
-A sheet of foam slowly hides into the dark brown-sleeved blackness.
-The finish is a seamless union of roasted malt bitterness and wooden hop resins.
-Vanilla spiciness accompanies the caramel malts and well-integrated alcohol heat.
-This started out excellent at cellar temperature (10 degrees Celsius), and improved to greater heights upon travelling to room temperature.
-The soft prickliness is a little too much at first, but later on gets quieter, letting the malty glory express itself.

<b>Bottles. All mine. Oh yeah.</b>