Port Brewing Old Viscosity

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

22oz bottle. Pours black with a thin light brown head. Sweet malty aroma with roasty notes, vanilla and alcohol. Roasted malt flavor with vanilla, chocolate and bourbon with a coffee and hop finish. Holy crap is this good.

bottled: A nice black pour with a thin head. The aroma, chocolate with a hint of bourbon. Taste was burnt malt with bourbon accents and a slight bitterness finished with a slight alcoholic burn. Very pleasant over all. I will seek this one out again.

22 oz. of pure heaven. The label is hilarious and I like ’em dark! This triumph from Port Brewing makes a nice meal.

courtesy of Kris Butler and Laurent Mousson - clear very dark coloured; no foam remaining; roasted chcolate aroma with notes of fresh apples and vanilla; oily and sticky, full-bodied and with a solid bitterness; dry and long solid bitterness with more chocolate and some robust hoppy notes coming through; late warming alcohol kick - rich, complex and with lot of character

What an intense beer! This offering is awesome from first sight to last sip. The beer pours basically a black color with a very generious, soft and fluffy brown head. The head leaves a minimal amout of lacing around the glass, but I’m not about to hold that against this beer. The aroma is full of dark roasted coffee, cream, chocolate, light hops and a slight hint of bread. The body is thick, rich and extremely delicious. This beer is so dangerous due to its extreme drinkablility and smooth body, but yet it punches back with its strong character. The alcohol level is not present in the actual body, but reserves its right to smack you in the face. And it does just that. After a bomber of this, I’m feeling pretty good! The flavors are really intense and delicious, with notes of chocolate, vanilla, roasted coffee, floral hops, creamy malt and bread. The finish begs you to take another sip, and then another, and then another. This bomber went way too quickly. I wish I had another. Good for me that I know exactly where to find it for a rematch!

Very dark with purple hues around the edges, not really any head - just a bit of caramelly foam around the edges and wisps in the middle. malt aroma with so e prune or light raisin in the nose with a little bit of a burn in the notrils at the end from the alcohol. The body is thick, lucious, and quite velvity. Soda like qualities are on the tip of my tougne at first sip. Sweet and well carbonated, but not bubbly. There is some vibrant, citrus chocolate in the begining mixed with some alcohol burn up front. The finish dries things out a bit with some burnt/roasted malts. It’s like an interesting barley wine mixed with a stout, but isn’t really either style. It’s quite good with some hops hidden in there, but not really providing much of a profile on their own.

Yet another rating way passed due. Cracked a bottle at the PP San Clemente establishment today....as usual...great stuff. ..big nose of choco-malts, roastiness, coffee notes--yum. Smooth mouthfeel...great caramel-toffee flavor...nice alcohol edge...great combo of strong ale and impy stout.

In short: A thick and tasty Imperial Stout calling itself something else. An orgy of roasted malt balanced by intense resinous hops. Fantastic
How: Bomber. About 6 months old.
The look: Black body with a small tan head.
In long: Nose of a bowl of molasses in a candy store. Fantastic body, syrupy yet silky. Thick caramel, molasses and chocolate cover a dense layer of roasted cereals. Roastiness level is medium relative to the style (unofficially imperial stout to me). Very chewy. More floury chocolate notes as it warms-up. A touch of smoke. A little red liquorice on the comeback. So far so good but where this beer goes from very good to excellence is in the hop department. Intensely hopped, very resinous and strong bitterness. What a tasty beer. You know Port Brewing is confident about this black beer to dare giving it a name like that. With that type of quality their beers will sell no matter what. I can’t wait for their Armpit Sweat pilsner.