Port Brewing Old Viscosity

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

22oz bomber shared for Christmas. Pours nearly jet black- more of a deep brown with a menacing deep brown head that is very faint and has some minuscule retention. The carbonation is not overpowering. It is subtle. This pinch of carbonation is all that Older Visc 2009 really needed to not suck. The aroma on this is phenomenal. Much better than Older Visc- not sure how. There is campfire, oak, peat, tannins, whiskey, smoked gouda cheese, cinnamon, chili peppered artisan chocolate, as it warms Bosc pear shows through. Taste is more like a smoked imperial porter. Yum. No hot booze on this one even at 10%. Very drinkable. Roasty, rich, spicy, lots of bitterness, unsweetened cocoa. What’s the IBU on the thing? 10% is very well hidden. Very lenient on the palate compared to Older Visc. Excellent.

Oh baby this beer is huge! Pours a deep dark brown with some reddish wine colored touches around the edges in the light, big tan head. Aroma is heavy on dark chocolate and burnt sugar. There is a lot going on here. Dark chocolate, deep roastiness, dark fruit, vanilla, molasses, wood, alcohol. Very complex and very good, mouthfeel is extremely oily. We need Port/Lost Abbey in OHIO!!!!!!!

Wow, what a brew. Pours a dark, ruby brown with a chunky, tan head. The aroma is that of dark, bitter chocolate. Flavors of chocolate, dark roasted coffee with a thick, oily body that just explodes with dark roasted malts. A complex, flavorful beer that finishes dry and bitter. Very delicious.

Bottle from Beer Merchants UK. Jet black pour with a big frothy creamy beige head which stays throughout. Aroma of chocolate and hops. Very creamy heavy beer. Surprisingly easy to drink, nicely hopped, almost steak taste. I really liked this beer from Port Brewing.

Dark brown, nearly black & opaque color with thin tan head that dissipates quickly. Aroma is of clean, fresh brown bread, and refrigerated dark chocolates. Palate is offered an initial pleasing roasty sweetness that quickly builds in chocolate and then an alcoholicy bitterness component at the top that bleeds into the finish. Body is medium, perhaps on the thinner side for a beer of this alcohol %. Finish has a lingering toffee alcohol dryness.

Near black pour with ruby highlights and little head. This was just bitter with burnt caramel with a hint of port and brandy. Body is full with low carbonation. Reminded me of cheap Christian Bros. brandy. The bourbon barrels of the Older add a lot more depth and complexity that this beer really needs to smooth and round out the roughness of it.

Bomber. Medium black with chocolate brown head. Aroma of burnt chocolate, roastedness and very light coffee notes, overall is sweet. Taste is bold to say the least and is of bitter and sweet chocolate and has lots of malt depth.

[bottle] Nice sweet pumpernickel aroma with good vanilla oak. Opaque black and viscous with a tan ring that leaves dots on the glass. Very pleasant sweet vanilla and mocha malt with a good balance of dark malt bitterness and hazlenut notes. Medium body, medium carbonation, slightly warming, lingering dark malt bitter.