Port Brewing Older Viscosity

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

Courtesy Secret Santa- thanks man! What a complex and delicious beer...where to begin? The aroma was a huge chocolate/vanilla mix with a heavy oak presence. Pour was a deep dark black with no head or bubbles. Taste was incredibly complex. Dark chocolate with vanilla are strong with the oak and bourbon heavy in the aftertaste. Each sip throughout the whole beer was different. Only downfall to this beer was the fact that it was completely flat. A little carbonation would’ve gone a long way, but the great complex flavor more than made up for it. Delicious!

Bottle, great inky brown with no head, aroma of ripe plum, chestnuts, raisin and butterscotch, flavors of bbq, prunes, fig, malty chocolate, nice sipper

On tap at Pizza Port Carlsbad. Black with a thin light brown head. Aroma is mostly bourbon barrel with underlying malts, prune, raisin, chocolate. Taste is fantastic; cacao, oak, alcohol, roasted malt, bourbon, earth. Overall a very well done bourbon barrel aged beer. Hell yes.

375ml bottle, 2009 release, from the lost abbey tasting room. pours an oily black with almost no head but a thin ring of brown bubbles leaving a bit of lacing. aroma is great with big notes of caramel malts, toffee, chocolate, and fine bourbon with notes of raisin bread, Myer’s rum, prune, date, and cinnamon cookies. flavor is delicious with big, oaked bourbon notes up front with chocolate malt, buttery toffee, vanilla, raisin, and more rum notes coming through late. palate is full bodied and contrary to popular belief i did find this to be CARBONATED, albeit very lightly, with a long, woody bourbon finish. overall, a damn nice brew.

Sampled at the ORF tasting thanks to whoever brought it! Looks great. Dark and syrupy. Aroma of bourbon, soy, roasted malt. Taste was basically the same... soy, bourbon, lots of booze. Nice brew but something was off for me

Near black pour with no head. Massive bourbon aroma with soy, black strap molasses, huge smoke note and lots of volatile alcohol. The flavor is overwhelming charred oak, vanilla, soy sauce, and bitter dark chocolate. The body is syrupy with low carbonation. Man, this beer is just HUGE.

I am glad I have finally tasted this beer. On tap at Kellehers, Peoria. Black pour, like motor oil with a thin head. Aroma of vanilla, bourbon, coffee. Taste was smooth. Vanilla, bourbon, coffee. Nicely balanced. It lefta great taste in my mouth. A beer to enjoy. I didn’t really taste the alcohol which suprised me due to the content. The aroma hung in the glass after the drink was done. I wished I had a dd so I could of had more.

Sampled on draft at Capone’s on 11/28/2009. Pours pitch black and completely opaque. Looks like thick motor oil but is completely still without any bubbles or carbonation which is strange since this was on draft. Dark roasted malt aroma with hints of bitter sweet dark chocolate, subtle coffee and a dominant bourbon presence. Hints of dark fruit and sweet alcohol. Slightly vinous. Soft carbonation up front followed by slightly chewy medium roasted malt body. Lots of sweet bitter dark chocolate, toffee, subtle coffee and hints of dark fruit, especially grape, prune, raisin, plum and fig. Slightly vinous with sweet alcohol notes and a strong bourbon presence that lasts throughout. Subtle earthy oak tannis with a good bit of vanilla that helps cut down the bourbon heat but the flavor is pretty much dominated by the prominent bourbon character. Sweet and surprisingly not too hot at 12%. ABV decently masked but the bourbon presence gives it a lot of liquor taste. Overall pretty drinkable.