Port Brewing Old Viscosity

Aroma: 10 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 9

Wow! This is the real deal. Pours like black pancake batter. Bubbly rich head. Smells stout. Super thick mouthfeel. Rich grain taste. Lingering burnt grain finish.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Bought in Oct 2011, opened yesterday. Unexpected nearly black pour with a creamy brown head--looks more like a stout than an old/strong ale. Tons of molasses, vanilla, oak, chocolate and caramel with a bit of coffee, roasted/smoked malt and dark earthy fruit in both aroma and taste. Sweet, sticky full body. Very good although the sweetness gets a bit cloying right at the end.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 8

Thanks to slowrunner77 for this one - I've had the 'Older' Viscosity, but not the blended base beer. Bomber into a snifter at cellar temp, jet black with a brownish head that dissipates and laces the glass. Aromas of chocolate, toffee, and tree bark/earthiness. Mouthfeel is thinner than expected with a blast of carbonation. Flavors weave the aforementioned chocolate, roasted barley, and a slight oakiness that helps the mouthfeel. Great beer, slightly overcarbonated.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9

The beer is dark and sweet with a tan head. Flavor is rich with coffee and chocolate notes. Properly aged, you can detect the oak, but everything is well balanced and comes together as it should.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Interesting beer, almost barley wine meets impy stout if there is such a thing. Aroma is intriguing, almost smokey chocolate notes mixing with alcohol. Great rich black-brown appearance in the glass. Not as full bodied as you would think by looking at it. Flavor is oaky, caramely and some bits of impy but with no roast notes. Well aged and balanced and it's no wonder they don't know what to call the style, it's not like anything else I've tried.

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 8

I never had a Port Brewing beer before, so when I saw it locally I had to snatch it up. Pours as I expected, very dark and a nice brown head. I was surprised how long the foam stuck around on this high strength beer. Started very sweet and nutty with chocolate. Full body and very tasty as it warmed up. Very well done!

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9

Bought this in San Luis Obispo (at Sandy's) while visiting my brother. Saved it so I could share it with my buddy who loves this dark, thick sh!t. Tonka dumptruck load of dark chocolate in this one. That is the most overriding flavor. As it warms up, it takes on a very bitter character. The more it warms up, the more difficult it becomes to drink...it seems to thicken up and becomes hard to swallow. The label doesn't lie...this pours like used 50W oil. I recently discovered that there is an "older" viscosity; I will have to try that if I can find it, but I will drink it cold.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

I was disappointed in this beer, as I have been with most Port Brewing beers. This is more of a barleywine than an Strong ale. A dark brown pour, no head. The flavour was a bit on the wsweet side, and not very well balanced. Too much alcohol.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

Sigh………………………………………….yet another legendary beer that has failed to live up to my expectations, but this might have been cellared to long (13 months, properly). First off got to say, American strong ale? Really? This has Porter written all over it. Ok time to stop bitching and on to the review. Dark dark brown with an ok cap, this is not what I was expecting. Aroma is almost nonexistent, what the hell?!?!? This beer is smellless!! I’ll let it warm more I guess. Five waiting units later…….. Aroma has appeared and it’s not great, cold coffee, weak bakers chocolate, some random harshness, I sometimes get woody alcohol. I taste some of the oak ageing but not to confidant in saying that, ash, cold coffee, wet dirt, and mild alcohol I do taste. Nameless hops can be tasted along with a random spice. I’m so disappointed in this beer so my marks are probably lower than they should be. Why do I let myself get hurt like this?

Aroma: 10 | Appearance: 10 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 10

Rich aroma has smoky tones of roast quality coffee, semi-sweet chocolate, caramel and molasses with just a touch of sweetness. It absolutely screams DRINK ME!!! Comes out of the bottle a nearly opaque reddish sable just a couple tomcat whiskers above black with a thick, fluffy, fine-bubbled light beige head. Flavor is - um, you sure this is an American Strong Ale and not a porter or stout? I LOVE stouts and porters, and this sure tastes like one! OK - mouth-filling flavor has tones of semi-sweet chocolate, quality coffee, caramel and licorice with a subtle hint of citrus. Texture is fizzy and lively, leaving behind a firm and pleasant tingle. This just might be Port Brewing’s best, outside of the Lost Abbey series!