Port Brewing Older Viscosity

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

2008 Vintage. Pours tight light tan head, about 1cm thick. Serious sludge in bottom of bottle. Guess that’s from sitting in my beer fridge for a long time. Aroma has a wonderful bourbon quality to it unlike the "standard" Old Viscosity which has mostly aromas of malt. Flavor is also loaded with all sorts of bourbon goodness.Pronounced vanilla character. Perhaps a slight bubblegum character too? Very smooth tasting. Nice warm feeling after a few minutes.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 9

On tap at City Beer during SF strong beer week
Appearance: Pours coal black with a small tan head and some lacing
Aroma: Dark roasted malts, dark fruits and bourbon
Taste: Silky mouthfeel of roasted malts, vanilla, woody and bourbon
Very good and smooth

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

Tasted at Lost Abbey’s 1st Annual Barrel Tasting. Pours a clear dark brown. The initial aroma was big full of sweet caramel and sweet roasted malts. The next whiff was a dryer oak to red wine combination. Then I get more tasty caramel aromas again along with toffee and is that chocolate too. The taste starts with a brief burst of sweetness. Then red wine dryness and tartness hit and move into more tartness toward the finish. The caramel and toffee noted in the nose are faint and somewhat hidden in the back. I get some oak in there too but it is subtle and residing in the background sort of throughout the taste experience. Not at all what I was expecting based on the aroma and what Old Viscosity tastes like. The barrel aging has had a big influence.

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

Bottle shared at Anchorage Feb ’15 Tasting: Poured a black brown with a bubble head. Aroma was coconut, bourbon, and nice sweetness. Taste was an alcohol burn with vanilla, bourbon, and dark fruit. Super hot!

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

Phillipe, nice chap from Luxemborg that just mover here shared this on the balcony with me. The brewers dark colour indication is in fact accurate. Some chocolate, barrel aging and really really dark carmel, with some really old dried fruits that have been saturated in booze for a long time. Thick and rich, but nice to drink and a little bit warming. A good beer for the blustery spring day it was drank on. Thick and rich repeated, but really focused in its flavours, nothing overly choclately or roasty or fruity, just mostly thickly malted grain and wood.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 10 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 10 | Overall: 8

I've had this a couple times now and am finally getting around to reviewing. Caged and corked 375 ml bottle pops with little vigor and pours deep black with faint carbonation. The beers biggest flaw are its rather tepid and thin looking appearance that Cary over to mouthfeel. It is well carbonated but thin - I expected more body for a brew approaching almost 13 percent. However, the aromas are downright joyous. Loads of vanilla topple a strong presence of American oak that is wonderfully pleasant. Flavors of bitter chocolate, earthy oak, and bourbon are strong throughout and the bourbon is heavy at cellar temperature. This is a great beer with a few flaws, but i would gladly sip this again, and regularly.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 10 | Overall: 9

Holy hell, it smells like heaven...heaven and booze, probably more booze. The flavor is an explosion that reminds me of founders breakfast stout with caramel and awesome. Strong alcohol presence, very warm as it goes down. It poured like a coke but after that it was all amazing...even better as it warmed up.

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

A heavy handed ale, strong and rich from the start. A hearty dose of lush malts ranging from bran cereal to nutty bread along with some chocolate and coffee influences. A wonderful vinous fruity dimension is weaved throughout creating a great complexity of complimenting flavors. The barrel aging smooths out this high quality offering. Amazing.

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

Thanks to Doug for the grand opportunity to try this!! .. black as night, and full as the ocean .. . bourbon, black tar heroin, melted asphalt and sweet coffee roast .. . wow! such an immense beer! ..why don't you put an egg in your shoe and beat it!

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

Bottled. Deep quite much black colour, not much, but slight brown head. Aroma is alcohol, raisins, some vanilla, wood, dark fruits, Quite port/madeira wine like notes as well. Flavour is raisins, toffee, brutal plum, thick coffee, mild chocolate and vanilla. Totally brutal in flavour. Probably beats many things I’ve had for the flavour... This is heading for the top...