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Port Brewing Old Viscosity

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7463.97/5.03.96/5.010%97.6Snifter, Trappist glass
Commercial Description:
Definitely not your Dad's Wimpy 30 weight. An enormous & luscious dark ale that's as opaque and dark as the most well used motor oils.
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fg8080 (37), San Diego, California, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/105/517/20
Apr 9, 2008  
Pours thick with a brown head, light carbonation, goes down thick as well. Flavors of chocolate, coffee and maybe grape .Taste better and better the more you drink.


 ironchefscott (342), portland, Oregon, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/517/20
Apr 8, 2008  
I am suprised that this is not considered an IRS.....darn good tons of roasted malt flavors and enough hops to balance the whole thing out.... it is a darn good beer but not near as good as the older vis.... some smoke flavors as well?


 Angeloregon (2025), Portland, Oregon, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Apr 7, 2008  
Bottle form By The Bottle in vancouver, WA--Poured a deep dark brown-black body with a wispy off-white head. Nutty, bold, malty, hoppy as hell nose. Not quite a barley wine, but close. Kind of like an imperial stout and imperial IPA on steroids. Quite scrumptious and complex. Chocolate, toffee, coffee, molasses, dark fruits, and citrus. You gotta try it!


 theisti (1650), Leawood, Kansas, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/105/516/20
Apr 7, 2008  
22 oz. bottle purchased at Bottleworks in Seattle, WA. Pour is deep black with a khaki head. Pretty in the glass. Aroma of sweet maltiness, bourbon barrel, piney hoppiness and bitterness. Taste is big pine hops, bitter orange peels and roasted espresso maltiness. The flavors on this one absolutely jump out at you. Really huge. Think palate, motor oil, completely mouht covering / coating. This was a very unique and enjoyable brew.


 Tweety (343), Vancouver, Washington, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Apr 6, 2008  
Bomber. Pours dark with brown head. The aroma is sweet, molasses, chocolate, coffee.


 lb4lb (2011), Austin, Texas, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/518/20
Apr 4, 2008    Updated: Jan 19, 2009
Big thanks to MiguelMandingo for sharing this bottle.
Pours black with a medium lived tan head that leaves some spotty lacing. Smell is amazing. Mollasses, brown sugar, graham cracker, cookie sweetenss held in check with some rich roastiness. Smells like The Abyss.
Taste is dark dry roast, dark chocolate and a hoppy finish hiding behind all the flavorful roast. Perhaps the mildest twinge of bourbony flavor, but it melds so well with the other flavors that I wouldn’t even know its a bourbon beer. A nice light dry oak characteristic in the end as well. Looks and smells like an imperial stout, and is rich and flavorful like one, except its body is not quite as thick, perhaps, and the hops shine, yet complement the beer more than in any Imperial Stout I’ve had. Easily one of my new favorites. Thanks again Mike!


 rustychiles (1018), Mesa, Arizona, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/104/518/20
Apr 2, 2008  
Bottle. Can’t believe I haven’t entered this rating yet. Pours a beautiful deep viscous black with jus a little head. Aroma of Roasted Barley, Coffee, Chocolate, Wood and a hint of bourbon. Flavor is Chocolate, brown sugar, malt, coffee, a little sourness in the background and a touch of bourbon. I love this beer.


 fredandboboflo (1404), East Setauket, New York, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/57/104/514/20
Apr 1, 2008  
Bottle. Aroma of coffee, roasted malts, hop presence in the background. Flavor turned a bit medicinal at times, but the roasted flavor predominates and finishes bitter. Pretty solid brew, but nothing too special, and although this shouldn’t necessarily have anything to do with anything, I was expecting something a bit more original from arrogant claims on the bottle that this beer just can’t possibly be categorized...



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