Port Brewing Old Viscosity

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

Bottle. Black beer with a strongish head. The aroma is lightly malty, and the flavour is bitter and lightly milky coffee. Overall a very bitter coffee like beer.

bottle poured a dark brown bordering on black with a frothy brown head when poured with some vigor. aroma has roasted coffee, licorice, molasses, light vanilla, and faint barrel wood. oily coating mouth feel with light carbonation. flavor has thick dark malt, molasses, bitter coffee, mild wood, and a hit of baking chocolate. not sure how to classify this myself, bigger than imperial porter but falls short of imperial stout. it is big and rich with alcohol warming and a creeping bitterness mixed with dark side fruits. very enjoyable!

Strong, dark and serious. Considering that somewhat rough bitterness, underlying toffee sweetness and alcoholic warmth, it drinks smoother than it has any right to. Boozy, bitter, sweet with a woody tartness. Did I mention boozy? Night. Cap.

Pours a dark black. Aroma of roasted malt. Taste is smooth, creamy, tarry, and alcohol, with slight coffee & chocolate. It definitely tastes like a mild Imperial stout.

Pours like diluted treacle syrup, with small dark brown-greige head. Coffee, bread, alcohol and vanilla/oakwood. Very liqueurish - coffeeliqueur. Alcohol, fusels, coffee (with very roasted beans), wood in the finish, almost vinous. Very slight sourness. Pretty carbonated on palate/lips; certainly alleviating this very thick, nearly viscous liquid. Very good, if a bit ideomatic... - what, not an I. Stout?

Shared a bottle with a group at Kuhnhenn Summer Solstice. Pours dark brown, almost black, with tan head. Aroma of roasted malt, chocolate, dark fruit and booze. Taste more of same, with creamy rich mouthfeel. Smooth with good carbonation. Nice!

Wow. One hell of an imperial stout. I almost like it better than Older... I said almost. Pours a mean-looking black with a tan head. Nose is chicory, semi-sweet chocolate, coffee, some oak and barrel vanilla notes, and some slight booze. Flavor is awesome: chocolate takes center stage with the rest of the flavors as supporting cast. I get overripe dark fruit, chocolate, slightly subtle vanilla and oak, whiskey, and coffee with licorice. Gentle carbonation and a silky mouthfeel also contribute to this masterpiece. Outstanding imperial stout. It burns with some alcohol as it goes down, and lingers with chocolate and whiskey.