Port Brewing Older Viscosity

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

Serve in Snifter, Trappist glass

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Poured into my bruery tulip. No head and no lacing blacker than old viscosity. Aroma is bourbon, a very woody bourbon. Too much wood for my liking. Taste follows the nose, I like the bourbon but the oak Is too much. I love bourbon barrel beers but this one isn’t my favorite. Mouthfeel isn’t bad, neither is the carbonation. It’s a good beer just not great, I’ll stick with old viscosity.

Black full-bodied beer with a medium size foam. Fine dark roasted flavor. Extremely full-bodied with lots of alcohol, licorice, vanilla, whiskey.

Pours pitch black, no head, light tan ring around the glass. Aroma is boozy, sweet, with notes of molasses, butterscotch, coconut, and definitely some oak. Flavor is the same; boozy and sweet. Mouthfeel is viscous and thick, but there’s no carbonation at all. Overall, very tasty brew. The barrel aging is present, but not overpowering. Definitely a slow sipper! Drinks more like an aged port wine. What it lacks in mouthfeel, it makes up for in flavor. Great tasting brew; probably won’t seek it out again, but I’d never turn it down!

Bottle grey import via Platinum cellars NSW Heavy and slighly oaky and bourbony nose, with palate of tasty birght oak surrounded by sweet yet drips chocolatly and dark malt flavours. the best Bourbon BA beer I have had yet

375 ml bottle.
Rated on 20110624.
Pours pitch black color with absolutely no head at all. No noticeable viscosity on the pour. Aroma of light oak, lots and lots of liquorice, roasted malts and ash dry dark chocolate. Flavor of bitter dry dark chocolate, smooth toasted malts, liquorice, sugary sweet syrup and some soy notes. Very slick and oily palate with a strong body. Very complex yet balanced brew. Excellent.
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5th July 2009
Opaque black stout. Light palate, dry and a little soft. The barrelling dominates. Dry wood and the barest hint of vanilla. Sourish tangy dark malt. Warming dry finish. Nice enough but a little too wood dominated.

Bottle. Pours pitch black, with an airy head, a genuinely oily body and no carbonation. The aroma is everything you’d expect it to be from such a dark monster, with a lightly smoked malty notes, oak barrels, tobacco, liquorice, vanilla, sweet dark fruits and syrup. Flavour almost follows suit, with licuorice and sweet coffee. This is a splendid brew, but a tad on the sweet side to be among the very best.

37,5 cl bottle @ home. Rated on 24.06.2011
Aroma is rather nice with vanilla, bourbon and some roasted malt. Flavour has bourbon, vanilla, roastiness and hints of coffee. Palate is rather low on CO2 and surprisingly thin for this style. The barrell has been good for this beer; The Old Viscosity was just another strong ale but this one is a masterpiece.

Nothing to say in particular.. I mean... it costs a lot but when you feel the smell into your blood and sloly drink this aged nectar you will be so excited and enticed to drink another one. This is something special. If you find a brasserie or a beer shop with this particular product: First spend your money to buy this and second, congratulate the seller because it’s a signal of competence, knowledge and passion if he knows this beer.... what Im saying? beer? I should say a MILESTONE

This is the only beer in my experience that comes close to the fullness and intensely luscious aroma of G.I. Bourbon County Stout. Aroma is rounded out green oak with rum and bourbon depth and sweetness, along with a backdrop of soy sauce and yeasty sweet chili sauce. The flavor is more subdued most of the way with the malts dominating in a melange of balanced earthy, sweet, smokey goodness. The finish is purely of the barrel with a singed distilled spirit, alcoholic note drying out the experience but leaving a beautiful lip smacking residue. The body is the lightest thing about the beer and may make it more approachable for some. There is a slickness to the mouthfeel that reinforces the richness of the experience. Excellent. Thank you Port Brewing. 2012 small bottle.