Port Brewing Older Viscosity

100% Bourbon Barrel Aged Strong Ale. This is the oak aging beer which makes up the oak aged portion found in our Old Viscosity. This is aged in Heaven Hill Bourbon Barrels for 6 months.

4.1

1185 reviews

San Marcos, United States

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4.0 Score: 8 / 4 / 8 / 4 / 16 375 ml bottle. Black body, with a small, creamy, dark beige head. Aroma of bourbon, melting dark chocolate, coconut, cocoa, some soy sauce, some alcohol. Tastes quite similar, with some more tobacco, booze. Medium, creamy mouthfeel, with a low carbonation. Finishes warm, boozy, astringent, a bit dry, wooden, with bourbon, dark chocolate, some tobacco, slight dark fruits. Tasty. Heavy and quite boozy, but still well balanced,with the bourbon barell dominant, but well integrated. Lovely, warming sipper.

4.1 0,375l bottle at Sanders shared by Saeglopur, big thanks. black color, small coffee colored head. smells of cinnamon, earthy, wood, licorice, very nice smell. full body, light carbonation, slick mouthfeel. tastes of cinnamon, bourbon, earthy, spices, peppery, menthol, bitter chocolate. finishes lightly bitter with notes of cinnamon, peppermit, spices. very nice one, a bit on the fresh side, nice peppermint and cinnamon notes. good stuff.

4.0 Sampled from a 12.7 oz brown bottle, corked and caged. Deep brown colour with a fast fading beige head. Nose - vanilla, oak, chocolate, coffee, alcohol. Taste - rich chocolate, toffee, woody, whisky. Finishes toasty and oaky with lasting chocolate and coffee notes. Heavy bodied, but still quite smooth. A great ale.

4.2 Black pour with small dark tan head. Aroma of chocolate milk, caramel, bourbon, ripe fruit. Taste of chocolate, cocoa, caramel, molasses and bourbon. What a complex beer. Nice carbonation and creamy mouthfeel. Hints of coconut on the aroma as well.

4.5 Rating #2857 - 2018.01.20 - #RBAGWinter2018 - Pours a syrupy jet black with little head. Aroma is charcoal, molasses, black licorice and dark chocolate. Palate reveals some booze, some barrel character, some oaky vanilla molasses textures. This is unbelievably drinkable. Off with an absolute bang!

4.2 Flaska från Beergium, vintage 2015(?). Näst intill kolsvart med en liten brunaktig ton, med liten krämbeige krona. Doft och smak av kola, bourbon, toffee, kandisocker, mörk malt och fatkaraktär. Fortfarande efter två år ligger bourbonen fortfarande i framkant, och fortfarande med tydlig fatkaraktär. Hur som väldigt smarrigt.

4.1 (bottle, 35.5cl) Dark brown colour with a beige and short creamy layer. Moderately roasted malty and slightly nutty aroma with oaky notes of vanilla, vinous accents of dried fruits, chocolate, leather, backed by a massive amount of herbal and resiny hops. Moderately sweet and roasty bitter flavour, full bodied with a well-carbonated mf. Mildly roasted malty, nutty and boozey taste with vinous fruit character, chocolate and oaky notes; l asting sweet-bitter and slightly alcohol-burning finish. Wonderful. 25.XII.17

4.0 Little bottle: Literally black, small tanned foamy layer; very complex aroma of dried cruits, wood&vanilla, leather and port-wine; solid bitter and also sweet flavour, full, astonishingly soft; lingering dry leathery-fruity finish, vinous and chocolatey traces included. Great experience..._

3.8 Lekko kawowe, sporo słodyczy. Stylowo typowy mocny stout. Nieco wodniste - mogłoby być gęstsze. Słodko-beczkowe nuty na finiszu.

4.3 Beautiful barrel - vanilla aroma. Kind of toffee to dried red fruit mouth feel. Alcohol balance on spot. Average rating IMO fully justified.

4.2 Fajny profil beczkowy - typowy dla LA/PB. Słodkia, ale nie zamulające, alko niewyczuwalne, ekstremalnie pijalne. Poza tym kawa, czekolada, wanilia, trochę kokosa, suszone owoce. Solidan pozycja.

4.3 From Mar 2008 I bought this from South Bay D&L. Thanks Joey! To preface this review, I thought the Old Viscosity was damn good and a really hard act to follow. We shall see. It pours from caged and corked 12.7oz bottle... I want to say a pitch black but it's not quite there so I'll say a *very* dark brown with a very small head of foam after the pour that shrank almost immediately to a fine broken layer. Still, it has some good lacing. The smell had me grinning. Lots of bourbon in the nose(hence, some alcohol) along with fruit, chocolate, toffee, fig...I hope I'm getting it right as it may be too complex to my nose buds and I may be not able to identify everything that is going on here. Bottom line here: wonderful nose. The taste....mmmm...pretty darned amazing. Wonderful notes of bourbon, toffee, fig, more dark fruit, caramel, vanilla, roasted malt that shows up mostly in the finish, coffee, umm...wow. I'm thinking, too tasty for my glass, too tasty for my glass.(get the reference? ;^) The mouthfeel is medium, which surprised me, and the carbonation is very lightly done which fits this brew to a T. I have to shake my head about how drinkable this +12%abv brew is. The alcohol is certainly there judging by the warming I get after the swallow but that's pretty much it. No sign of it in the taste for me at all. Well done Port Brewing. You took an incredible brew in Old Viscosity and took it to new levels and still made it a very drinkable brew. F'n amazing. Get some any way you can, I say. Edit: This is the 2008 edition.

4.3 Color negro con capa de espuma marrón de dos dedos de grosor (retención decente). Carbonatación mínima. Textura entre oleosa y cremosa. Aroma a bourbon por un tubo, chocolate y vainilla (algo de oxidación presente, también, pero se disipa, o la nariz se acostumbra, a medida que uno va bebiendo). No tan alcohólica como esperaba y, desde luego, el aroma a bourbon es una locura deliciosa. En boca hay chocolate, vainilla, caramelo, madera, bourbon. Final licoroso, con mucho bourbon, de nuevo, pero sin ser alcohólico. No se notan esos 12%, no quema lo más mínimo, no se hace difícil en ningún momento. Postgusto licoroso y a chocolate. ¿6 meses en barrica de Bourbon? Cualquiera diría más... De primeras no me sorprendió como esperaba, pero a partir del tercer o cuarto trago empecé a entender. ¡Y no es por el alcohol, eh! También me sirve para darme cuenta de que, en casos como este, no sabría diferenciar una Strong Ale de una Imperial Stout.

4.2 Kicsi, tömör, tartós, barna hab, vöröses árnyalatú, fekete szín. Csokis, kávés, kakaós, aszalt gyümölcsös illatok, markáns vaníliás, whiskey hordós felhangokkal. Whiskeys, kávés, kakaóporos, csokis, vaníliás ízvilág, némi fűszeres felhanggal. Kissé száraz, testes, közepesen szénsavas, erősen keserű. Nagyon finom, intenzív ízvilágú sör.

4.2 Dark brown body with tan head. Nice malty nose with caramel and plenty of bourbon. Taste of caramel, whisky, malts and bourbon. Really nice and thick. Syrupy. Nice one.

4.2 Black color, small brown head. Heavy bourbon aromas with vanilla, wood, butter, corn, alcohol, chocolate and arrack. Sweet taste with bourbon, creamy butter, alcohol, vanilla, roasted hints, corn on the cob, arrack, chocolate and light peat. Sweet finish with slight alcohol. Never tasted a beer with such prominent borubon flavors. I like it!

3.9 Vom Fass im Stone Brewing Berlin 2016-11 getrunken. Für mich ist das ein richtig tolles Stout (und geschmacklich kein American Strong Ale) mit eine tollen BA Einfluss. Doch für das Siegertreppchen fehlt dann doch eine ausgewogene Harmonie.

4.5 Po przelaniu buduje się obfita, drobna i dość trwała piana, sam trunek ma barwę ciemnego mahoniu, prawie czarną, nieprzejrzystą. W zapachu niezwykle przyjemny miks toffi, kakao i wanilii. W smaku nieco powyżej półsłodkiego, intensywne toffi, karmel, krówki, czekolada, kawa espresso i wanilia, delikatna cierpkość i szorstkość od beczki, całość wykończona muśnięciem whisky i średnią, tytoniową goryczką. Dość mocno rozgrzewające, z nisko średnim nagazowaniem, pełne, średnio gęste i delikatnie wyklejające w odbiorze. Bardzo szlachetny, wykwintny trunek, zdecydowanie deserowy, aczkolwiek nie jest to #teamslodyczka. Mimo wszystko wanilia sprawia, że sączy się to jak jakieś płynne ciasto, co nie było cechą podstawy.

5.0 625ml bottle bought at Real Ale (Richmond). Dark as motor oil, with a thin brown head. Aroma of chocolate and bourbon. Strong flavour, with notes of whisky.

4.6 totalnie bourbonowe, dla miłośników stylu, gęste, potężne, wspaniałe, rasowe piwo dla zawodników o mocnych głowach. dla kowbojów, co to nie mogą się zdecydować, czy wolą się żywić whisky, czy piwem.

4.2 Zapach wybitny, mega kokos i wanilia do tego sporo czekoladowego likieru. Ogólnie piwo bardzo dobre troszkę pełnia siadła i mogło by mieć zdecydowanie niższe wysycenie. Alkohol troszkę wychodzi ale nie przeszkadza aż tak

4.1 Vintage 2009, at City Beer SF. Black color, minimal beige head. Bitter taste with roasted malts, coffee, nuts, dark fruits, chocolate, oak, bourbon, licorice and a bit of bread. Bitter finish with roasted malts, coffee, nuts, dark fruits, wood, chocolate and licorice. Exquisite imperial stout.

3.9 12.7 oz. bottle pours black with a thin tan head. Aroma of bourbon and toffee. Taste is bourbon, oak, cherry, chocolate

4.5 375ml bottle from Super Deli & Grocery, Seattle. Vintage 2014. Pours an almost black with a brown head. Aroma is bourbon, bourbon barrel, dark fruits, chocolate. Taste is oily with bourbon, chocolate, fruity and some bourbon barrel notes. Still slightly hot, but in a pleasant way. Amazing!

4.2 Pours tar black with no head. Aroma of toffee, caramel, vanilla,and wood Thick viscous body with strong bourbon flavor, vanilla, toffee, and hint of wood. Beautiful beer.

4.1 Bottle. Aroma is tons of bourbon, vanilla, oak, roasted malt, coconut, chocolate notes. Very dark brown with tan head. Taste is moderate sweet and light+ bitter oak. Full body, oily feel and bourbon bitter finish.

3.1 Bottle. Pours pretty flat. Dark brown, near black. Oily in appearance, thin legs. Aromas of bourbon, cardboard, light caramel. Not much going on, to be honest. Taste is a but fuller than the nose lets on, but this seems a bit thin on my palate. Nothing clings or resonates...just fades. Liight vanilla, caramel, toffee. Light raisin, light molasses sweetness. Bourbon takes hold. Finishes with too much heat for the body to handle. Not my thing.

4.0 2015 bottle. Pours a thick, oozy brown black, deep and foreboding, with nary a bit of head. Aroma blossoms with heavy toffee and caramel and oak shored up by a massive bourbon backbone. Taste starts with a burst of caramel and molasses, sweet as soft candy and almost as chewy, then grows a dark fruit middle, black cherry and fig and raisin, before the a licorice-tinted finish offers up massive waves of bourbon and oak. So much oak. Might be one of the biggest oak bombs I’ve tried, with a lengthy bitter, dry fade more woody and liquor-fueled than a frat boy. Alcohol remains bearable despite the ABV. Never thought it was possible to have too much oak, but this beer pushes my limit. Still, pretty damn enjoyable.

4.0 From a bottle. Pours very dark brown with a creamy light brown head. Tastes like rich chocolate malt, smooth booze, ashy wood, and tobacco. Medium body and low carbonation. Smells like booze, chocolate malt, ashy wood, and tobacco.

4.3 Aus der Flasche getrunken (beim BrewDog-Shop in Ellon gekauft). Sieht aus, wie Altöl, schmeckt aber entscheiden besser....Der Bourbon kommt voll durch. sehr weich und markant.