Old Viscosity - Port Brewing Company / Pizza Port

AlexJ

North Carolina

4.43/5  rDev +6.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4

Deepest dark brown or is it black. A this but dense head of dark beige foam adds delicate lace as it recedes. A swirl reveals some serious legs on this. Viscosity indeed.

Aroma is like an old ale, stout, and barleywine all rolles into one malty package. It abounds with notes of dark dried fruit, molasses, oak and booze.

Flavor is very complex and delicious. Big malt notes of molasses, figs, plums, dark caramel, and scorched toffee. There are undertones of creamy milk chocolate and light creamed coffee. The oaky toasty vanilly notes round it out to a lingering mildly hopped finish of spicy and earthy bitterness. Awesome.

Body is very big, creamy, thick, and slippery. The mouthfeel is so velvet smooth you want to take constant sips. Sometimes a big body hinders drinkability for me. In this case it's a rare treat and expertly crafted.

Serving type: bottle

08-21-2008 19:28:34 | More by AlexJ

jakeox

Illinois

4.25/5  rDev +2.2%

05-18-2013 23:41:02 | More by jakeox

drgonzo2k2

California

4/5  rDev -3.8%

05-18-2013 14:29:32 | More by drgonzo2k2

RoryOMoore

New Jersey

4.5/5  rDev +8.2%

05-18-2013 03:49:58 | More by RoryOMoore

crowsoup

California

4.25/5  rDev +2.2%

05-17-2013 14:50:55 | More by crowsoup

Lare453

Florida

4/5  rDev -3.8%

05-17-2013 02:53:44 | More by Lare453

Absolut

California

4.25/5  rDev +2.2%

05-15-2013 20:31:28 | More by Absolut

enelson

Illinois

4.5/5  rDev +8.2%

05-15-2013 17:15:58 | More by enelson

twenty5

Pennsylvania

4.25/5  rDev +2.2%

05-15-2013 17:03:07 | More by twenty5

tourdot

Wisconsin

4.25/5  rDev +2.2%

05-15-2013 04:17:34 | More by tourdot

ajzy

Wisconsin

4.75/5  rDev +14.2%

05-15-2013 00:11:51 | More by ajzy

vrbulldog22

Ohio

4.25/5  rDev +2.2%

05-13-2013 18:49:29 | More by vrbulldog22

mrw1zard

Alabama

4.25/5  rDev +2.2%

05-13-2013 13:07:32 | More by mrw1zard

Bonko_the_sane

North Carolina

4.25/5  rDev +2.2%

05-13-2013 06:18:27 | More by Bonko_the_sane

rydev24

Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev -9.9%

05-12-2013 22:37:58 | More by rydev24

mc4z

California

4.25/5  rDev +2.2%

05-12-2013 00:41:08 | More by mc4z

cyrushire

Florida

3.75/5  rDev -9.9%

05-11-2013 07:39:45 | More by cyrushire

OtherShoe2

Massachusetts

4.24/5  rDev +1.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

Pours deep brown, nearly black with a full tan foam head. Nice clingy lace. So dark light won't shine thru.

Dark coffee, cherry wood, alcohol, ark roasted malt in the nose.

Rich dark malt, with a strong chemical alcohol bite, leading to a long deep bitter finish. Big and boozy, you sense that there are some sweet malty sugars back there somewhere, but they get bullied out of the way by alcohol and hops. Rich and deep, but not alot of layers of flavor. Not a true one trick pony, but essentially charred malt, booze, hops, repeat (after each sip).

Fuller bodied with an alcohol burn and a little carbonated tingle.

Great brew. This beer is what it set out to be. Good serving size too. A bomber would wreck you. I'd like to lay a bottle or two down to see what his is like when it has mellowed a bit.

Serving type: bottle

05-10-2013 22:33:16 | More by OtherShoe2

kkmiller76

New Jersey

4/5  rDev -3.8%

05-10-2013 00:52:29 | More by kkmiller76

jgluck

California

4/5  rDev -3.8%

05-08-2013 19:22:56 | More by jgluck

barrelofbastard

California

4.5/5  rDev +8.2%

05-05-2013 21:28:26 | More by barrelofbastard

Dirtinabottle

New York

4.25/5  rDev +2.2%

05-01-2013 04:21:31 | More by Dirtinabottle

dionito

Washington

4/5  rDev -3.8%

04-30-2013 23:01:10 | More by dionito

bmoney

Ohio

4/5  rDev -3.8%

04-29-2013 00:21:38 | More by bmoney

hopkrid

Florida

4.5/5  rDev +8.2%

04-29-2013 00:10:42 | More by hopkrid