Old Viscosity - Port Brewing Company / Pizza Port

FickleBeast

New Jersey

4.15/5  rDev -0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

22 oz bottle poured into a Delerium Tremens snifter. Bottled 1/24/12.

Pours pitch black with two fingers of foam that burst out of the glass. Nice lacing and legs on the beer as I swirl. Aroma is full of rich, dark, roasted malts. Coffee and cocoa in the nose as well.

First sip is... very chewy, thick, with not a ton of sweetness on the end. Roasted flavors dominate, contributing some astringency. Decent about of booziness / alcohol burn as well.

This probably needs a year or two of age to be its best. It doesn't have the sweetness to stand against the roasty and boozy flavors, although it does have tremendous mouthfeel. The oak doesn't come through too strongly here... would prefer a little more vanilla/oaky flavors to give this a bit more complexity.

All in all, a pretty good beer, but falls short of being great. Good value at ~$7 a bomber.

Serving type: bottle

04-07-2012 01:22:27 | More by FickleBeast

lilnicky068

Kentucky

3.75/5  rDev -9.9%

05-20-2013 16:50:22 | More by lilnicky068

beersvh23

Illinois

4.25/5  rDev +2.2%

05-20-2013 03:14:55 | More by beersvh23

PhilDaBrewer

Indiana

4/5  rDev -3.8%

05-20-2013 01:03:13 | More by PhilDaBrewer

JandJMD

Maryland

3.75/5  rDev -9.9%

05-20-2013 00:33:54 | More by JandJMD

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