Old Viscosity - Port Brewing Company / Pizza Port

UCLABrewN84

California

4.03/5  rDev -3.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Pours an opaque black with a HUGE 3 inch khaki head that fades to a small cap. The head is thick and craggy and leaves sticky globs of foam on the drink down. Smells of roasted dark malts, dark fruits, raisins, plums. Taste is same as the smell with nice roasty malt, dark fruits, and citrus zest hops. Mild bitterness in the mouth after each sip. Good level of carbonation with a thick and creamy mouthfeel. This is a very tasty beer, but I question the stout categorization. To me it seems like a mix of a stout and Belgian strong dark ale. Either way, it's very good.

Serving type: bottle

03-14-2011 02:03:17 | More by UCLABrewN84

b-one

California

4.25/5  rDev +2.2%

06-19-2013 01:56:32 | More by b-one

vbiliyar

Massachusetts

3.75/5  rDev -9.9%

06-17-2013 14:11:50 | More by vbiliyar

jaxon53

Connecticut

3.75/5  rDev -9.9%

06-17-2013 08:33:51 | More by jaxon53

InspectorBob

New Jersey

4.25/5  rDev +2.2%

06-12-2013 18:38:12 | More by InspectorBob

abcdefghijkyle

New Jersey

4/5  rDev -3.8%

06-12-2013 01:48:54 | More by abcdefghijkyle

Axnjxn

North Carolina

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

22oz bottle into a snifter. Bottled in August 2012

Pours a pitch black with a nice, thick beige hue. This beer is more carbonated than I expected it to be and has a very nice looking appearance. Now is when it gets tricky. The smell is of roasted malts and whiskey? Perhaps, it's quite different. i was expecting chocolate or cocoa but im not really getting that here. The taste is quite intriguing and unique as well. I definitely detect vanilla on the front and perhaps bourbon on the back, but thats not exactly it. I cant put my finger on just what this flavor is, but it's great. Its got a mixture of everything, blended so well you cant distinguish one from the other. The feel is a bit lighter than i was expecting too. Id still call this full bodied but its not syrupy in any means. Its sort of creamy even. It is so easy to drink, partly because each sip you take you get a different flavor. I drank this too fast!

Overall this beer is exceptional in its uniqueness. Honestly i was a bit skeptical at first but dare i say im in love with this one. Kicking myself for not buying the older version as well. Will look forward to that one for next time.

Serving type: bottle

06-11-2013 23:47:24 | More by Axnjxn

jarrgal

North Dakota

4.25/5  rDev +2.2%

06-10-2013 02:33:18 | More by jarrgal

BingCrosby7

California

4.04/5  rDev -2.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4

Appearance: midnight black -- so much so that no light penetrates the brew. Wonderful looking head: a deep oaky color with a hint of ruby. Head size was about a finger and a half.

Smell: Semi-sweet cocoa is the strongest player here, with an underlying note of coffee and malt. The alcohol tickles the nose as well but is not strong enough to overtake the power of the ingredients.

Taste: Coffee is the strongest during the initial taste. The cocoa flavor sits on the palate as an aftertaste. The lingering aftertaste is of charred oak or tobacco. Exhaling through the nose with beer on the palate highlights the cocoa nibs and toastiness of the coffee.

Mouthfeel: Nicely carbonated, but venturing on a tad too much. The beer beneath the carbonation is slippery, verging on oily, yet I would classify it as more of a glossy consistency.

Overall: The complexity of this beer is wonderful. The alcohol is masked by the robustness of the ingredients. This is a hefty, heavy beer, and the taste becomes more and more interesting the deeper you are into the bottle.

Serving type: bottle

06-09-2013 03:28:56 | More by BingCrosby7

Zimm

New Jersey

4.25/5  rDev +2.2%

06-08-2013 00:47:13 | More by Zimm

kustard

Illinois

3.5/5  rDev -15.9%

06-06-2013 19:55:52 | More by kustard

Sergeh

California

4/5  rDev -3.8%

06-06-2013 02:36:54 | More by Sergeh

hnandez

California

2.5/5  rDev -39.9%

06-05-2013 21:28:42 | More by hnandez

pisano

Massachusetts

4/5  rDev -3.8%

06-05-2013 12:32:56 | More by pisano

Bubbles

California

4.25/5  rDev +2.2%

06-04-2013 04:47:56 | More by Bubbles

Jtrigonis

California

4.25/5  rDev +2.2%

06-03-2013 19:29:12 | More by Jtrigonis

Liondiscs

California

3.75/5  rDev -9.9%

05-30-2013 10:56:11 | More by Liondiscs

JamLand

Texas

4.25/5  rDev +2.2%

05-29-2013 02:23:03 | More by JamLand

Davepoolesque

Massachusetts

4.06/5  rDev -2.4%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4

Bottled sometime in 2012.

A: Poured black as night. Nice cocoa colored, tiny bubbled head. Looks amazing.
S: Lots of chocolate, cocoa powder, roasted malts, some coffee/expresso. Maybe a little bit of vanilla.
T: I got a lot of bitterness from dark chocolate and expresso. Not sure if this is made with coffee, but it tasted like a coffee stout to me. Not a lot of sweetness.
M: This beer is smooth, finished dry and makes you want to take another sip.
O: Pretty great stout. Not the most amazing out there, but still very good. At 10% you don't taste any of the alcohol. I really didn't get any of the barrel aged notes you usually would, maybe because it's only partially aged. I would like to try it fresh to compare.

Serving type: bottle

05-26-2013 14:37:56 | More by Davepoolesque

Grinky

Illinois

3.75/5  rDev -9.9%

05-25-2013 02:18:20 | More by Grinky

mendvicdog

Maryland

4/5  rDev -3.8%

05-24-2013 03:36:11 | More by mendvicdog

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