Old Viscosity
Port Brewing Company in San Marcos, California, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.87
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This is definitely not your Dad’s 30 weight!
An enormously rich and satisfying beer, Old Viscosity begins with a malty nose with caramel and chocolate overtones. An incredibly rich beer with substantial malty notes, Old Viscosity finishes with a dry, sweet Dark Chocolate bitterness.
Hops
GERMAN MAGNUM
Original Gravity
1.091
ABV
10%
An enormously rich and satisfying beer, Old Viscosity begins with a malty nose with caramel and chocolate overtones. An incredibly rich beer with substantial malty notes, Old Viscosity finishes with a dry, sweet Dark Chocolate bitterness.
Hops
GERMAN MAGNUM
Original Gravity
1.091
ABV
10%
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6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Bottle 2015: Poured a dark black with a light brown head. Aroma is rich roasted malts, chocolate. Taste is roasted malts, chocolate, tobacco, light fall off in the finish. Probably would have been better fresher.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Aug 2025
at 22:51
7.8/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
2015 bottle shared by Shawn. Glass mug at The chapel hill tasting.
Dark oily brown on black, strong & stiff maple head.
All I get on the nose is oak milk & a little maple.
Roasty, burnt sugar, lingering fuzzy pine hops, slight milky mouthfeel. Constant soft carb.
Very good.
Dark oily brown on black, strong & stiff maple head.
All I get on the nose is oak milk & a little maple.
Roasty, burnt sugar, lingering fuzzy pine hops, slight milky mouthfeel. Constant soft carb.
Very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Aug 2025
at 22:46
9.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 10
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 9.5
650ml bottle from dsnowden! Wow, i’m excited, thank you!
Pour BLACK, looks like an imperial stout. Soft beige head, nice lacing on the inside of my snifter. Aroma is smokey, and chocolatey. The hops come through, and add a nice dimension. There are also some coffee notes with some slight fruitness.......plums, and figs. Flavour is awesome! The hops are there, along with a wicked coffee taste, that finished with a great bitter chocolate that lasts forever. This is like liquid chocolate/coffee brownie, with hints of molasses. The mouthfeel is NUTS! Viscosity is dead on, this stuff is THICK. It just coats my mouth, after i swallow i can still feel the coating in the top of my mouth. The 10% is nowhere to be found, What an amazing beer, i can’t find anything wrong with it.
Pour BLACK, looks like an imperial stout. Soft beige head, nice lacing on the inside of my snifter. Aroma is smokey, and chocolatey. The hops come through, and add a nice dimension. There are also some coffee notes with some slight fruitness.......plums, and figs. Flavour is awesome! The hops are there, along with a wicked coffee taste, that finished with a great bitter chocolate that lasts forever. This is like liquid chocolate/coffee brownie, with hints of molasses. The mouthfeel is NUTS! Viscosity is dead on, this stuff is THICK. It just coats my mouth, after i swallow i can still feel the coating in the top of my mouth. The 10% is nowhere to be found, What an amazing beer, i can’t find anything wrong with it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Feb 2025
at 05:00
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
12/VII/24 - 1Pt. 3.2Fl. Oz. can from Bierhalle Deconinck (Vichte), shared @ post Katie’s UK beer tasting drinks (@home), BB:XI/2024, lot: 2324 (2024-547)
Clear dark brown to black beer, creamy beige to brown head, a bit adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: a bit oxidized, earthy, good roast, chocolate, caramel, hint of vanilla. MF: soft carbon, medium to full body. Taste: good roast up front, a bit sweet, oxidized touch, caramel, more food roast. Aftertaste: sweet malts, very oxidized, more roast, bitter, pretty damn bitter, good dark roast, coffee, hoppy dry finish. Good stuff! I remember this beer being one of the first real American Imperial Stouts I've ever had. It's still pretty darn tasty!
Clear dark brown to black beer, creamy beige to brown head, a bit adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: a bit oxidized, earthy, good roast, chocolate, caramel, hint of vanilla. MF: soft carbon, medium to full body. Taste: good roast up front, a bit sweet, oxidized touch, caramel, more food roast. Aftertaste: sweet malts, very oxidized, more roast, bitter, pretty damn bitter, good dark roast, coffee, hoppy dry finish. Good stuff! I remember this beer being one of the first real American Imperial Stouts I've ever had. It's still pretty darn tasty!
Tried
from Can
from
Bierhalle Deconinck
on 12 Jul 2024
at 21:59
8/10
Tried
from Can
on 07 May 2022
at 22:06
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 8
Can. Almost black. A lot of coffee, some vanilla, roasted malts, dry earthy notes, alcohol, nuts. Medium sweet and boozy bitter. Medium bodied. A bit thin, not viscous at all.
Tried
from Can
on 07 May 2022
at 20:21
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
19.2 oz. can in a trade with tfontana. Much thanks. It does look the part. Aroma shows burnt caramel and deep roasted malt. Flavor is roasted malt and bitter chocolate. Hints of dark fruit. Unfortunately the body is super thin for the style. Damn near watery. In the year 2011, this was top tier. Today, real average.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Feb 2021
at 20:36
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle thanks to my pal DK. Dark pour and large head. This brew is a few years old but still fine carbonation. Nose is dark fruit and molasses. Tastes of plums, dark cherry, molasses, coffee, tobacco. Smooth drinking. Nice stuff and aged well
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jul 2020
at 02:17
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 9
650ml bottle at home, from Bottledog, 22nd December 19. Pours black and thick. Aroma is liquorice and dark malts, wood. Taste is smooth, liquorice, barrel, wood, really bitter, cocoa, dark chocolate. Really good Impy
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Dec 2019
at 20:55
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle thanks to Bursprak. Pours pitch black with a small brown head. Aromas of dark chocolate, roasty, tobacco, spicy, dark fruits, malty. Taste is about the same. Light fudgy and vanilla notes from the barrel, but mostly the base beer left. Some licorice in the back aswell. Older is sooo much better than this!
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Nov 2019
at 16:55