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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7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Poured into a snifter, the appearance was a pure dark black color with a nice looking finger’s worth of off white foamy head that dissipated at a nice pace. Adequate messy lace.
The aroma had some roasty coffee beans up front with a slight milk chocolate, and then dark chocolate, quite robust. Vanilla and some woody sweetness round it out.
The flavor pulls a drying sweetness from the blend of the wood to the coffee beans and malts to play with a rugged semi-sweet and bitter aftertaste. Leads with a semi-sticky sort of roasty finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a medium on the body with a fair sipping quality about it. Good carbonation. ABV felt right as where the brewer said it does.
Overall, says it’s an American strong ale on here, I thought this was an American Imperial Stout. That’s what I rated it as and believe it to be. Wonderful as an American Imperial Stout, nowhere close to an American Strong ale.
The aroma had some roasty coffee beans up front with a slight milk chocolate, and then dark chocolate, quite robust. Vanilla and some woody sweetness round it out.
The flavor pulls a drying sweetness from the blend of the wood to the coffee beans and malts to play with a rugged semi-sweet and bitter aftertaste. Leads with a semi-sticky sort of roasty finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a medium on the body with a fair sipping quality about it. Good carbonation. ABV felt right as where the brewer said it does.
Overall, says it’s an American strong ale on here, I thought this was an American Imperial Stout. That’s what I rated it as and believe it to be. Wonderful as an American Imperial Stout, nowhere close to an American Strong ale.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Mar 2017
at 22:32
5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5
Pours a near black brown from a bottle, thick khaki head with a small bit of lacing. Aroma of oak and raisins. Flavor is balsamic vinegar and cherry and bark. It all just seems a little too much. Oh, and it’s quite bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Sep 2016
at 22:26
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
650 ml bottle. Pours a very dark brown with full head. Aromas of dry chocolate, metal and roasted malts. Flavors of kahlua, acidic black coffee, dry roasted malts, aldohol and bitter ash. Yikes. Hot. Enormous. This one needs to sit for a bit.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jul 2016
at 21:19
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
On tap. Pours an opaque black with a large, creamy, long lasting, tan head that leaves plenty of lacing. Sweet aroma of roasted malt, chocolate, dark fruit, coffee, caramel, vanilla and bourbon. Sweet flavour of roasted malt, chocolate, coffee, dark fruit, caramel, vanilla, licorice, light smoke and oak with a warming bourbon finish. Full body with a thick, creamy, smooth, oily texture and soft carbonation. Very stout-like. Lots of complexity, awesome.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Jul 2016
at 22:50
9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
On tap at Mohawk Bend in snifter. Aroma is strong roasted malts, dark fruits. Appearance opaque black with finger-width light brown head with fair retention and nice lacing. Taste is moderately sweet dark fruits with some chocolate and anise. Palate is heavy full bodied with thick texture, average carbonation, with nice long finish of dark fruits. Overall, this resembles an imperial stout. Great full-bodied winter beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Feb 2016
at 08:22
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Thanks alex old bottle unknown vintage very dark thin head liquorice roadty coffee good dryness medium bitterness dark chocolate light woody
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jan 2016
at 16:36
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Süßlicher, deutlich malziger Antrunk. Intensive Holznoten, schokoladig, minimal alkoholisch. Weich malzig bleibend, geringe Herbe. Langer Nachhall, holzig, Noten von Vanille, trockener werdend. Sehr gut! 9/12/12/12/11/12
Tried
on 24 Dec 2015
at 12:36
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draft pour at Bambino’s. They poured me 16 Oz of this. Thanks! Forget about my beer order more often! Pours a near black with a tan swirl head. Sweet malts aroma. I remember having this a while ago, and my mental note from then was that this was super boozy. Not that way anymore. Times have changed I suppose. Very smooty, rich chocolate flavor, with a roasted finish. Simple drink for a double figure abv. Solid offer from these guys. Damn tasty.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Dec 2015
at 20:06
Tried
on 05 Nov 2015
at 20:25
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Bottle, 0.65l, shared with Tomaz. Pours almost black color with thick creamy light brown head and fair lacing. Aroma of roasted malt, chocolate, bourbon, oak and vanilla. Taste starts with sweet and rich caramel malt with roasted undertones and chocolate, follows by licorice and dark fruits, mouthfeel is warming with well hidden alcohol, while finish is mild bitter. Full body, syrupy texture and soft carbonation in palate. Strong, smooth and just fantastic...
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Nov 2015
at 14:19