Rating: 4.95/5 *2008 release
2008 version review:
I have reviewed this beer a couple of months back . However, this one is the the 2008 version. So it has been aging for the last 4 years. It’s ABV has raised anywhere from 12% to 15%. a lot of the smokey notes are hardly there anymore replace by more spicy notes. Dark Chocolate, Milk Chocolate, vanilla, caramel, bourbon, marshmallow, raisins, plums, Kahlua liquor, graham crackers and cinnamon. Some flavors have been upgraded as it aged the 4 years. If you do happen to find this beer, drink one for now, save the other for aging..
Rating: 4.75/5 Older Viscosity by Port Brewing is a 12% ABV oak barrel aged imperial stout. They take the original old viscosity and age it to hell and back… LOL
Here is the Official info from the label:
3000 miles, that’s what auto makers recommend as the distance your car should travel before changing out that nasty used up oil. Sure. Yeah right you betcha! 3000 miles and not a foot further. I’ll get right on that. Except, that isn’t older viscosity. Nope. This is one seriously sludgy – I just traveled 10,000 miles sort of beer. It’s the way we want it to be. We make no apologies for the viscosity of this thing. Could you run your car on it? Well, we say most likely not. But then again, we’re never tried. Perhaps it could! At Port Brewing, we make Old Viscosity as one of our year round beers. A portion of each batch of Old Viscosity is aged for at least 6 months in use Bourbon barrels. Each year, we also select some of the best barrels from our cellars and blend them together for the release of Older Viscosity Ale. We’ll let you decide which one you like better. Now if you’ll excuse us, we have an experiment we need to conduct with the old ’53 Chevy out behind the brewery.
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Well what can I say about this beer other than the boozy bourbon flavor that so reminds me of angel share yet not bready but more chocolate, smoked coffee, molasses, (soy sauce maybe) and a massive doze of vanilla and caramel. It is thick as hell like the old viscosity but not as smokey. Leave it to the boozy bourbon to take care of that and replace some of the smoke for alcohol and dark fruit raisin sugar. This is the second time I try this beer and not at all disappointing. It definitely holds its own in black gold as well as it is more valuable. Stout lovers will try this and get tossed like little bitches. Not for the faint of heart or the unworthy. Maybe beer geeks will rejoice … I sure as hell did.
2011 Review:
Now this is something super fancy. An Imperial stout that does not play like a stout at all. Looks like the oil that drained from an old car like the label shows. Very viscous and dark. Tastes of strong bourbon masked by dark chocolate and fruity flavors as well as vanilla aromas to the scent. If you want something very special then pick this one up. Comes out once a year. No bitterness and the strength comes from the 12% alcohol and rich flavors
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