BrewDog Paradox Glen Grant (Batch 003)

Brewed by BrewDog
Style: Imperial Stout
Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Bottle at Tampa tasting. Poured a dark amber with a creamy eggshell head. Good retention, nice lacing on the glass. Nose is full of caramel and chocolate with some Scotch notes and a peat smokiness. Somewhat full bodied with a decent amount of carbonation. Nice balance of chocolate, oak wood, alcohol. Definitely has a whiskey character. Finish is dry and chocolatey. Very nice!

12 oz bottle from John’s Marketplace, Batch 003 BB 12/12/09. Nose is caramel, coffee, light chocolate and smokiness. Clear very extremely dark brown with a very small tan head. Flavor is toffee, oaky vanilla, smoke, bitterness, and a light whiskey note.Finish is light bitterness, and a slight alcohol warmth.

Black with brown edges, loose off white head. Aroma is lightly smoke, caramel, light alcohol, toffee, coffee. Taste is earthy, light alcohol, chocolate, caramel.

Rich coffee, molasses, with oak in the nose. Pours dark amber, brown with a little to no head. Rich caramel malts with oak tannin and whisky flavors, rich molasses and hints of chocolate in the flavor. Very smooth and delightful. Rich and complex.

330ml Bottle: Thanks waolsen! Aroma of caramel, dark ripe fruits, light wood, slight tobacco, light malts, and a hint of vanilla. Poured very dark brown/black in color with a very small, very rocky, tan head that lasted as a film on top of the beer. Clear. Ever so slightly sparkling. Tiny lacing. Flavor is medium sweet. Tastes of malts, light whiskey, wood, light chocolate, caramel, slight coffee, slight alcohol, light tobacco, slight smoke, and a hint of roasting. Medium body. Slightly thin, lightly dry texture. Soft to average carbonation. Smokey, roasted malt, slight whiskey finish is dry. 10%ABV is well hidden.

Pours a dark brown/black with light tan head (diminishing). Grainy malt, coffee, hints of chocolate and dark fruit, and a good dose of bourbon. A little bit of vanilla and oak. Fairly complex, but overall not that enjoyable.

Bottle from Lone Hill shared with DuffmanSW. Pours a very dark brown with virtually no head. Aroma is lots of bourbon and pretty smoky with some dark dried fruits and a slight alcohol sting. Flavor is very roasty. A little coffee, but mostly oak and vanilla, some caramelized fruits. Finishes very dry and fairly bitter. Mouthfeel is smooth and its full bodied but not as much as expected. Low carbonation. Not your typical imperial stout. Really nice stuff.

Bottle. Aroma of sweet smoke, chocolate, sweet whiskey, sweet, lightly roasted malt. Flavor similar, rich with creamy chocolate with that ever-present whiskey and barrel complexity. Tasty.