BrewDog Paradox Glen Grant (Batch 003)

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

Wow, I found a bottle of this at State Line. What a find. Pours onyx with dark brown edges and 1-finger tan head. Nose is roasty dark malt, prune, cherry, oats, some rauchy notes, hops, peaty scotch, and molasses. Very complex aroma. Tastes dark malty, roasty, peaty, with lactic oaty notes, prune, port wine, brown sugar, molasses, and subdued peat mossy spirit notes. The palate is complex, fairly rich, and stays quaffable from beginning to end. Brewdog makes some innovative, ballsy, and downright delicious beers.

Bottle at post Borefts BF 09 tasting. Dark brown, bit of whisky vanilla butter aorma. Smooth impy stout. Bit of heat on finish. Lots of good smooth dark choc, right side of bitterness, whisky heat and flavour but not overpowering.

Bottle ordered online, though apparently it is now available locally. Swirling this initially reveals an ugly, formaldehyde aroma, but after sitting for a couple minutes that disappears and a very deep, complex aroma shows up, with light chocolate, scotch, brine, and seaweed. Very deep in flavor, with a perfect briny scotch, not overwhelming, but relaxed and great The scotch notes in this are top notch.

Bottle 12fl.oz. @ post Borefts BF 09 hotel tasting
Clear dark black color with a small, frothy, fair lacing, fully diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is heavy malty, roasted, caramel, bourbon, wood, smoke notes, vanilla notes. Flavor is heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20091031]

Black with a short lived creamy tan head. Roasty aroma with chocolate and alcohol notes. Smooth velvety palate. Chocolate, berries, dark roasted coffee, and mellow scotch taste. Very smooth finish with warming scotch tastes lingering in the back of the throat.

pours dark brown, light mahogany head. Aroma of chocolate, amazing sweet caramel for a near lactic sweetness, hints of vanilla and wood. Flavor, well crafted brew for sure, cask/wood presence is not over the top, followed by dark roasted malts, light chocolate, coffee adding a nice sweetness to the palate. Hints of vanilla, light wood with tobacco/char mouthfeel. Not overly boozy, easy sipper. Pleasantly surprised compared to other Brewdog beers.

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.

Served at room temp per the label’s suggestion. An aggressive pour yields a pitch black body covered with only a slight dark tan head that recedes to a random pile of floating islands. Strong woody, peat scotch aromas with apparent roasted malts. Nice and smooth body is not overly heavy. The roasted body is powerful but overshadowed by the excellent scotch and hop finish that blends and leaves a lasting impression of a fine single malt scotch sitting on the tongue.