BrewDog Paradox Glen Grant (Batch 003)

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

12 oz bottle from Bev4less. Pours an opaque dark brown with a small cream head that soon fades to a fine film leaving some lacing. The aroma is musty with roasted grains, oak, coffee, something fruity, and a touch of whiskey. The taste is rich with coffee, roasted malts, oak, a touch of whiskey and biter walnuts. The mouthfeel is full smooth and creamy. The finish is medium in duration and dry. Overall: A very enjoyable impy stout, not much whiskey character, but then it is a beer.

At Vero. Darker than the Macallan. Also a more honeyed nose. Scotchy and meaty. Velvet mouthfeel is impossibly smooth. Excellent texture. Complex, lingering slight char in the finish. Peat, smoke, wood mingle and party together. Super brew.

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.

Pours mahogany into a snifter. Offwhite head quickly recedes to hug rim. Peat aromas. Whiskey from front to back with a slight coffee and oak tinge. Lasting scotch burn.

11.2oz bottle, courtesy of argo0. Thanks, Aaron! We did a side-by-side of four of these (Islay 009, Speyside 010, Macallan 011, Glen Grant 003), and they looked nearly identical: dark, murky brown color; thin, light-tan head with fine-bubbled lacing. Lots of dried dark fruits, nougat, and caramel in the aroma; pretty similar to the Speyside 010, with additional toasty vanilla; very chocolatey, showing the beer beneath. Medium-to-full mouthfeel: lots of chewy, toasty vanilla and dried dark fruits (dates, raisins); very toasty and lots of vanilla coming through from the barrel; nicely toasty and viscous, with a soft barrel presence. Tasty stuff. Lengthy finish: toasty malts, caramel, and chocolate; nicely dry.

bottle. really enjoyed this one. Black pour with almost no head. Sweet molasses, wood, light scotch, chocolate aroma. Aroma is complex but not extremely powerful. Smooth. Smoked woody, chocolate, roasted malt. Subtle and smooth as all hell. Very nice.

12oz bottle from South Bay Drug and Liquor. Pours a deep brown with a this beige head. Nose of dark pit fruits, toffee, oak, light vanilla notes. A little less viscous than expected. A great brew, a little underrated in my opinion.

12oz from Holiday Wine Cellar. Pours black with a thin tan head. Nose is sweet and malty with clear hints of scotch. taste is sweet, smokey and very much a different kind of earthy taste than what i’d expect from a typical impy stout. Tasty and different.