BrewDog Paradox Grain (Batch 007)

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

Strong aroma of almonds, bitters and some smoke too, deep mahogany, red at the sides, pours a small tan head. Taste has malt, toffee, peat, wood, smoke and booze. Full bodied, very well balanced, alcohol is masked, nice tongue tingle. Fanatastic!

Pours a pitch black with nearly no head - a thin outline of foam with the tiniest hint of lacing. Aroma is sweet, nice and peaty with obvious notes of scotch. Tastes not at all roasty, but much more of strong scotch ale flavour. Woodsy and peaty (day-old campfire) with enough generic background hops to keep things in check. Thin and undercarbonated with a coating and lasting mouthfeel. What a beautiful finish, again, not much in the way of an impy stout, but I’m really loving all the scotch flavours, and how well they work in beer form. My first BrewDog!

33cl bottle at home. found in ølbutikken, cph. boy do i look forward to this one. i like whiskey, i like beer, i like stout, i like barreled beer. this can’t go wrong. bottle is well aged (best before 2008-11-01 according to danish beerhouse label on top of capsule) pours almost black, with a small light brown fluffy head. Seen before with barrel aging, but it is just a 3 anyways. first sniff reveals a nice round mellow whisky aroma, very round and soft. more sniffing reveals hard roasted malts, coffee, licorice. i think i might be serving it too cold, it’s probably only 6 celcius right now. my bad. i’ll let it stay for a while before tasting. bottle says serve at room temperature. okay. well now it’s igloo room temperature i guess. flavor is vanilla, american whisky, subdued roasted malts. wood (oak), roasted sugar. ends bitter and with a distinct whiskey feel to it.

Black in color with a small beige head. Aroma is of vanilla, fig, coconut and marshmallows. Taste is roasty with fig and dark fruits.

Bottle. Pours a dark brown with a small brown head. Aroma of roasted malt, oak, chocolate, vanilla and whiskey. The roasted malt dominates the flavour and well balanced with the sweetness of the vanilla, whiskey and chocolate that also comes through. Smooth and creamy on the palate. A roasted and bitter finish. Another good beer from these guys.

Bottle. Black with brown dissapearing head. very low carbonation. Nice aroma of vanilla and toffee and a little whiskey. Flavour is very sweet with almost too much toffee and some vanilla. Ok beer, but too much toffee. Good for desserts maybe

Bottle, Rainhall Drinks Co, Barnoldswick. Super dark mahogany tinged brown with a beige head that dissipated to nothing. Aroma was roasted malt, vanilla, wood and whiskey. Much of the same in the flavour which was sticky sweet and with pretty well masked alcohol. Dryish , woody finish. All in all a tasty drop.

Bottle from Corks, Bristol. Near black with a hint of red and a big tan head. Aroma of dark fruit, large amounts of vanilla and some toffee. Flavour began with some sweetness, a hint of peaty whisky, more vanilla and a warming alcohol finish. A different, Scottish take on an imperial stout, which proved enjoyable.