BrewDog Paradox Grain (Batch 007)

Bottled, BB Dec 3, 2008. Poured medium-deep brown with a short, looser cap of tan head. The aroma picked up moderately roasted dark chocolates with lesser coffee accented by vanilla and sweet whiskey.. sweet and sticky overall. The flavor was semi-sweet with a malty complexion of chocolate, coffee, and caramel notes paired fairly well with vanilla and whiskey on the edges.. spicy and warm without an overt alcohol presence.. the barrel increased with warmth. Medium-bodied and increasingly warm and bitter as it progressed.. low carbonation.. solidly done.

Bottle (330ml). Clear ruby-brown pour, average frothy lasting tan head. Sweet aroma redolent with gentle Lowland character, slightly burnt biscuity malt - damned thing actually smells smooth. The taste is very sweet, somewhat burnt, but a wonderful beer/whiskey blend - slick, light, astringent, with a sweet woody somewhat alcoholic finish - a fantastic beer.

Bottle that poured a pitch black with a thin head and very sweet and creamy and a nice roasted finish and the alcohol was well hidden with strong whiskey notes ovreall not bad.CHERS!

Bottle: Black colour, with a creamy head. Aroma of lots of malts,raisins, dust,vanilla,cocos,and alcy nose in the end. Flavor is almost the same, lots of malts and vanilla. Big body, long smokey,raisins finish. Complex beer. Nice

Bottle: Poured a deep black color stout with a small bubbly head with limited retention and no lacing. Aroma is a mix between some barley malt with some fine whiskey notes but not as much peat as in the Islay stout. Taste is also a very well balance mix between some barley and roasted notes with some fine whiskey notes though direct alcohol was noticeable. Very well done but I prefer when more peat is noticeable.

Bottle. Immediately after popping the cap, a heavy aroma of malty sweetness, some roasted malt and dried fruits escapes the bottle. It pours a nice ruby copper body, clear, with a small, firm beige head. Prunes, sultana raisins, dark grapes, caramel and some alcohol fill in the blanks in the aroma. It’s quite effervescent, full-bodied and with a pleasant warmth from the alcohol. The flavor has roasted malt, raisins and prunes, fruity and slightly piney hops and some alcohol. As the beers warms up, some mocha occurs. The finish has a nice lasting bitterness to balance the sweetness. A quite complex beer that is in the same league as Julebokk from their competitor Ringnes. It’s maybe a bit evident on the higher alcohols, but really pleasant and works nicely as a by-the-fire beer, or with some nuts and a slice of cheese. Don’t let it get too warm, as some notes of cooked vegetables then shows up. (081212)

Bottle thanks to Bu11zeye. Smell is vanilla, fig, alcohol, sweet, and whiskey. Look is dark brown to black, not too much head. Medium body but sort of sticky. Taste is sweet, alcohol, borboun, and wood.

Bottled. A pitch black beer with a thin bubbly brown head. The aroma is sweet with notes of whiskey, wood, alcohol, and roasted malt, as well as some chocolate. The flavor is hard roasted with some sweetness and strong notes of alcohol, biting the tip of the tongue, as well as some pretty strong notes of whiskey and grain, and medium notes of caramel, roasted malt, and wood, leading to a dry woody finish.