BrewDog Paradox Grain (Batch 007)

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

Bottle. Dark rich black with a brown head that dissipates quickly. Nose is full of vanilla notes and caramel with obvious malt with some moderate toasting. Mouth is overwhelmingly vanilla and saltyness with plenty of maltiness and not a hint of alcohol. Seaweed. Finishes like tortilla chips with salt and a lasting vanilla. Brilliant, if the salty tones are more prominent here

Flaske. Sort uden noget skum. Kraftige noter af bourbon allerede i duften. Denne går videre i smagen som dog ikke er så en dimensionel som Allagash bourbon lagrede. Måske går imp. stout bedre til whisky fadlagring end den belgiske stil. Den kan dog ikke nå helt op at ringe da den stadig er overvældende meget whisky, men helt klart begynder der sig at tegne en mulighed jeg ville have forsvoret i det gamle år.

Rating #800. 330ml brown bottle. Pours deep black. Compact creamy tan head, reduces itself to a slight ring around the edge of the glass. Rich aroma of chocolate cake, whiskey and roasted malt. Taste is initailly sweet chocolate with a woody background. Finishes with whiskey and a touch of vanilla, notes of alcohol, brown sugar and roasted malt. Moderate hop bitterness lingers. Body is full, soft carbonation, quite smooth going down for a 10%

Pours an opaque black with beige head. Aroma is burnt fruit, vanilla. Port/wine like. Sweet, strong vanilla. Thick body. Too sweet to drink alot of but a fine sipping beer.

WOW. What an amazing beer! Pours out a dark dark brown with hints of red on the edges, mid-sized light brown crown that could be thicker, leaves lots of fine spotty, silty lacing. Smooth aroma of tobacco, vanilla, chocolate and whiskey hit first followed by black cherries, plum, liquid smoke and dark roasted malts. I already plan on cleaning out the local seller of this stuff - 5 bottles isn’t enough to keep me going! The flavour is excellent - clean and smooth, nothing rough about this stout even at 10%.... by the way, where the hell is that 10% (aside from sinking into my skull)? More tobacco, vanilla, whiskey (light), dark roasted malts, slight notes of alcohol, chocolate. Although the aroma and flavour have the same qualities they do not come across the same, if that makes any sense. Pretty much has full bodied qualities without coming across thick. Smooth and soft with a slight sweet middle and finishes with a dry dark roast (nears burnt... burnt sugar maybe) and the lightest of hops. A perfectly blended stout, no hop assault what so ever, no overwhelming qualities, just an excellent and enjoyable beer. Find it and stock up if you can. Awesome.

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!

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. Pours deep dark brown with a with no head. Aromas of fresh wood, bourbon vanilla and molasses sugar. Smooth and oily texture. Sweet and roasted flavour with notes of licorice, coffee, vanilla and chocolate. This paradox turned out great!