BrewDog Paradox Grain (Batch 007)

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

Bottle thanks to martin the brewer. Aroma hits you with vanilla, lots of wood, roasted malts, fruity spicey character, and again vanilla. Taste suprise packed with vanilla, alcohol ripe dark fruits, roasted malts and a slight saltyness as you swallow. Very intresting beer, seems as if its been aged in a bourbon barrel rather than whisky but nice all the same. RERATE: Bottle in horizontal with the glasgow beer crew for garethyoungs birthday. There seems to be a load of coconut in this fellow this time, and quite sweet, the least complex of the lot but very drinkable and alc well hidden. RERATE: Whisky is very noteable now, gee the roastyness is not hot, the grassy hops an butter coming through also are like exactly what i dont want in a beer.

(12oz bottle, Batch 007, BB 30/12/08) Pours a dark brown body with a spare beige ring. Aroma of bourbon, toffee, caramel malt, vanilla, and light sour notes. Flavor of fig, coconut, light vinous, and roasted malt.

courtesy of fiulijn - dark brown colour without foam; decently smokey, notes of pear, highland whisky-like aroma (maybe something like a Macallan); some sweetness and a robust malt body; oily and with a strong bitterness; dry and very bitter finish where notes of caramel are playing with those of alcohol, wood and cherry

Deep deep reddish, brown colour with a beige head. Malty, fruity and vague roasted aroma with whiskey/ barrel notes. Malty, sweet and fruity flavor with barrel notes.

Bottled. Reddish almost black coloured. Oak, vanilla, dried fruits, coconut, bourbon aroma. Sweet fruity flavour with loads of oak and vanilla and some liquorice. Very soft and round. Medium bodied.

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)

Bottled. Pitch black coloured. Huge brown dense head. Sweet and roasty aroma. Quite balanced. Loads of vanilla and spice. Flavour is sweet, alcoholdense, full of vanilla and has a light roasty and chocolaty note. Smooth. Medium to full bodied. Quite dry. Has a vanilla and alcoholdense end. Quite nice and easy to drink .

Black with a slight red highlight. Tiny tan head. Sweet and fruity whisky aroma, vanilla oak, chocolate. Strong oaky flavour, somewhat sweet, mostly tannin and vanilla, somewhat less roast malt.