BrewDog Paradox Grain (Batch 007)

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

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.

33 cL bottle. Pours dark brown and with a lacing light brown head. Light chocolate and smooth vanilla aroma. Flavour is sweet and with a light alcohol note and a mild spiced flavour too. Ends slight spiced and with a solid bitterness.

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 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.

Bottle from Utobeer. Pours a pitch oil like black liquid. Hoppy nose with wine, alcohol, dried fruits and malt. Taste is incredibly vinous and much like a heavy port. Quite drinkable but definitely a sipper.

Batch 007. Black with a middle sized and rather dense head. The aroma has clear notes of whisky, sweetness, vanilla, roasted malt and sweet licorice. The flavour has notes of smooth grain whisky, roasted malt, vanilla, light sweetness, light licorice, a roasted, light bitter-sweet bitterness and a dry, roasted finish.

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.

you can taste the barrel aging which gives unusual taste notes and aroma. Pure black color. no head and not much carbonation. You can feel the Alcohol on tongue, and a little in taste. Dark Chocolate and burnt malty flavour. light body.