BrewDog Paradox Grain (Batch 007)

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

Bottle 33cl @ home.
Clear dark black color with a average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy malty, roasted, burnt, caramel, smoke, whisky - moderate to light heavy vanilla. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and light to moderate bitter with a long to average duration. Sweetness is vanilla sweet. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (090708)

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!

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

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.

11.2oz bottle. Batch 007 BB 3/12/08. Poured a dark brown color with red edges and an averaged sized off white head. Aromas of oak, wood, vanilla, light whiskey, and some earthiness. Tastes of wood, vanilla, whiskey, light peat, caramel, and some dark fruits.

Bottle, at Fin’s excellent UK Imperial Stouts tasting, sampled with Fin, Loz and Traci. Thanks mate! (The Paradox part of our tasting done blind.) Dark brown, a bit of scattered open tan bubbles. A lovely fresh baked brownie aroma. Some wet wood and vanilla. Cedar running around in the background. Caramel sweet milk chocolate flavor, warming and comfortingly soft. Just a little mineral in the finish. In a lot of ways this has more dopplebock charm than imp stout charm, but stylistic nitpickings aside, a very nice beer.

Bottled (from Ölkonsortiet, Aalborg). Very deep amber, close to black, colour, not that much head. Aroma is vanilla, malts, mild roast, toffee and quite much licorice. Flavour is lots of wood and vanilla along with lots of licorice and caramel.

Pours black with a small diminishing beige head. Very sweet with a light bitterness. Very malty with molasses and caramel aromas. Some whisky and alcohol notes. Also prunes and vanilla. Hints of tar and liquirish. Full bodied with a creamy texture. Soft carbonation. Dry finish.