BrewDog Paradox Islay (Batch 001)

Formerly brewed at BrewDog
Style: Imperial Stout
Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

3rd LCRBM. Oh yeah. This stuff rules. Aroma has peated whisky malts. Black coloured with a thin off-white head. Taste is sweet, peaty, smoked with whisky malts. Medicinal. Bit dry. Superb beer.

3rd LCRBM. Raisin and peat (like Islay single malt whisky) in the aroma. Islay malt peat in the flavor. Medecinal. Band aids. Absolutely great beer ( I do like peaty single malts).

Bottle, at London Shindig, August 2007. Very dark brown colour. Whether you like this will depend on whether you like Islay whisky. How you rate it will depend on whether you think a beer that doesn’t taste of beer should be highly scored. That said, the aroma wasn’t entirely overwhelmed by the whisky, with the smoky and tarry notes in the beer providing some contrast. But, on the palate, its Islay all the way. Reminded me of the LagaLimfjord at RBESG a couple of year ago. I liked this, even though I’m more of a fan of Lagavulin than Caol Ila. But plenty won’t. Not sure I could handle a pint though.

Bottled. I found this difficult to rate given that I’m not keen on Islay whiskies. It is very peaty, with lots of iodine that tends to drown the beer slightly, preventing the intense stout flavours from being recognised. Stil, if you like Islay, you will like this.

(RBESG 2007, Bottle at Blackfriars, Glasgow) Black, dark head. Whisky aroma, tar, oak and with smoked notes. Smoked whisky flavor, great palate and with a smotth, nice finish.

330 ml bottle, at the Bon Accord, Glasgow. Black colour, ruby in the highlights. Large and lasting creamy head. Very strong aroma of tar and peat. Extremely peaty and tarry flavour, just too much of the good stuff.

Bottle, chris_o shindig. This one certainly divided opinion! Dark brown, nearly black, tan head that fades quickly. Nose is very peaty, smoky, whisky tones and some vanilla. Touch of liquorice in there too. Mouth is wonderful malty, peaty, thick with lots of complex salty seaweed tones and that lovely sweet malty stout. Really enjoyable.

Bottle @ Chris_o shindig 2007.
Dark brown color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, beige head. Aroma is smoke, oak, heavy medicine. Flavor is moderate sweet and old chimney soot with a long long duration. Body is medium, texture is watey, carbonation is flat. 2/4/2/2/3 (040807)
Bottle 33cl @ Home. [ as BrewDog Paradox Islay (Batch 006) ].
Clear dark brown / black color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, burnt, peat, oak - wood, smoke - chimney soot, medincin notes special in the start. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long to average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. 6/4/7/4/15 (200708)