vadersnightcap (79), Scotland Sep 1, 2007 Brilliant!
The Paradox beers are very very good.
I still slightly prefer the Grain whisky one but they are both amazing.
pours gorgeously and wickedly dark, deep, thick and rich with a lovely head.
the flavours reminded me of toffee apples and fudge brownies with a balancing rip dark fruit bitter tingle to finish it off. speyside whisky flavours written all over it.
mickblueeyes (106), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA Apr 15, 2008 Nose: This beer smells exactly like Glen Moray--honey, baked bread, light winey/oaky notes and a touch of faint smoke. There is a rich and chocolately stout note that undergirds the soft, light and slightly alcoholy nose on this beer.
Palate: The palate continues the wonderful whisky notes, but develops rich, milk chocolate, caramel, big oak, and lightly bitter coffee notes. The finish lingers and reminds one of the finish on a good whisky. Warming, sweet and long. DocLock (4170), Lower Pottsgrove, Pennsylvania, USA Jul 22, 2008 Pours blackish with deep brown edges and 1-finger tan head and great lacing. Nose is Wheaties coated in brown sugar and dipped in molasses and scothc whiskey, plus molasses, cacao, oats. The nose is a bit like a juiced up Celebrator mixed with scotch whiskey and molasses. The taste is dark malty, with cacao, brown sugar, fig, molasses, and mild backup hops. Very well hidden alcohol in this, and the beer as a whole is amazingly smooth, complex and downright chuggable to the point where I had to force myself to savor it slowly. M0RHI (1026), Luxembourg, Luxembourg Aug 30, 2007 Cask, Blackfriars, Glasgow, RBESG 07. Very dark ruby, thin film of tan head. Nose is imperial stout maltiness, slightly sweet with some grainy, slightly peaty, salty seaweed. Mouth is malty, salty seaweed, touch fo sweet alcohol, menthol and vanilla. Some fruitiness in there. Palate lasts salty and vanilla, with a bit of sweetness too for balance. Absolutely superb. Roger_moore (34), Edinburgh, Scotland Aug 31, 2007 Great whisky black beer again. simlar to the grain one and I like it lots. I have to say there are very good. Chocolate, smooth drinking cholcolate mixed with orange vodka.
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