BrewDog Paradox Speyside (Batch 010)

Name: Paradox 010 Speyside
Date: October 13, 2008
Mode: Bottle
Source: Green’s, Atlanta
Appearance: black, frothy beige head
Aroma: sweet dark caramel and roasted malt aroma
Flavor: rich malt flavor, lots of caramel and vanilla sweetness, light balancing roasted and oak, bitterness comes in along with the roasted and leaves a long bitter finish
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 14/20
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **4

11.2 ounce bottle in snifter. Dark brown black with lasting ring and lace. Chocolate prune whiskey and wood aroma. Woody roasted chocolate mild fruity smokey medium bitter finish. Medium-full body and low carbo. This is a great sipper. I really enjoyed it. It was a challenging combination of assertive flavors, but I found myself wanting more and more. The whiskey and wood notes are just right. Excellent.

33 cl, bb 01/01/10. Opaque with a small, sort of lasting foam. Aromas of vanilla, toasted oak and smoky coffee. Flavor is campfire s’mores (chocolate, graham cracker, marshmallow and light smoke), coffee, and a nice little touch of oaked whiskey. Medium-heavy body is very lightly carbonated, watery and finishes woody-roasty dry.

dak brown-smells like vanilla, & unground coffee beans & alcohol. thin nutty chocolate notes- yes, like nutter butter w/chocolate. scotch flavor is a bit in the background. extremely light chocolate is making me extremely happy. almond butter notes. this has competing and different flavors throughout. that always seem to work well together. 3 10 8 5 16

Bottle. Black pour. Aroma is chocolate, vanilla, and some spicy scotch. Flavor is sweet, caramel, chocolate, booze, charred wood. The more I taste of these the more I really appreciate them.

12 oz. bottle. Pours black with orange extremities and a small tan head. A swirl leaves nice, high legs. The aroma is brown sugar, roasted barley, vanilla, some sweet oak, and little bits of chocolate and alcohol. The flavor is rich bitter chocolate, sweet smooth Scotch, little bits of vanilla, coffee, and charcoal. Once in a while I get a pleasant smoky note. The finish is ashy and bittersweet with a coffee-ish aftertaste. This is one of the better beers in the Paradox series.

Black. Long creamy head. Aroma: Roasted malt, light chocolate. Flavor: Licorice, roasted malt, scotch. Warm alcohol finish.

Viscous-pouring dark brown beer with orange highlights to medium, dense & reasonably stable tan head. Chocolate very obvious in the nose, breadcrust, fresh coffeepowder, vanilla, but remarkably little alcohol. Strong coffee taste, quite bitter (both hops and burnt black coffeebeans) with expresso/mocha sweetness lurking behind. Very burnt/stout character. Rather spritzy MF, strange for such a heavy, oily, viscous beer with some alcoholwarming. Much more stout/coffee-like than any of the other Paradox casks; alcohol/whisky character however much more discreet. <i> Big thanks to Darren! </i>