4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: NOV 23, 2011 (*vintage 2007): En arôme c’est assez complexe, whiskey, mélasse, fruits foncés enrobé par un épais nuage d’alcool. en bouche c’est assez visqueux. Le whiskey est vraiment mis en valeur, pratiquement la moitié du profil y est envahi. L’autre moitié est principalement le chocolat, fruits foncés, mélasse et une touche de fumé. De loin la meilleure de la série Paradox jusqu’à maintenant.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 18/20
Bottle from Five Points Bottle Shop. Pours out nearly still with no head and a thick, viscous black body. Like the other Paradoxes I’ve tried, this one is a basic, non-aggressive imperial stout to provide a solid canvass for the whiskey aging to do its thing. This one is woody, as one would expect with just a little brininess in the finish. It’s fairly dense and complex enough to be enjoyable. Chocolate notes becomes more apparent as I drink this one.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle from John’s Market Place, Portland. Pours pitch black with virtually no head, just a few beige bubble, and a treacle and bourbon aroma. There is a carbonated dark molasses flavor, slightly sweet, with a dry bitter finish and a bourbon trail. A nice drink for a cold rainy day.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle thanks to Ryan. Hell yes this was good. Poured black with very little head. Not much carbonation left but enough to break up the heaviness. Great beer. Better than the rating average in my opinion. Sweet and scotchy. But not over the top.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Opaque black pour with a thin off-white head.
Complex aroma, well balanced, whiskey (bourbon but it says Scotch) sweet fruits, dark roast malt and some vanilla, cherry and chocolate.
The flavors are well blended and perfectly balanced with all of them coming through and none over powering any of the others.
Thick and viscous mouth feel.
Very nice whiskey stout.
3.9 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle @ Utah Holiday Tasting: Big sherry and oak notes, sweet roast and vanilla. Old, subtle smoke and old man notes. Nice big and earthy. Robust. Instant aging!
3.7 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
12oz bottle thanks to hrking
Appearance: Black with a medium sized beige head and some lacing
Aroma: Smokey, molasses, woody and dark fruits
Taste: Toasted malts, dark fruits, some sweetness in the finish
Nice. The aroma was awesome, but the flavor was lacking some and a little thin.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle served at the b-day celebration for "pintplease". Colour... darn near dhu! Nose... mildly smoky, but mostly caramel and toffee like. Palate... delicately carbonated, lightly sweet with smidgens of Scottish toffee, Christmas cake, biscuits and a slightly oily finish.
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