BrewDog Paradox Islay (Batch 009)

Bottle thanks to wavers1. Batch 009. BB 22/03/09. Dark dark opaque black, light tan cover. Big salty, scotch, brine, iodine and peat aroma. Taste is against salty, brine, scotch, lightly roasted malt.

From the Bottle at Tom’s Ultimate Glasgow Tasting, Blackfriars 01/12/2007 Strong whisky aroma. Dark red coloured with lots of alcohol present. Woody. Crisp and bitter full smoked whisky finish.

Can you say peat? I have never smelled a beer quite like this one. Pours a dark black with traces of lingering head. I think aging this in the scotch barrells has given this beer a more medium bodied feel. On my palate I get scotch the peat flavor from the barrels, oak. Very nice and hides its alcohol very well.

Bottle. Pitch black with a nice cappuccino coloured head. Aromas of thick islay peat, tar, roasted malt and sweet caramel. Malty flavour with notes of chocolate, ash and smoke.

Black with a lasting off-white head. Aroma of caramel, tar and peat. Ashy and smoke flavour with overwhelming peat.

22oz bottle @ Scheffel. Pours pitch black with a small creamy bubbly head. Nose is roast - chocolate, coffee and peat smoke in the back. Rubber and smoke. Smooth body. OK

Bottle. Neck tag shows "Edition 009 Islay Ardbeg 1991". Pours pitch black. Short brown head. Aroma is big peat, smoldering wood, earth, roasted malt, iodine, cocoa, and salt. Taste is strong peat, burnt wood, dark chocolate, coffee, iodine, molasses, and scotch notes. The scotch is very evident in everything thus far. Body is soft but chewy. There’s a certain slickness to the palate but still is kind of creamy. Light-medium overall. You’d think the barrel aging wouldn’t thin these out much but it has on all three that I’ve had. The finish is more peat, iodine, salt, burnt wood, molasses, chocolate, roasted malt and coffee. Very tasty, especially if you like Islay scotch and imperial stouts, which I do.

Dark brown with a smoky aroma of roast, chocolate, vanilla, and wood. Flavor is roasty with some wood, roast, chocolate, and light bitterness. I wasn’t crazy about this one at first, but it really shaped up nicely as it warmed.