BrewDog Paradox Isle of Arran (Batch 016)

Brewed by BrewDog
Style: Imperial Stout
Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Serve in Snifter

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Bottle 33cl. @ LCRBM 2008, ’s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Clear dark brown color with a average, fizzy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, caramel, whisky, berry, wood. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20081025]

Bottled. A pich black beer with a lazing dark brown head. The aroma has notes of peated smoke, roasted malt, alcohol, chocolate, and whiskey. The flavor is sweet with notes of roasted malt, alcohol, whiskey, alcohol, and chocolate, leading to a dry, roasted, woody, and alcoholic finish.

Bottle 33 cl. Courtesy of Storm. Pours dark brown with a tint of red and a tiny rough off-white head. Lovely sweet whisky aroma. Solid body, low in carbonation, very burned malts, woody, burned, ashy and astringent. Very malt astringent actually. 161209

33 cL bottle, courtesy of Duff. Pours dark brown to black with a fully gone tan head. Dense alcoholic aroma with a mild burn and phenolic note. Smooth chocolate and vanilla flavoured. Smooth and slight bitter. Lasting vanilla and chocolate smooth finish - nice.

UPDATED: AUG 10, 2010 Bottled (thanks TBone, April 2010). Deep ambery brown colour, mediumsized brown head. Aroma is cookies, liquorice, ashes, caramel and some mild wooden and alcoholic notes. Flavour is cookies, tar, some alcohol, liquorice. Leaves quite much the same flavours in the aftertaste. Wellbalanced, but could be a bit more aggressive. 8 4 7 4 16

Cask@The Bree Louise (July 2010). Pitch black colour, not much head. Aroma is liquorice, cookies, ashes, alcohol, some whisky and toffee. Also mild wooden notes. Flavour is being quite much the same along with some smoked wooden notes. Smooth and quite brutal. 9 4 9 4 19.

Bottled. Very black, richhead. Arom of licorice and whisky. Fairly sweet and honeyish. Salty and potent, tarry and full bodied. Mild honeyish whiskey gives some warmth. Resiny bitterness.

Bottle at Sune. Clear red brown coloured with a small off white head. Roasted aroma of caramel, dark chocolate and alcohol with notes of rye rbead and whisky. Roasted flavour of smoke, whisky and liquorice with notes of hops and dark chocolate. Roasted finish.

Bottle at LCRBM08. Smoky aroma, some vanilla. Clear dark brown colour. Mild smoke flavour, some spegepølse. Roasted, barley bitterness. Very dark brown colour.

UPDATED: JUN 26, 2011
Name: Paradox 016 Isle of Arran
Date: October 05, 2009
Mode: Bottle
Source: Liquid Solutions
Appearance: black, wispy grey head, streaks of lace
Aroma: sweet caramel and chocolate aroma, touch of sweet vanilla and whiskey
Flavor: sweet caramel and chocolate flavor, touch of oak adds bitterness, vanilla sweetness brings in the whiskey and adds a candy quality

Name: Paradox 016 Isle of Arran
Date: April 23, 2011
Mode: draft
Words: tmac fred
Appearance: black, frothy tan head
Aroma: roasted and dark chocolate aroma, touch of caramel sweetness
Flavor: sweet chocolate flavor, caramel sweetness, touch of roasted, sweet vanilla, oak melds with the roast

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 16/20
Rating: 3.7/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *** /4

Black color; medium creamy head, reducing quickly. Light aroma of caramel and molasses; very light chocolate. The body is medium to light, there is a sweetish caramel and chocolate aroma, some rhubarb candies, strong bitterness, some roasted malt at the end, but also alcohol. Unimpressive.