Paradox - Smokehead (Batch 015)
(Batch of Paradox - Smokehead)
BrewDog in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 🏴
Stout - Imperial Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.32
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8.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 8
Overall 9
330 ml bottle, bottled on 8/15/09; over three years old. Pours opaque black with no head, only a small ring of big-bubbly foam. Aroma consists of overripe dark fruit, mocha, smoke, tobacco, leather, licorice. Taste is sweet, smoky and nutty with a slightly tart finish. Licorice and tar are prominent in flavor. Wow...yum. Carbonation is soft, mouthfeel is oily. Delicious, ugly, complex....what an experience.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Oct 2012
at 23:04
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
7th April 2010
Very dark brown beer, light just passes through. Smoky malty nose. Light and soft palate, a little dry. Lactose sweet malt with some fruity character. The whisky dominates and it’s pretty smoky.! Finishes soft and a little dry with blackcurrant coming to the fore.
Very dark brown beer, light just passes through. Smoky malty nose. Light and soft palate, a little dry. Lactose sweet malt with some fruity character. The whisky dominates and it’s pretty smoky.! Finishes soft and a little dry with blackcurrant coming to the fore.
Tried
on 17 Jun 2012
at 03:09
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Very good, persistent beige head over black beer. Tarry, phenolic, smoked nose, beachwood or surfbreakers. Tar, phenols à gogo, wood, black chocolate, Islay malt, but as if reduced to a thick sauce. Very oily-viscous, slick (tarry, maybe), sharp MF, feels well-carbonated, too. Not subtle by any standard, typical BrewDog punch-on-the-nose.
Tried
on 17 Mar 2012
at 03:53
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle. Black with a tan creamy lacing head. Portlike notes, smoke, burned wood, tar. Sparkly mouthfeel, full body. Herbal, big, unfortunately seemingly a bit skunky hops - might be the rough whiskey notes too, hard to discern, the drink is agressive and a little bit all over the place. Burned/tar aftertaste. Not my favorite Paradox.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Feb 2012
at 13:11
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
27/03/2011 Ma che siete venuti a fà (tap). Spillata a pompa, nerissima impenetrabile. Aroma complesso di caffè, con note legnose e alcoliche. In bocca è davvero complessa, caffè, vaniglia, liquirizia. Si sente la permanenza in botte di whisky, con forti note legnose e affumicate, forse anche un filo eccessive. Ottimo corpo, consistenza oleosa al palato, gradazione alcolica importante ma non eccessiva. Interessante, ma totalmente sbilanciata. Sullo stesso genere c’è di molto meglio in giro.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Jan 2012
at 01:29
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Brewdog Online, purchased a while back. It pours opaque black, with a thin beige head. The nose is unsurprisingly smokey, as well as roasted malt, peat and sticky caramel. The taste is roasted malt, smoked peat, chocolate, charred wood, liquorice, caramel, vanilla and alcohol warmth, with a long, smokey-dry roasted finish. Full body, low-moderate carbonation and sticky mouth-feel. Flavoursome and bold.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Nov 2011
at 06:04
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
12 oz. bottle, split with Matts_Property, pours black with a small tan ring of head. Aroma smoke / peat and light whiskey - not much in the way of impy stout qualities. Flavour is smokey and peaty upfront, followed by roasted malt and chocolate, and a slight boozy burn on the finish. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Oct 2011
at 18:29
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
0.33l bottle @ Kontoret, Bergen. This one pours a heavy dark brown body with a small lightly tanned sidesticking head. Aroma is heavy smoky with lots of peat and tar. Also some light licorice and roasted malts with hints of vanilla. Heavy aroma indeed. Average carbonation, quite full-bodied and it has a heavy oily mouthfeel. Strong strong ashtray flavors, mostly of smoke, charcoal and licorice. Really warming and the smoke and peat continues forever in the aftertaste! Almost a bit over the top smoky-wise, but a fine specimen of its kind.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Sep 2011
at 00:33