Paradigm Shift
Williams Brothers (Heather Ales) in Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland 🏴
Amber / Red Ale - American Special|
Score
6.76
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Paradigm Shift is a Enhanced Red Ale. Enhanced with what you may ask?... Shed loads of Bravo & Calypso hops in the boil and for dry hopping, the ale gets it’s red colour and maltiness from high levels of Caramalt used in the mash. This is not your average red, it is brewed to challenge your conceptions of what a red ale is. This is not nutty, bland & watery but big & bold; malty but with a serious hoppiness to back it up.
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6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Old rating from 28/10/14 - 330ml bottle, gift from friends. Pours a dark red with a white foamy head. Aromas & tastes of caramel, toffee, red fruits, cereal & malt. Medium body. Long medium bitter. Enjoyable red ale
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jun 2025
at 20:59
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
How: Draught.
Where: Flying Elk, Stockholm.
Appearance: Hazy brown colour wit ha tan head.
Aroma: Malt, caramel, hops, pine.
Body: Light to medium body, medium carbonation.
Flavour: Malt, caramel, grapefruit.
Where: Flying Elk, Stockholm.
Appearance: Hazy brown colour wit ha tan head.
Aroma: Malt, caramel, hops, pine.
Body: Light to medium body, medium carbonation.
Flavour: Malt, caramel, grapefruit.
Tried
on 27 Mar 2020
at 09:49
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Many thanks for this Ale to Jacek Wigier (wineofdreams@gmail.com). Piwo o czerwono miedzianej barwie, spora piana ale szybko sie redukuje. W zapachu cytrusy, chmielowa zywica. W smaku zywica, wrzosowy miod rzemieslniczy, karmel, palony karmel i odrobina cytrusow. Fajne.
Tried
on 12 Jun 2019
at 19:51
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Hazy red beer, white head. Zesty, rye aroma. Flavour is citrusy hop, rye, some malt. Not amazing but a nice example of a typical red ale.
Tried
on 12 Feb 2019
at 20:27
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
330ml bottle. Clear amber with a thick, creamy off-white head. Aroma is creamy toffee, biscuit, flavour is sweet cream, caramel, biscuit, spicy malt. Rather lovely
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Dec 2017
at 13:27
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
33cl bottle from Westholme Stores, Goring. A beer that divides opinion based on recent reviews - I think it’s rather good. A bright amber pour with a thick cream head; fruity, caramel aroma; fruity taste with some spicy caramel and prickly hops that tickle the palette; then a drying finish and a linger herbal bitterness blending with more toffee.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 May 2017
at 12:55
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
[backlog] 22-07-16 // bottle. Gift from a friend. Pours a murky red borwn beer. Small white head. Taste is some caram malts, light floral herbal hops. --- Beer merged from original tick of Paradigm Shift on 22 Jul 2016 at 18:31 - Score: 6
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Oct 2016
at 06:40
6.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
L’intensità olfattiva è normale e la persistenza olfattiva è sufficiente. Il cappello di schiuma ha scarsa tenuta, con bollicine fini. La consistenza del liquido è chiara. La frizzantezza ha poche bollicine fini. La carbonazione è praticamente piatta. Il colore è marrone chiaro, somigliante a un tè scuro. Il corpo è rotondo. L’amaro è medio. L’intensità gustativa è normale e la persistenza gustativa è sufficiente. Il gusto è piacevole. Le sensazioni boccali finali sono luppolate. Il finale è lungo, pulito e complesso. In bocca l’aroma rimanda a sentori di cereali, pane tostato, resina, erbe aromatiche e frutta secca.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Mar 2016
at 12:18
5.6/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Flasch: Hazy, billions of floaties visible and no head to speak of, amber coloured; herbal hoppy and sweetish toasty nose; moderate dryish bitter-sweet flavour, medium bodied and quite soft; lingering hoppy and honeyish-malty finish. Not really great, but quite well drinkable…
Tried
on 21 Dec 2015
at 15:41
Tried
on 25 Sep 2015
at 20:04