BrewDog Paradox - Uncle Duke's

Paradox - Uncle Duke's

 

BrewDog in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  Stout - Imperial Regular
Score
7.71
ABV: 15.0% IBU: - Ticks: 50
Paradox is never rushed. The thing is, sometimes the flavours pull rank. The powerfully charred first-fill Uncle Duke's whisk(e)y casks gave so much that we - like Duke - pulled the trigger.

Our latest Paradox is the closing of a circle that began four years ago. Uncle Duke's, our trans-Atlantic mash-up of Scotch and Bourbon is a supersonic blast through the cask-ageing process.

And what a ride.

The barrels that give Duke everything have so much left for Paradox. Vanilla, notes of honey and candied fruit, sticky toffee. Good ol' frontier molasses. Campfire coffee. Paradox Uncle Duke's is as dark as a prairie night and ready to be discovered.
 

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6.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

330mL bottle, pours black with a small beige head. Aroma brings out toasted malt, gentle whiskey barrels, and subtle sugars. Flavour is oxidized a bit, with roasted malt, oxidation, toasted bready, and a touch of whiskey. It would’ve been better years ago. Decent.

Tried from Bottle on 21 May 2025 at 20:54


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle En Öl o Whiskeymässa 2024, 2024-04-19 Göteborg
AR: sweet roasted malt, peaty, alcoholic, dry
AP: dark brown, wee lid
F: sweet roasted malt, peaty, alcoholic, dry

Tried from Bottle on 30 Mar 2025 at 12:07


8.1
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5

Tap at CBF. Jet black pour, beige head. Vanilla, wood, booze, earthy notes. Medium bodied with soft carbo, heavy sipper.

Tried from Draft on 17 Mar 2025 at 12:26


8.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Well stored bottle. Black body under a big, dense, beige head. Aroma has dark roasted malt, coffee, chocolate, dry fruit and smooth whisky. Taste is sweet, dark, roasted malt, dark chocolate, some coffee notes, dry fruit, mild bitterness and warming alcohol. Fine balanced body with long lasting, sweet malt and smooth whisky, warming aftertaste. One if the best Brewdog beer I have tasted from the good old Brewdog days.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Mar 2023 at 20:36


7

A deep dark stout with a thin mocha head. In aroma, sweet fruity chocolate malt with dark fruits, licorice, alcohol warmth, very nice. In mouth, a nice sweet chocolate malt with dark fruits, licorice, alcohol warmth, very nice and rich. On tap at L'autre oeil.

Tried from Draft on 02 Feb 2022 at 00:00


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle shared with B. Black with tan head. Dark malt, chocolate, oak, raisins. Nicely balanced, no nonsense imperial stout. Nice!

Tried from Bottle on 19 Aug 2021 at 22:49


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle split at and thanks to James, 13/08/21. BD Rake #500. Black with a good sized tan head. Nose is dark malts, chocolate, molasses, dried fruits, raisins, dried fruits. Taste comprises dusty fruits, mellow roast, whisky, charr, burnt toffee, cocoa powder. Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close kissed with a balanced rising boost. Solid BA imp.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Aug 2021 at 22:36


Tak bez dramatu i bez podniety. Ale na szczescie nie robi zlych, torfowych rzeczy z organizmem

Tried on 25 Nov 2020 at 00:34


8

Tried from Bottle on 07 Oct 2020 at 20:53


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Glass, 12 ounces, cask, drunk at L'autre œil, savoured on May 29, 2019; eye: black, opaque, thin sheet of brown head, light lacing; nose: bourbon (?), roasted malt, coffee, light burnt malt, anise, vanilla, alcohol; mouth: bourbon (?), roasted malt, coffee, light burnt malt, aniseed, vanilla, alcohol, alcohol warmth, metallic, finale in bourbon with presence of alcohol, full-bodied, mildly sweet, alcoholic texture; overall: quite likable

FRANÇAIS
Verre, 12 onces, en fût, bue à L'autre œil, savourée le 29 mai 2019; œil : noire, opaque, mince couverture de mousse brune, légère dentelle; nez : bourbon (?), malt torréfié, café, léger malt brûlé, anis, vanille, alcool; bouche : bourbon (?), malt torréfié, café, léger malt brûlé, anis, vanille, alcool, chaleur d'alcool, métallique, finale en bourbon avec présence d'alcool, corsée, moyennement sucrée, texture alcoolique; en résumé : bien aimé

Tried from Cask on 28 May 2020 at 22:54