Paradigm Brewery Black Friday

Black Friday

 

Paradigm Brewery in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Traditional Beer - Old Ale Regular
Score
6.53
ABV: 6.0% IBU: - Ticks: 19
strong dark mild. Very dark. Smooth, sweet and smoky. Contains five dark malts to give depth. Very drinkable & very dangerous! ABV 6%.

A record four times winner, Watford Beer Festival and now a medal from Hertfordshire Beer of the Year 2018. Sometimes called "watford winter warmer" of you happen to be that way and it's chilly!
 

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7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

500ml bottle from Micro Beer Crate, online. New brewery for me. Pours black with small beige head, decent retention. Aroma is sweet roasted malts, chocolate, liquorice, blackberries. Taste is sweet, light roastiness, chocolate, some berry tang, spice, moderate bitterness. Medium body, fairly smooth with a soft carbonation. Nice sweet malty olde ale.

Tried from Bottle on 31 Dec 2024 at 02:24


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Forholdvis pålitelige notater fra en travel dag på The Great British Beer Festival, London 02.08.22: brunsvart, fint skum som varer. Lakridschokolader, vanilje, røykmalt (ikke for påtrengende), granskudd og stikkelsbær. Mersmak.

Tried on 16 Aug 2022 at 17:57


4.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 3

From cask at GBBF with Holmen1 03.08.22. Dark brown ebony. Persistent pale brown head. Astringent and herbal aroma and taste of raosted barley, cough medicine and liquorice. Low drinkability.

Tried from Cask on 03 Aug 2022 at 17:12


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

(Bottle) Pours black with small tan head. Aroma has notes of burnt sugar, red berries and metal. Nice mouthfeel - medium body, smooth with good carbonation. Great taste - toffee malt, some burnt sugar bitterness and red berry tartness. Very nice.

Tried from Bottle on 18 May 2022 at 20:57


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7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

500ml bottle direct from the brewers. Poured a clear dark brown colour with a short-lived, frothy off-white head. The aroma is roasty malt, burnt treacle. The flavour is moderate liqourice bitter, light sweet, with a smooth, rich, roasty, treacle toffee, light pepper spice, smoky, liqourice bitter palate. Medium bodied with average to soft carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Feb 2022 at 23:31


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Sample@GBBF2018, London, with the Malmö crew - pours black with a beige head. Sweet malty with chocolate, some toffee and caramel, medium body, dry dark malty finish.

Tried on 18 Dec 2018 at 20:10


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Gravicask at the 23rd St Albans Beer & Cider Festival. Near black in the glass. Bubbles to the rim of the surface. Dotted spots on the glass. Slightly roasted malty aroma, earthy and mid-sweet. Mixed taste of dark fruits, earth, chocolate and a touch of smoke. Smooth malt-driven ending. Nice. (Shared with Finn 27.09.2018).

Tried from Cask on 08 Oct 2018 at 08:55


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

Fra gravicask på St. Albans beer & cider festival 2018. Delt med Rune. Svart. Skum langs glasset. Lett røstet malt i aromaen. Myk munnfølelse. Smaken med forsiktig røyksmak. Balansert & behagelig.

Tried from Cask on 27 Sep 2018 at 11:16


6

Tried on 04 Sep 2018 at 21:00


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5


Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2018 - Day 1 🇬🇧 [ Great British Beer Festival 2018 ], London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX.

[ As Paradigm Black Friday ].
ABV: 6.0%. Clear dark red brown colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, brown sugar, light chocolate. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration, brown sugar, dark malt, sweet malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20180807]
7-3-7-3-13

Tried from Cask on 12 Aug 2018 at 13:21