BrewDog Paradox Edition 008 Islay Cask (Bottled)

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 10 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 7

pretty sure this was the 008 batch .. . pours a oil black, some wispy but sturdy foam .. . tar and burnt molasses with a sweet touch of peat.. . nice but wait.. . stupid babies need the most attention!

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 5

Powerful strange aroma burnt dirt mixed with bacon and roasted nuts. Beer appears dark brown with a very small cap. Hints of bitter chocolate are appearing in the aroma but that can’t compete with this massive smoke presence. Flavor is smoked dirt with a chalky bitterness. Oak and charcoal is starting to appear when warmer. Cigarette ashes ?!?!?! I didn’t notice them until beercronic said something but yep there in here. So complex so very interesting so hard to drink. its very unique but nothing that I overly enjoy it just way to smoky.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Nobody should smell this and want to willingly drink it.

Colossal heavy HEAVY smoke aroma decimates everything else. HUGE peat, slight licorice pipe candy smell, the smoke is thick and wet, I feel like I have a helmet filled with this shit, cigarettes! damn! just cigarettes! slight candy, cherries, no, raspberries...this is coming out as a faint smell as it warms. it's all smoke and peat and cigarettes. Wow. Oh, beer is a super dark red / brown with a small brown cap and seemingly endless retention at a rim level with silty, spotty, slippery lacing. The taste early on is solid smoke. Heavy roast, peat, dry dirt, earth, coffin, etc... LOL. So intense. chocolate, maybe cherry? dates? wood? tar? (thx ante, I see it now). I'm finding that this is even more smoky than the 006 version and that I am not enjoying as much despite the fact that it blows me away. Too much smoke, and now that is it room temperature, the smoke, burnt quality and bitterness isn't working for me. The 006 toned down, this has not, Smooth, where is the alcohol? Full bodied. Aftertaste of smoke, peat and cigarettes. Slight burn under all that heavy flavor and a bit of severely burnt malt. At one point, the smoke and bitterness combined to annoy. I don't know what the hell to give this beer. Over the top smoke and peat. Too mcuh to be exceptional despite the amazing process.

Aroma: 10 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Bottled. Very deep ruby red, close to black, colour. Aroma is vanilla, tar, licorice, peat and some wood. Flavour is almost exactly the same, but has a bigger touch of smoked wet wood than aroma. The smoked wet wood stays in the aftertaste along with the peatyness. Pleasantly balanced, and alcohol is wellhidden.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 8

Pours out in a hazy dark brown colour with a low creamy pale brown foam. Smokey aroma with touches of tar, iodine, salt, wood and burnt malts. Full flavour of peat, burnt malts, salt, wood and tar. Full and creamy mouthfeel. Long peaty finish with touches of wood and tar.