BrewDog

Has my vote. Absolutely. I was dabbling with the idea of getting and oak barrel to age and condition some good homebrew when I realized I had never had an oak aged beer. Sooooo.... Seeing as I didn't know whether or not that flavor would be something I'm into I had to try it. Off to the bottle shop I went and after a bit of perusing I decided to go with the BrewDog Paradox, aged in Glen Grant barrels. This entire series of beer is aged in oak barrels from the US that have already been used to age some fine whisky. It turns out that oak aged whisky beer is fantastic. My initial impression is man is this dark, and at %10 alcohol its pretty darn thick too. Head is lite and a dark brown color. The beer hits your mouth like any other fine dark stout. Very smooth and malty with a hint of chocolate and coffee. As it makes its way down you get a nice smokey aftertaste. The only way I can describe it is Scotch-Whisky without the burn. I give it 5 out of 5 beers. Try it out you won't be dissapointed.