BrewDog Tokyo*

Brewed by BrewDog
Style: Imperial Stout
Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Serve in Snifter

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Birra da meditazione pura! Da non bere a pranzo, come ho fatto io nonostante lo sapessi, Ottimo aroma dolciastro, con sentori di mirtilli e altro che non ho saputo decifrare, sapore dolciastro e complesso dove spuntano ancora i mirtilli, un tocco di liquerizia e poco cioccolato + altri sapori per me inconprensibili, complessa è dire poco! Forse troppo etilica ma al tempo stesso beverina! Birra a dir poco misteriosa!

Keg at Brewdog. Blackish Brown with a red hue and a creamy head. Aroma is very sweet and burning of alcohol. Flavour has a lot going on . Really oversweet with a slightly unpleasant mix of sweet acidity and coffee bitterness. Cranberry is a good shout. Tangy with rampant alcohol. Turps. Quite difficult to drink much of but undeniably complex.

Pours brown-tinged black with a small, light tan head. Very sweet smelling aroma, with port-like vinuous notes very evident. Also prominent is oak. Some roasted malt is noticeable, along with lots of caramel and prunes. Similarly sweet flavours, again somewhat reminiscent of port. Roasted malt, brown sugar, caramel, prunes. Booze follows, seeming slightly solvent-like. Carbonation, though low, seems too high for this sort of beer. Could do with a little more age.

[5/11/12] Draught sample at Copenhagen Beer Celebration. Black. Aroma of lots of dark chocolate, some whiskey and dark fruits. Very sweet flavor with chocolate, sugar, some whiskey notes, a bit of tobacco notes and lots of alcohol. Full-bodied.

On tap @ Copenhagen Beer Celebration 2012. Black with a reasonable beige head, leaves good lacing. Aroma is chocolate, coffee, liquorice, toffee, plum, brown sugar. Good body, slightly oily mouthfeel, quite sweet on the palate, warms going down. Taste is toffee, chocolate, brown sugar, raisins, butterscotch, caramel. Delicious, but sip slowly.

This is Beer flavored Cranberry Chocolate Liquor. I expected more from Brew Dog, but it is very unique if you drink it like some sort of fancy liquid chocolate. Very Complex.

Black in color, clear with no head. Super thick strong alcohol, dark molasses and raisin aroma. The flavor is a thick syrup like fruity mess. Big big brew just a sipping brew.

UPDATED: MAY 13, 2012 Poured from a bottle and drank from a snifter. This is the newer variation of heh label with a red * at the end of TOKYO and spelled TOKlO. This Beer pours very dark with a coffee colored foamy head. Its has an aroma that consists of chocolate and coffee that is also roasty. It is very sweet and slightly chocolately with a slight alcohol burn. Much less alcohol is noticeable than beers of a similar ABV like Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA and Worldwide Stout. This is a full bodies beer with a very thick texture. Overall, I really like this beer, and will recommend it to fans of either high ABV beers or complex dark beers.

On draught at Brewdog Newcastle Another outstanding example of craft ale from the boys at Brewdog. Deep dark red with strong sherry flavours. Very pleasant on the palate with cranberry and jasmine in just the right, balanced, amounts. The head did not last long unfortuantely, but this did not stop it from being an excellent beer. I’m not usually one for the stronger beers as generally to me, anything over 11% is totally unpalatable, however Tokyo* has bucked the trend.

14th August 2009
Very dark brown - red beer, just about clear. Short lived tan head. Dry and fairly soft palate. Immediate spirity alcohol but not too hot. Sweet malt and repressed sweet cranberry. Jasmine is there but well integrated and subtle. Finishes dry and with tongue tingling sweet spirits. Intense!