BrewDog Tokyo*

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

Serve in Snifter

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Bottle, bought @ Ølbutikken, Cph.
Pours utterly, completely black with a fine, medium, creamy, staying head. Aroma does not have as much viniousness as I’d expected. Milky chocolate, light woody, some liqourice and sweet malts. There is an ounce of fruity hops in there as well. Medium carbonation, oily and a tad harsh mouthfeel. Flavour is sweet, sugary, some roasted malts, milky chocolate, some harshish alcohol. There is a bit of woody bitterness at the end, some light hops. It is probably too sweet and there is too much alcohol, but it still is fairly drinkable. Compared to for example Mikkeller X series or WWS, this is far better.

Bottle thanks to the angryone. Jet black and jealous. Light tan head. The smell is apple skins, higher fusel alcohols, fruits, wine like, and wood. The taste is very appley, apples skins, wood, very hot alcohol.

330 ml bottle. Dark brown with some big bubbled froth. Nose is chocolate, caramel and tart berries; musty and boozy. First sip and, yeah, this is a hot brew but surprisingly soft and silky with a tickling tingle. Tastes like a chocolate covered brandy cherry. Lingering citrus peel and pine. Akin to WWS but not as elegant.

Had this at Christmas after finding a bottle at an Off License in Norwich. Pours Dark Brown with a small off white head. Didn’t expect a huge head from such a strong beer! Smell is rich, malty chocolate with some vinuous winey notes, strong red fruit presence. Taste is burnt malt, sweet with some bitter dark chocolate coming in, a little subtle hoppiness. Cannot tell the alcohol content. An excellent beer, glad I saved it for such an occasion.

Bottle@PreZBF. On the edge of drinkable. Not because it’s so bad but it’s just too much alcohol for me. Flavors, aroma’s and balance are nice but dominated by the alcohol too much. Nice try though. Make it 16% and I think I’ll like it.

UPDATED: MAR 9, 2010 In short: A thick syrupy fruity boozy dark ale. Decent sipper.
How: Bottle at post-EBF tasting with east-coast crew. Courtesy of Rciescla. Thanks Ryan for the rare treat
The look: Clear dark brown body topped by a small beige head
In long: As expected the nose is boozy (some gasoline-like fumes here) with fruity notes. Body is big, thick, syrupy, sticky. Alcohol dominates, no surprise here but I also got quite a bit of baked dark fruits, raisins and such. Obviously very sweet. I wasn’t expecting complexity from this beer. At the end this was as good as a monster 18% brew can be. The beer is very expensive but remember that for each bottle sold $1 goes to a special fund used to rebuild Tokyo after giant monsters attacks.

Bottle. Pours a brune body with a yellow off white head. Lactose, molasses. Sweet with a brandy and vinous fruit tones. Boozy with some sweet chocolate malt notes and licorice. I prefer the lower abv of Tokyo.

Bottle @ pre ZBF 2010. My thoughts are with bierkoning on this one. "My old mum would love this as a liquor next to her coffee, but I found it hard to rate this as a beer". It’s very full of fruity and burnt aroma’s but it comes with lots of alcohol and warmth.

Bottle. Deep dark brown color, almost opague. Jasmin, red berries, oak and ash in the aroma. A rich quite alcoholic fluid with red berries, brandy, oak, loads of flowers. Full bodied, warming and rich. My old mum would love this as a liquor next to her coffee, but I found it hard to rate this as a beer.

UPDATED: FEB 2, 2011 Bottle split with pat enjoyed while watching ponyo on blueray. Pours a thick, pitch black body with some brown lacing. Aroma is uber aggressive, sweet notes of chocolate, spice, jasmine and a strong presence of alcohol. Mouthfeel is pretty diverse, with a plethora of flavors rolling all over my tongue. Solid notes of alcohol, jasmine spice, chocolate, nut, molasses, and finally a bit of cranberry in the finish.