BrewDog Tokyo*

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

Serve in Snifter

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Fløska. Deep dark brown colour. Medium brownish head. Sweet aroma of dark fruits and roasty malt with lots of alcohol indeed. Stickish mouthfeel. Sweet flavour of dark fruits and roasted caramel with alcohol and chocolate, bitter sweet roasty finish. Rather unbalanced, the alcohol is too dominating. Alco Imperial Stout.

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!

Bottled@SBWF 2009
Dark brown color, small beige head. Woody, oaky aroma, some underlying berries. Very sweet, sticky, but same time smooth palate. Loads of caramel, kirschberry, some licorice. Certain Brewdog house flavor in the brew. Warming beer with lots of ageing potential.

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.

UPDATED: DEC 28, 2010 Very dark brown with a lasting off-white head. Aroma mostly of chocolate with dried fruit and licorice and loads of alcohol. Very sweet chocolate and licorice flavour, and a sugary sweetness. Warming alcohol. Too much.

dark brown, not black, small light brown head that goes away rather quickly. boozy and malty sweet aroma, faint licorice, faint roasted stuff. the booze is a little too strong in the nose, stingy. flavor is very strong , alc. burn, roasted stuff, faint woody like character, strong malty sweetness, faint toffee, faint fruity note, flavor resembles more a strong barley wine than an imp. stout, or rather 1/3 stout, 2/3 barley wine. If i was to guess i’d guess the alc.% at 12 to 14 pct, so you could say it’s well hidden, but it’s not. It wouldn’t hurt with a lower alc.%,but i think this beer is made to provoke, not to conform.

Bottle. Creamy lightbrown good mostly lasting head. Black colour. Bad glue-like aroma. Moderate sweet and bitter flavor. Chocolate notes but alcohol too dominating. Average moderate bitter finish. Creamy palate. Messy beer.

From the Bottle at the GBBF, Earl’s Court 07/08/2009 (Big thanks to Ethereal) Big fruit and hop aroma. Dark red coloured very strong in alcohol rich on the palate and fruity with a warming chocolaty roast finish.

Bottle from De Bierkoning. Pours black with a tan head. A very woody, oaky aroma. Medium+ body with mild carbonation. Heat is moderate. Flavor is very dark, very thickish smooth toasted malt. Very mysterious.

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.