BrewDog Tokyo*

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

Serve in Snifter

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Bottled. Dark brown with a distinct red gleam. Dense light brown head. Aroma of grass, roast, sweetness, alcohol, syrup. Flavour of alcohol. molassses, syrup, grass, brown sugar, light roast. Medium bodied. Alcoholdense syrupy end. A bit unrefined and way too much for me.

Bottle. Poured dark brown with an average frothy light brown head that mostly lasted with excellent lacing. Heavy toasted chocolate, dark fruit and herbal with a alcohol aroma. Full body with a sticky & smooth texture and flat carbonation. Heavy toasted dark chocolate malt flavor with a heavy dark sweet finish and alcohol burn of long duration. This is a standout beer and I love the burn.

Bottle at Patricks. Black colour with a tan head. Aroma is fruit, apple, coffee, heather, licorice. Flavour is sweet, fruit, apple, coffee, alcohol, heather, chocolate, dried fruits. Strong full bodied nice beer.

Cask conditioned at The Hotel du Vin, Birmingham. Dark brown with ruby hints, tan head. Initially very winey, with a grape like hit, then supplementary flavours like aniseed, cough medicine and liquorice poke their nose in. Candy like in the middle, then a heavy roasted finish. It plays with the senses certainly, but I wouldn’t keep going back to it.

A deep dark stout with a super thick moka head. In aroma, bready chocolate, fruity esters, spices and that 18% alcohol. In mouth, a whallop of alcohopl attacks you, followed by sweet chocolate, dark fruits, caramel, hops, wow, its so intense and overwhelming, its unsettling. Not 100% sure if I like it...On tap at ChurchKey DC, Feb. 26 2010.

UPDATED: AUG 28, 2009 courtesy of Laurent Mousson and Melissa Cole - dark black colour with a poor head retention; aroma of solvant and alcohol, portwine and chocolate; sticky and oily, full-bodied, moderate carbonation; very bitter and long chocolatey finish with hints of cranberries and a robust warming alcohol touch - not something a basic beer drinker would drink

Bottle… Pours a dark caramel color and sits mostly black in my glass with a small, swirling bit of retention. The aroma is “slap-it-to-ya” ethanol with undertones of cocoa nibs, charcoal, cranberries and jasmine. Full-bodied and oily with stinging carbonation. The flavor is sweet and tart. More fruity than chocolaty and a bit nutty. Alcohol is not fully evident. Very low bitterness. The finish is lengthy, sweet, then bitter and warming. Kudos to darkguardian for sharing the bottle!

Tap at Churchkey in DC. Dark brown, edge head, massive lacing. Aroma of motor oil and anise. Flavor has dark cherries, chocolate, licorice candy. Very smooth. Shocking.

Tap. Very dark brown with tiny tan head. Flavour is roasted malts, vinous, notes of alcohol, sweet, little liquorice, dark fruit, hops and plume.

(bottle, 33cl, 18.2% abv, batch 02) Almost black coloured hue with a ruby shine and a brown and dense medium-sized foamy head. Sweet and moderately roasty malty aroma with notes of berries and dried fruits, accompanied by chocolate, vanilla and alcohol. Sweet flavour with a tinge of roasty bitterness, full bodied with a smooth, almost viscid mouthfeel. Pretty balanced taste of moderately roast-malty and fruity accents combined with notes of vanilla and an always present but nevertheless well-embedded alcoholic burn. Sweet and roasty, slightly peaty and alcohol-warming finish. Stronger but much more balanced than the Paradox Springbank I had before. Not exactly that what I´d expect from the style ... 22.III.10