Tokyo* - BrewDog

Patrick999

Florida

2.48/5  rDev -36.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 1.5

Poured into a chalice. Viscous looking dark body, minor foaminess.

Aroma is deep and alcoholic, as you would expect - a mocha spiked with a lot of whiskey.

One sip. Sickeningly sweet. Another sip....sickeningly sweet....and so on and so on. Inexplicably, it's straight-up sweetness and alcohol. Little to no nuance/complexity playing off the sweetness. I can't pick up bitter chocolate, coffee, hops, anise, vanilla...nothing. It's simply achingly sweet and bracingly alcoholic. In despair, I pick up a piece of bitter chocolate, hoping to enhance the experience, and indeed, the bitter dark chocolate provides a much-needed counterpoint. However, should I really have to pair an 18% stout with a piece of chocolate in order to get any flavor depth at all out of it? I don't think so. I can't believe I'm giving this a 2.0 for taste, but I am.

Feel is syrupy, not exactly helping, but that is to be expected with a beer this alcoholic.

Drinkability is extremely limited. You might protest, "oh, but it's 18%!" To which I say so the hell what? DFH World Wide Stout is 18%, and while certainly sweet in its own right, that beer is quite complex and tasty, beckoning further sips. This? This just makes me think of my teeth, rotting away.

Serving type: bottle

09-06-2009 21:46:42 | More by Patrick999

2bet

Norway

3/5  rDev -22.7%

05-18-2013 20:57:03 | More by 2bet

Bonko_the_sane

North Carolina

5/5  rDev +28.9%

05-13-2013 05:57:24 | More by Bonko_the_sane

UCLABrewN84

California

4.14/5  rDev +6.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

Bottle shared at GRG1313’s tasting.

Best before 12/14/19.

Pours a clear super dark brown with a foamy khaki head that settles to a partial film on top of the beer. Small dots of lace form around the glass on the drink down. Smell is of dark roasted malt, cocoa, maple, and spice aromas. Taste is much the same with cocoa and maple flavors on the finish. There is a mild amount of roasty bitterness on the palate with each sip. This beer has a lower level of carbonation with a slightly crisp and medium bodied mouthfeel. Overall, this is a very good beer with some solid aromas and tasty flavors.

Serving type: bottle

05-09-2013 00:58:48 | More by UCLABrewN84

tommyguz

Pennsylvania

2.5/5  rDev -35.6%

05-07-2013 14:05:13 | More by tommyguz

garypglass

Virginia

4/5  rDev +3.1%

05-03-2013 21:39:22 | More by garypglass

Poupae

Thailand

4/5  rDev +3.1%

04-28-2013 07:21:50 | More by Poupae

Kelp

New Hampshire

4.25/5  rDev +9.5%

04-27-2013 09:33:46 | More by Kelp

GRG1313

California

3.75/5  rDev -3.4%

04-18-2013 16:17:29 | More by GRG1313

Satyr179

Sweden

4.25/5  rDev +9.5%

03-30-2013 18:57:11 | More by Satyr179

Robyn

South Carolina

4/5  rDev +3.1%

03-29-2013 02:27:31 | More by Robyn

mportnoy

Pennsylvania

4.25/5  rDev +9.5%

03-27-2013 02:49:54 | More by mportnoy

Jamison85

Indiana

5/5  rDev +28.9%

03-24-2013 01:48:28 | More by Jamison85

Lare453

Florida

4.25/5  rDev +9.5%

03-22-2013 01:47:34 | More by Lare453

Florya

Norway

4.25/5  rDev +9.5%

03-21-2013 22:16:52 | More by Florya

aslamm75

Indiana

4.25/5  rDev +9.5%

03-21-2013 18:04:41 | More by aslamm75

DruRho

Maryland

4.5/5  rDev +16%

03-19-2013 00:56:10 | More by DruRho

StaveHooks

Oklahoma

2.4/5  rDev -38.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 1.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2

11.2 oz bottle served in a snifter

A - Pours pitch black with a dark esspresso head

S - Astringent bakers chocolate, booze, licorice, tobacco, dank earthy hay, old malts,

T - Wow! Super sweet(I'm talking diabetic coma sweet!) licorice, syrup, concentrated grape juice, straight raw brown sugar, sweet tobacco juice, tart fruit helps out a little with the cloying sweetness. Finishes with a peppery alcohol bite.

M - Heavy sugary body, low carbonation, cloyingly sweet.

This one is hard to drink. Sweet does nothing to describe this sugary substance. Thank God there was some tartness in there to combat it. There's good flavors in there but is just overtaken with the sweetness. I wanted to like this but this is a mess.

Serving type: bottle

03-17-2013 22:20:14 | More by StaveHooks

kirok1999

Ohio

3.25/5  rDev -16.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

A nice looking stout, rich black with a nice thick off white head. Nice smell too, lots of sweet malt, chocolate, mild coffee notes, raisins and cherry. Taste is overpoweringly sweet, made me shudder. Aftr you get over the sweetness some of the other flavors come through. Mild musky spice, a bit of lingering tartness and just a ton of sugar. Glad I split it with 3 other guys cause there's no way I would havewanted to finish the whole bottle myself.

Serving type: bottle

03-15-2013 00:19:54 | More by kirok1999

GrindFatherBob

New York

4.25/5  rDev +9.5%

03-12-2013 05:50:14 | More by GrindFatherBob

Eucrid

Ireland

3.75/5  rDev -3.4%

03-10-2013 19:53:40 | More by Eucrid

SageO

California

4/5  rDev +3.1%

03-10-2013 06:45:20 | More by SageO

sennin

Michigan

4/5  rDev +3.1%

03-08-2013 00:29:02 | More by sennin

kevanb

Illinois

2.18/5  rDev -43.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2

Intergalactic Fantastic Oak Aged Stout with Cranberry and Jasmine, an interesting concept. 11.2oz bottle poured into a snifter.

Tokyo* pours a dark cola brown color, almost black but not quite, fairly opaque but also surprisingly clear from the top down once the head recedes. Shockingly, there is a head, almost a finger high, tan in color, moderate retention, easily resummoned with a quick swirl of the glass, light lace. The aroma is of sharp acetone nail polish, chewy oak and violent alcohol, extremely harsh and quite unpleasant. The flavors are very similar, lots of chewy oak, a bit of vanilla comes out before the nail polish flavors really dominate the tongue and to make matters worse, the punishing alcohol takes control of what is already an astringent and toxic brew and just obliterates the palate with an out of control harshness. The body is thin, bubbly and over-carbonated, abrasive on the tongue but it does have a moderately smooth finish but the zesty carbonation can be felt on the tongue for quite some time.

Verdict: Just awful. Simply awful stout from BrewDog. I appreciate the creativity and lack of convention from this brewery and love trying their stuff, but to say this was successful is impossible. A drain pour.

Serving type: bottle

02-27-2013 02:44:14 | More by kevanb

JoninVT

New Hampshire

4.5/5  rDev +16%

02-27-2013 00:36:23 | More by JoninVT