Tokyo* by Brew Dog

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Rating: 5/5

Tokyo* by Brew Dog is an 18.2% ABV Intergalactic Fantastic oak aged Imperial Stout made with jasmine, cranberries, hops and French oak chips. 

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This is a beer inspired by a 1980’s space invaders arcade game played in Japan’s capital.
The irony of existentialism, the parody of being and the inherent contradictions of post-modernism, all so delicately conveyed by the blocky, pixelated arcade action have all been painstakingly recreated in this bottles contents. This imperial stout is brewed with copious amounts of speciality malts, jasmine and cranberries. After fermentation we then dry-hop this killer stout with a bucketload of our favourite hops before carefully ageing the beer on French toasted oak chips.

This is the second time I try this beer. So yes I know this is damn good!! BrewDog, while making good beers, are sometimes kinda pricey. LOL they are from the UK after all so, yeah. This is one intense little beer. Smells like a cranberries, cherry, coffee, chocolate, flowers and hop syrup. The immense amount of flavors do well to cover up all the alcohol quite nicely. LOL seems like, with most high ABV beers past 10%ABV, they get sweeter as they get stronger. The reason has to do with the fermentation and absorption of the barrel aged process. Now Flavors of Tokyo are outstanding! Strong Dark Cherries, cranberries, grapes, sweet blueberries, mocha, minor creme coffee, dark chocolate, oak bourbon, minor grass and grapefruit, apples, caramel, vanilla, flowers, strong honey, and butterscotch. Truly of ninja like qualities. The alcohol hits you way later, but heck you were too busy in ambrosia heaven to realize this little bottle packed a super strong punch now did you? Do I recommend this one? You better fucken believe it. Now this is a sipping beer. Be VERY CAREFUL….2 to 3 of these will gate you wasted lol. Now the only place I have seen it is in Total Wine in Redondo Beach. Like I said, kinda pricey, but a different beer experience all together you won’t regret :P. LOL unless you dislike sweet beers….

2011 Review:

A tribute to the old school, Space Invaders game. The guys at BrewDog made a crazy 18.2% ABV Imperial stout made with Jasmine and Cranberries. A small little bottle unlike others and hard to find. The smell is so good and the taste is very delicious combining the roasted malts and fermenting them. Afterwards the bitterness comes in from dry hop process and finally the nice oaky feel from the French oak chips. I’m torn because I really love these unique heavy beers. They truly add more sweetness as the alcohol rises making it very complex so you dont notice the alcohol and it comes and hits you like sneaking shadow….or something. But anyways…here’s to my list of super strong beers I have tried like Dogfish Head’s 120 minute and World wide stouts… LOL except this ones sweetness is varied like a Christmas chocolate made of cranberries….Sore wa…TOKYO desu yo… Oiishi desuyo ^_^b…First Tribute to Japan and gaming….LOL thanks brew dogs B-)

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