Horizon Tokyo Black
Nøgne Ø

Horizon Tokyo BlackHorizon Tokyo Black
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From:
Nøgne Ø
 
Norway
Style:
Russian Imperial Stout
Ranked #76
ABV:
16%
Score:
95
Ranked #1,334
Avg:
4.32 | pDev: 10.65%
Reviews:
36
Ratings:
142
Status:
Active
Rated:
May 24, 2023
Added:
Nov 23, 2013
Wants:
  29
Gots:
  47
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Ratings by RonaldTheriot:
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Reviewed by RonaldTheriot from Louisiana

4.99/5  rDev +15.5%
look: 4.75 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Horizon Tokyo Black has a thin, tan head, a very dark brown (just say "black") appearance, and a few little splotches of lacing left on the glass. The aroma is very, very strong- peat moss, charcoal, smoke, dark-roasted malt, chocolate, black cherries, and malt. Taste is of all that, plus straight-up alcohol, black syrup, the darkest-brown sugar, black bread, elevated (but, not harsh) bitterness, and menthol. Mouthfeel is heavy, syrupy, and stinging. Horizon Tokyo Black finishes boozy and strong.

RJT
Nov 04, 2014
More User Ratings:
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Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway

3.46/5  rDev -19.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
May 2014: 250 ml bottle in cardboard box. ABV is 16%. Pitch black colour, low tan head. Strong aroma of roasted malts, alcohol, oak and tar. Intense flavour of tar, oak, sweet malts / molasses, coffee, English liquorice - and alcohol. Quite boozy, and too much of the good stuff, but interesting and challenging, to say the least.
May 24, 2023
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Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho

4.41/5  rDev +2.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Bottle at share, courtesy of Buckeyeboy. Solid black pour with a thin ring of beige head.Big, rich roasty aroma , dark chocolate. Taste is more of the big roast malts, ashy, chocolate, raisins. Thick and full.
Aug 02, 2021
 
Rated: 4.35 by RMW66 from Australia

Jul 10, 2020
 
Rated: 3.98 by peabody from Kentucky

Jul 15, 2019
 
Rated: 4.25 by Hayley_86 from Netherlands

Apr 09, 2019
 
Rated: 4.17 by MDDMD from Pennsylvania

Dec 14, 2018
 
Rated: 4.12 by peensteen from Canada (ON)

Oct 30, 2018
 
Rated: 4.35 by Beerbom from California

May 19, 2018
 
Rated: 4.21 by Beer-Ed from Netherlands

Jan 02, 2018
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Reviewed by jrenihan from Canada (ON)

3.75/5  rDev -13.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 4
The nose is smoky, with soy sauce and charred malts. Not an overpowering smell, surprisingly. Flavour is big, but more restrained than one might expect. Soy sauce, dark chocolate, smoke and a dose of alcohol heat. Drinkable for 16% abv, but that isn't saying much - this certainly does not go down quickly. Pretty good, but I think you enter the world of diminishing returns once you start hitting ABVs this high.
Jul 09, 2017
 
Rated: 4.42 by Casey_L from Texas

May 06, 2017
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Reviewed by buschbeer from Ohio

4.1/5  rDev -5.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
8.5 FL OZ bottle
Served in a snifter

This beer pours black and is topped by less than an inch of mocha head that disappears quickly leaving no lacing.

The smell is roasted malt and anise.

The taste is begins with hints of dark fruit and anise. Then I get some roasted malt, chocolate and coffee. The alcohol remains hidden.

Full mouthfeel

It is an interesting stout. It combines a lot of different flavors, and the high abv, while well hidden from sensory perception, is felt in a warm fuzzy feeling washing over me as I drink it.
Mar 08, 2017
 
Rated: 4.5 by Roy1586 from Massachusetts

Feb 11, 2017
 
Rated: 4.5 by jwat from Pennsylvania

Feb 04, 2017
 
Rated: 3.77 by shelby415 from Oregon

Dec 29, 2016
 
Rated: 4.09 by mush from Illinois

Aug 30, 2016
 
Rated: 4.18 by Dzu from Russian Federation

Aug 25, 2016
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Reviewed by PBRmeasap1980 from Indiana

2.92/5  rDev -32.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 2.5
A- jet black
S- Smoked pork/ bacon
T- Really sweet, smoke
F- Thick and oily like a stout should be
O- Not excited about this one, in fact I only made it through about 3 oz. The taste was really off putting.
Aug 21, 2016
 
Rated: 4 by kylehay2004 from Illinois

Aug 05, 2016
Horizon Tokyo Black from Nøgne Ø
Beer rating: 95 out of 100 with 142 ratings