Health campaigners have criticised a Scottish brewery for launching what it claims is the UK’s strongest beer, at 12 per cent alcohol by volume.

BrewDog, the Aberdeenshire microbrewery, says its new beer, called Tokyo, is inspired by a 1980s arcade game played in Japan. Described as “intergalactic fantastic oak-aged stout”, Tokyo is brewed with specialist malts, jasmine and cranberries before ageing on toasted French oak chips.