Lion Heart Stout

Brewed by Big City Brewing Company
Style: Foreign Stout
Kingston, Jamaica

Date: 04/07/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, 50 Beers on the Wall

dark ruby red, wispy beige head, sweet chocolate and licorice aroma, light creamy body, sweet roasted flavor, lots of rich milky chocolate, no bitterness, sweet finish,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.3/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+/4

Bottle... NTB Ernesto Festo ’06... Black ale with a small, fizzy, beige head. The aroma is chocolate, molasses, roasted nuts and vanilla with dashes of caramel and sassafras. The flavor is a swirl of caramel, molasses and dark chocolate. Full-bodied with a creamy mouthfeel and fizzy carbonation. Mid-length, fairly crisp, mostly clean finish.

Pours a rich opaque with a thin tan head. Sweet malty aroma has some dark fruit complexity and milk chocolate notes among roasted malt. Body has a nice sweet toasty caramel beginning with higher carbonation levels thinning the body some toward a sticky bittersweet and roasted finish. There is a little warmth in the finish, but overall this hides the alcohol fairly well. A nice and authentic foreign stout.

Dark black beer light brown head. Great malty complexity, raisin, dates, toast, molasses and rum overlie a sweet smooth dark chocolate flavour. Rich texture, sweet, but not cloying. Great roasty flavour with a bit of blackberry. Sweet roasty aroma, molasses and rum. Toasted wheat and chocolate. Light tar but its well balanced by sweet malt complexity. Nice brew.

I can only echo Theakston’s comments. A bit syrupy for my taste, but certainly interesting after all those bland lagers. Not really the stuff to be slugging down in the heat, but any relief from the usual boring fare was very welcome. Bottled, Guadeloupe.

Bottle at Village Pub, KY. Poured black color with a large frothy brown head that mostly lasting with good lacing. Moderate roasted coffee and dark chocolate aroma. Medium body with a smooth texture. Medium burnt coffee flavor with a medium dark chocolate bitter finish of average duration. Good start, soft finish.

Bottle. Black with a beige head. Aromas are coffee, chocolate and molasses with berries. Flavours are sweet malts with roast coffee , chocolate and some earthiness. Sweet cola with some caramel.. Dry on the finish. Good.

Thanks to Matta for this one. The pour is dark blackish, with small brown head. Aroma of roasty dark malt, chocoff, some tobacco and cherries. The flavor is roasty malty, with some fruit and tobacco hints, and a medium palate.