Lion Stout

330ml bottle (Systembolaget, Sweden)
Jet black, beige head. Soft sweet creamy gentle coffee aroma. Pleasant carbonation, very soft creamy coffee palate. A touch sweet, but a really good rich burntness. Both quite heavy, but also refreshing - doesn’t feel like an 8% beer at all. Some bite to the hops to accompany the burntness. Finish is cocoa-like, and with some hoppy tingle. Very tasty stout.

Very dark, no light getting through this guy, bubbly head reminscent of cola. Very smokey notes with some dark chocolate, and a good hint of coffee also. A very respectable beer.

Draft at Amsterdam 106 in NYC. Sweet, roasty with some rolling alcohol notes. Decent; cola, metallic and thin. Nice flavor with some chocolate and mild coffee.

Bottle from early 08 enjoyed early 09. Pours an opaque near black with a large frothy creamy tan head. Rich aroma, fruity, lots of creamy chocolate, earthy hay, hint of coffee, sweet molasses, touch of vanilla. Sweeter milky metallic flavor, creamy light chocolate, quite a bit of hay, rich vanilla, smooth roast. Hot finish. Syrupy tasting but maybe thats because of its age, very rich. Creamy medium mouthful while at the same time have sparse tiny but sharp carbonation.

330ml bottle, LCBO. Pours almost completely black. Aroma of dark chocolate and fruits. Nice roasty taste to begin with and a rich well rounded finish, though on some sips the alcohol was a tad overpowering.

Pretty good. Has a nice almost black pour with a lasting milk chocolate colored head. The nose is roasty with a light fruit, nice roasted almost mocha style though the palate.

Pleasant surprise. Complex dark, fruity nose with light, roasted coffee notes. Nice foamy lasting head. It is a little clumsy on the palate but who cares. Nice fun brew.

Bottle from Total Wine. Pours a black beer with a thin tan head. Aroma is malty and roasty. Flavor is sweet malt and roast/chocolate. Clean mouthfeel and a smooth finish. very nice, the alcohol is hidden very well.