benwa420 (43), Aspen, Colorado, USA
Jul 18, 2008 very nice stout. lots of nice flavors. A little sweet with chololate undertone. But very smooth and almost creamy.
 fidel (882), Livermore, California, USA
Jul 16, 2008 Dark brown almost black, mild almost simple, smooth, malty, chocolate, with a little dark fruits.
Joakgust (320), Stockholm, Sweden
Jul 16, 2008 Dark brown almost black beer with a brown head. Aroma is very sweet with strong notes of roasted malts and dried fruits, prunes being the most obvious. Flavor is also very sweet and with heavy chocolate and roasted malts notes. Very enjoyable!
janir (215), Oulu, Finland
Jul 16, 2008 Color is black. Medium head is brown and lacy. Delicate dry aroma: chocolate, roasted malts. Very much coffee in the flavor. Also roasted malts and chocolate. Maybe some ashyness as well. Palate is full-bodied and smoothly carbonated.
Palidor19 (1750), Brandon, Florida, USA
Jul 16, 2008 A true solid stout, its got a nice balance but not overpowering tastes of malts, cocoa and some mild fruit. I this is really enjoyable.
magazine ads says this beer works great with spicy food, I have to make sure to try it.
chops (60), Brantford, Ontario, Canada
Jul 14, 2008 A great looking beer. Dark chocolate and coffee flavors. My best rated stout so far! (but the only one)
BorksBabe (81), Tampa, Florida, USA
Jul 6, 2008 Aroma is of mocha, carmel, and some molasses. Very dark brown with a thinning brown head. Nice flavor- chocolatey with a hint of hops and coffee. Smooth to the palate. Overall a nice stout! I can see why it is 97%!
Heathen (723), Riverside, New Jersey, USA
Jul 6, 2008 THOUGHTS: Well, apparently Sri Lankan beer rocks! I always thought this was the Lion beer from Jamaica. This is great. Hid alcohol well too. A nice stout that amazingly isn’t too heavy to drink in summer’s heat. I still haven’t met a foreign stout I didn’t like. This is a little smokier than the others, so it’s different in some ways, but similar in the best ways to the other great foreign stouts. I want more but only bought a single bottle.
TECHNICAL: Bottle. Poured a dark brown that was opaque black in the glass with a small, tan head that fully diminished but left good lacing. The aroma was roasted, chocolate, cocoa and mild coffee malts, smoke soy sauce, a little salt, and tobacco. There was more and more smokey soy as it warmed. The initial flavor was lightly sweet, bitter and a little salty; while the finish was moderately sweet, lightly acidic and bitter, and somewhat salty with an average duration. There was hot cocoa powder, some smokiness, then some coffee and roasted malt. The medium body was oily with fizzy carbonation and a light astringent finish.
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