Lion Stout

Brewed by Lion Brewery (Ceylon)
Style: Foreign Stout
Nuwara Eliya & Biyagama, Sri Lanka

Pours a deep dark brown with a thick tan foamy head. Aroma of roasted coffee, liquorice. Taste is very roasty. A hint of chocolate. A very solid stout

Nice, quite sweet taste with roasted malt, coffee, liquorice and chocolate. Much beer for a quite low price here in Sweden.

Very dark brown head, that dissapates quickly. Opaque black body. Flavor is roasted malt, some burnt coffee, and possibly cocoa powder. Not at all thick, but very clean and easy to drink. Not sugar-sweet, but the malt does give way to some natural sweetness. The alcohol is not even noticable, and for 8%, that is impressive. Very enjoyable stout

11.2 oz bottle. Ebony with an active tan head. Nose is coffee, grapes and brown sugar. Medium light with fizzy carb. Taste is sweetened coffee and molasses. Bitter vegetal finish. Solid, enjoyable.

330 ml bottle. Pours black with dark tan head. Full head which dissolves quickly. Sweet toffee like flavors at the start with a light bitterness at the finish. Finishes dry with alcohol well hidden. Very drinkable.

Bottle. Dusty hops on a supremely roast aroma, dark notes of burnt chocolate. Light nuttiness in an occasionally muddled malt profile. Pitch pour with a large, rocky, gorgeous light-medium brown head. Strong roast taste (burnt, not-quite ashy malt rather than coffee) with nutty and sweetish chocolate. Overtones of prunes and lesser molasses. Not too sweet, as others have noted; I actually find this to be rather well-balanced. Very crisp carbonation on a full body, but seems creamier with passing sips. As for the alcohol, the body is there but the burn is not. A semi-dry, soulfully dark stout with a focus on Quad-like prunic notes instead of impy stout coffee tones - and all the classier for it.

Bottle (500ml). Poured a very dark brown, (pretty much black) with a light brown, creamy head which lasted very well. Aroma was of espresso coffee with some slightly smoky burnt malts, dark chocolate and some nuts. Flavor was of dark chocolate, roasted malts, raisins with a nutty finish. Very well hidden alcohol content. Medium bodied with soft carbonation, slightly watery texture, dry mouthfeel and a good finish.

Big brown lasting head. Black body, barely dark red at edges. Sweetish rich roasty caramely and licorice taste, very rounded and harmonic. Sweet, yet faintly acidic, roasty licorice and caramel taste with wooden notes. Some alcohol heat and even burn. A bit salty. Very harmonic. Nice, and a bit understated, surprsingly. (0.33l bottle from Systembolaget, Charlottenberg.)