Lion Stout

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

Black/brown look, high milkchocokolat coulored head. Coffee, chocolat, roasted aromas with a light bitter finish.

Local specialty bottleshop just got this in on draft! Aroma is fairly sweet with caramel, dark fruit, and a bit of coffee. Flavor is very sweet but nicely complex with great carmel, toffee, and chocolate notes. Finish is slightly more bitter with a nie coffee aftertaste.

Highly skeptical of beer from a third world shit hole, I was pleasantly surprised. Pours black/brown with big milk chocolate head. Aroma sweet but slightly sour, in a good way. Some plum flavors with some roasted flavors a hint of bitter chocolate and some toffee. Very nice body, full and creamy. nice amount of carbonation and it goes down nice and smooth, just like a good stout should. Very drinkable.

12 oz. bottle courtesy of Naka. Pours black with khaki, fizzy head, thick, but quickly dissipating with a cascading effect. Sweet caramel and roast dominate the nose, some dark fruit, raisin and plum, and a slight touch of chocolate. Taste is very sweet, caramel and toffee, roasted coffee and some chocolate. Moderate bitter and roast in the finish, that lingers well into a semi-dry after accenting some alcohol warmth. Great mouth feel, moderate carb. This is tasty. Deceptively sessionable.

A vigorous aroma of chocolate, vanilla, cherry, coffee and roasted malt. Poured pitch black with a huge creamy, long lasting tan head. Left a lot of lacing. Flavor of Sweet Milk Chocolate, Sweet Cherry, light touch of vanilla, strong black coffee, bitter black chocolate,with a hint of smoke and roasted malt. Excellent flavor! Full body, a thick, creamy, yet chewy texture. A bit above average carbonation. A pleasant, short, sharp finish. A excellent stout! I served this in a pint at 45 degrees. This has it all in a stout. If you like them thick, sweet and yet bitter, black and rich this is the stout for you! I am very impressed with this stout and this definitely gets added to my favorite rotation. THe only problem I could see with this brew is that one is enough, but is that a problem? :)

12 ounce bottle. This pours an opaque black color with a small brown head that disappears quickly. At first the smell was almost metallic but as the beer warmed I could sense wonderful hints of chocolate, coffee, and a touch of vanilla. Taste was an excellent mix of coffee, chocolate, and malts. This beer was excellent! It made it even better with the very low price tag! I would definitely get this one again!

Pours a deep black color with a small thick beige head that lasts for a minute. Sweet malty nose. Toffee, some dark fruit, like stewed black cherries. A little bit of roasted malts and a weird, but not bad, sweet tangy olive. A very rich flavor. Roasted malts and dark chocolate with caramel. Has a pretty thick and creamy texture. Leaves a little bit of bitterness on the tongue, but overall, very well-balanced.

Bottle. Pouirs black with a varying colored head from chocolate to light tan. Some mild lacing on the glass. Aroma is a bit light, roasted malt, a bit of caramel maybe and a light choclate. The taste is a bit less than the aroma, still decent. Roasted malt, caramel, and a hint of chocolate. Devent mouthfeel. Finishes a bit bitter and oak flavored. Nice warmth not too overstated. Overall a decent stout, not great, but not bad either.