Lion Stout

Bottled. Dark brown colour, almost opaque. With a medium tan head and slight lacing. Aroma was faint chocolate and a little alcohol. Flavour was very mild with a bittersweet chocolate finish. Easy drinking stout.

330 ml bottle. Pours opaque dark mahogany with an easy, sturdy tan head which dissipates but is easy to recall with a swirl or two. Nice splotchy lacing. Aroma of cocoa and fresh cigar tobacco. Flavor is forward with tobacco and bitter chocolate with some sour notes - not nearly as sweet as expected - and with a dry, roasty, warm finish. Moderate fine carbonation supports a smooth, chalky, medium mouthfeel. Pretty nice and unique beer.

Pours out black with a quick forming light brown head. Aromas of dark chocolates, fine tobacco, and roasted notes. Underlying dark fruits and black licorice seem to come through as it warms. Flavor is more tobacco, smoked woods, roasted malts, and yeast finishing with a fizzy chocolate roast! Thin but not light. Carbonation does a great job stimulating my taste buds and the hops become present on the dry finish and after taste.

Bottle. Dark colour with tan head. Wonderfult aroma with licroiose, chocolate and coffee. After the promising aroma the taste is a bit dissapointing. I sense some licroise and chocolate but I expected more body. Overall a nice stout, but could have been better.

Good mild stout. A little more heaviness, and this would be perfect. Delicious.

received as a "beer of the month" gift from my smokin’ cool wife! color is deep brown, head is thick creamy and light brown. aroma has loads of malt and some chocolatiness and has notes of what I think might be raisins. flavor has some chocolate, mild roastiness and a bit of tongue-numbing alcohol. mouthfeel is a bit thin to me...but not bad.

12/8/07 From the bottle. Aroma is roast malt with a decent amount of black malt and background of dark fruit skins. Appearance is very dark brown with a low tan head. Flavor has a slight sour bittering to it from black malt. Overall, slightly fruity, like a flavored dark chocolate dominated by its cocoa bittering. Mouthfeel is slightly astringent with full body, low creaminess and a dry finish. Overall, a big interesting beer, but not smooth enough to have more than one.

This was an unusual looking stout for me as the generous head produced, even with a careful pour, appeared to be a brown oatmeal sponge. The distinct coffee aroma invited my first taste to find the almost grainy medium body was easy to drink. The sweet aftertaste was present as an occasional sense of wateryness.