Lion Stout

Very nice mocha flavor. Bittersweet chocolate and coffee. Palate is bubbly and carbonated, mouthfeel is medium. This stout is very drinkable and gains flavor as it warms. Alcohol is well hidden. This is one of my standby’s.

Bottle. This beer pours a deep dark brown in color with a fast fading head. The aroma is a bit bitter, somewhat of burnt chocolate but a bit hoppy. Tasting, the mouthfeel was a bit slick and oily. Flavor wise, burnt chocolate with a bit of a bite. I am going to let the rest of the six settle for a while in my basement. Hopefully, this will balance some of the flavors a bit.

Bottle (33 cl) from Systembolaget. Black with a red hued edge and a large creamy beige head. Heavy roasted, with heavy salty baconish barbecue smokey notes. Heavy bodied with smooth mouthfeel and quite dry. Highly overrated i.m.o.

This was a jet black beer with a lot of promise. Weak in flavors though and not much to behold.

I got this one from the LCBO as well as from DOTW in Luzern. Pours jet black with light brown creamy head. Nose is heavy on espresso and prunes. Body is full and silky, with huge flavours of smokey roasted coffee. Finish has a nice lasting bitterness. A great beer!

Bouteille (Sinha stout 08/2008). Couleur noire opaque, mousse forme un lacet qui persiste. Arôme chocolaté, légèrement torréfié, cassonade. Goût complexe torréfié, très sucré, arrière goût torréfié, finale d’alcool très longue, mais pas trop forte. Corps moyen-mince et bien atténué, sèche, effervescence moyenne. Très équilibré, je suis surpris par cette bière.

chocolate, pepper, toast, roasty, earthy,brown foamfull body, average carbonation, long finish, slick feel,

Poured from a 330 ml bottle a very dark brown with a nice, fully chocolate colored head. Aroma of malt, chocolate and coffee. The flavor was very good and head the alcohol well. Roasted malts and the chocolate really stood out.