Lion Stout

This was an average stout for me. Awesome price. A must try. Had this at a beer taste recently.

Pours muddy black with a large creamy light brown head. Aroma is toasted malts, leather and earthy esters. Flavor is well balanced, rosted malts, and chocolate more apperant in the finish. Medium bodied oliy, softly carbonated a bit of metallic in the finish.

Pours a deep brown with a small but lasting tan head. Aroma and flavor are heavy on chocolate and bitter coffee. Very little alcohol presence. Good stout.

Surprisingly it took me years to find this beer. Got this in Maine last fall. Some sweetness and a pleasing bitterness at the end of the palate. I haven’t had too many sweet stouts and I liked this one. Page 287 of Michael Jackson’s Great Beer Guide and only 332 out of his 500 Classic Brews to go.

This was a great stout .A lot of malts and has a roasty edge to it,bittersweet but great in the finish.

11.2 oz bottle. Black with a big brown head. Big, sweet, roasty malt nose, fruit and semisweet chocolate. Nice, silky body that produces a fine brown lace. Flavor is a tad sweeter than the nose implies, a mildly sweet chocolate with notes of fruit and a touch of charcoal. Bitter chocolatey finish that hangs in the mouth. Very, very nice beer!

A really solid stout, especially given the fact it comes from Sri Lanka, which really isn’t known for their beer (what are they known for anyways?). A nicely built beer with an aroma of roasted malts, chocolate, sweet malts and perhaps a touch of dirt. Appearance is deep black in color with a small, dark tan head. Mouthfeel was a little on the thin side for a stout. Flavors were very enjoyable with roasted malts, chocolate, and toffee. An incredibly tasty beer I must say.

Bottle. Black color, small tan head. Aroma of almonds and oxidation. Full bodied, a bit syrupy. Flavor is somewhat one dimensional. Caramel, chocolate hint. Decent but not overly impressive. Maybe I had an old bottle. Will try again and rerate if necesary.