Lion Stout

Bottle thanks to Linus_Stick. Pours a a pure black body with red colors shining through when light flows in. A medium light brown head. The aroma is really nice; brown sugar, tons of roasted malts, vanilla, coffee, alcohol and some moist soil. The taste is also very awesome; a very smooth roasted malt, plums, vanilla, dry coffee, a tiny tart aspect too. Very good brew. The mouthfeel is creamy and very full. Thanks Alan.

Pours into my 25cl tulip glass with a dense, creamy, initially four-finger thick, deeply brown stained, full tan colored head. The beer is a full black color that shows just a flash of ruby to it when held up directly to the light. Weird, the aroma is quite weird; buttery, but with an almost chemical undercurrent. What is weird is that this might not be diacetyl, this is the most likely culprit, but for some reason it just seems a bit different than your typical diacetyl signature. Buttered popcorn aromas clearly dominate, but there is just a hint of roast character noticeable towards the finish.

Quite sweet with a fairly agreeable flavor until the finish which has a phenolic, chemical edge to it. The body has a nice fullness to it as well as a nice soft, chocolate tasting, roast grain flavor to it. That strange buttery note is not nearly as noticeable in the flavor, but the chemical note still manages to mute my enjoyment of this beer pretty significantly.

This is newly arrived in Arizona, so I don’t understand why this is so bad; and to be honest the flavors of this beer seem pretty fresh, it is just that there are also some significantly off components to this beer as well.

Impressive brew: as advertised, strong aromas of malted milk chocolate shake with some dark fruits like raisin and prunes, some roasted coffee also, appearance is black in the middle with some browning on the edges, good solid body, flavor is outstanding and in balance, not too sweet and not too roasted, very wine like notes to the senses, creamy body and slight bittering finish, will definately add to my list of drink again beers.

Bottle. Pours dark brown/black with a large brown head. Aroma is coffee, vanilla, and hints of chocolate, plus something oddly vegetal (olives?). Flavor is sweet dark malt, with a good amount of roast and the same vegetal character, and chocolate especially in the finish. Smooth velvety mouthfeel. An interesting beer. Some odd flavors (which don’t detract in my opiion), but also very well balanced malt structure. I like it quite a bit.

Really enjoyed this beer...mahogany edges but black at the core, this beer sports a nice 1-inch khaki head. Aroma is that of tobacco, chocolate, espresso, and vanilla. Taste also exhibits the same tobacco and roasted malt characteristics. Sweet and interesting. A bit oily but overall a nice surprise!!!