Lion Stout

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

12 oz bottle. Pours a clear dark black with a little light passing through the edges under a small somewhat fizzy brown head that quickly faded. Aroma is roasty and chocolaty, with lighter notes of coffee, caramel, and a touch of alcohol. Flavor is very full and well rounded. Most prominant is the roast and caramel aspects, but some chocolate, toffee, chalk, smoke, and alcohol present as well. Mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with moderate soft carbonation. Finish has some great staying power. Overall, a favorite among Stouts for me personally. Well worth seeking out.

330ml bottle obtained from beeryum - Thanks Dave! - Pours black with a short tan head. Aroma is deep dark rich roasted malts and chocolate, a touch of smoke even. Flavor is sweet and roasted chocolate malts, plums, figs, some coffee and even a touch of nuts. On the palate this is thick and rich and coats the mouth with creamy smooth flavor. Quite a smooth drinker as the alcohol is completely masked in this one. A very complex and tasty stout!

625mL bottle. Pours a pitch black appearance, slight brown light coming through at the edges; medium light-tan head formation with good retention; strong lacing. Roasted malts, dark chocolate in the aroma; slight hint of sourness. Full, roasted mouthfeel: charred malts, milk chocolate, hint of lactic acid tartness; medium finish showing roasted malts and bitter chocolate. Excellent foreign stout.

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.

Dark Black Coloring. Medium Head. Heavy Roasts. Malt. Bitter. Very Distinctive. Alcohol Blended in Well... This May be a Love it or Hate it Stout.....Have to be in the Mood to Drink this One.

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.

sour nose and a black onyx colour. Taste is mainly malty with coffee tones. Kick on the tip of the tongue. Goes away quickly. Goes down easy and you don’t notice the alcohol content

Xmas gift from MrBendo. Black as licorice. Brown head. Smells of bourbon. Flavors of chocolate, roasted malt, sweet creamy herbal stout flavor. Slight coffee finish but it is very sweet coffee with the harsh bitterness.