Lion Stout

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

Bottled, from Cooler Box, Kuala Lumpa, Malaysia. Supper dark brown, thick coffee colour with a brown skumy head that is still sitting in my glass the next morning. Sweet, milk stout aroma. Rich dark roasted flavour. A genuine foreign stout the origins of which I had to research to make sure its not the same as the Guinness Foreign Stout. The following useful website details the history of Guinness Anchor Berhad and Malaysian brewing in general - http://www.iol.ie/~ange/guinmay.html
Earlier Rating: 4/22/2003 Total Score: 4
Bitch black with a chololate brown foaming head. The roasted black malt just lifted out of the glass. Bitter sweet tasting with a long and full palate. This is a complete beer that fully deserves its score.

330ml bottle. pours black with tan creamy head. nose has big raisins and plums. flavor has a subtle yet distinct port wine quality throughout, wow that is really nice, some creamy doughy notes, licorice, and lots of plums. although the body is thin the mouth feel isn’t rich or creamy. the alcohol is well hidden. in the end, this is a delicate, dark fruity, foreign stout. the last time I had this was over 2 years ago, so why have I waited so long? easily the best foreign stout i’ve had.

Pour is black with a thin tan head...smell is roasty with some light cocoa and coffee notes...quite nice...taste is sweet with cocoa and alcohol with a nice bittersweet alcohol and coffee finish...definately enjoyable...

330 ml bottle, bought at Selfridge’s, London. Label says for some reason "Lion Dark Beer" in stead of "Lion Stout", but there’s no doubt that this is the very same beer. Otherwise the label is exactly the same, so is the ABV and the characteristics of the beer. Pitch black colour, impenetrable for light. Large and thick brown head. A real beauty! Excellent aroma of various types of wood, tar, leather, tobacco. Full and rich flavour where the roastiness and hops are perfectly balanced with the velvety sweetness. Extremely drinkable. It’s debatable whether "the perfect stout" exists, but the Lion must be pretty close!

Brown, black beer. Beige head, medium lasting. Aroma is burnt, perhaps notes of metal, iron. Smoked notes. Has a nice sweet, burnt flavor.

Cockney Pub, Aarhus, DK. Bottled. Black with brown head. Aroma of coffee and chocolate. Flavor is roasted barley with notes of fruit and alcohol

Bottle; poured a dark brown/black with a frothy medium brown head. Aroma of chocolate, caramel, molasses, and a hint of roastedness. Nice mouthfeel, palate a little light (for style), but worked well. Alcohol completely hidden. Flavors were good, not overly bold, but nice flavors of chocolate, coffee, caramel, roasted malt, vanilla and some general sweetness. Very enjoyable.

VEyr good malty tastes. Good aftertastes. Sweet but not tiring. Good brown light colour foam. Not heavy.