Lion Stout

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

Deep, dark indigo-toned color with a thick foamy tan head. Rummy nose with caramel, chocolate, sweet coffee, and dried fig notes. Nice blend of dark fruit and roast flavors. Has caramel and chocolate liqueur qualities. Medium-high sweetness with light plummy acidity and modest roasty bitterness. Nice sipping stout, full of character.

Bottle. Dusty hops on a supremely roast aroma, dark notes of burnt chocolate. Light nuttiness in an occasionally muddled malt profile. Pitch pour with a large, rocky, gorgeous light-medium brown head. Strong roast taste (burnt, not-quite ashy malt rather than coffee) with nutty and sweetish chocolate. Overtones of prunes and lesser molasses. Not too sweet, as others have noted; I actually find this to be rather well-balanced. Very crisp carbonation on a full body, but seems creamier with passing sips. As for the alcohol, the body is there but the burn is not. A semi-dry, soulfully dark stout with a focus on Quad-like prunic notes instead of impy stout coffee tones - and all the classier for it.

Nice chocolate and coffee nose on this dark brown pour. Lots of tan head. Similar flavor but distinct hops to it with a refreshingly crisp hop character.

Very drinkable and very missleading considering its big 8 per cent strength.Liquorice and fruit dominate but the overall taste is complex.It is hard to decide what is the dominant taste but this is truely a great stout.If you dont normally drink stouts please give this one a try-if you do then search this one out, its a winner.

Aroma:Coffe,chocolate,wine... Appearance:Dak,huge head.... Flavor:Good chocolate flavor,sugar and ligh wine flavor....

Another style I haven't tried yet. Wow- sweet aroma- strong licorice, smoke, and soy notes hit my surprised nostrils upon opening this bottle. Otherwise pours like any other stout, with a very dark brown body and thin light tan head. Flavor is interesting and reminds me strongly of A. le Coq Imperial Stout with its dry, salty character. Lots of wood and soy, a touch of licorice and dry chocolate. I taste a touch of dry fruit underneath the salt, and perhaps some nuttiness too. Very complex. The body is oily and finishes with a dusty, slightly bitter aftertaste. I have to agree with consensus here- this is a fine beer.

Sweet malt aroma with a touch of chocolate and maybe some heavily creamed coffee. This was atramentous with little head, but decent lacing. Bitter roasted barley in the fore which melds into slightly less acid coffee flavors and finishes with a touch of nut and grape like sweetness reminiscent of the distinctive flavors of Samuel Smith’s Nut Brown Ale. Thanks to Slob for this one!

[330 ml. bottle] Dark black pour with a thick brown head. Chocolaty and malty aroma with a slight touch of hops. Flavor starts with a chocolate malt taste and goes to a smooth coffee middle and a slight hoppy bitterness at the end.