Lion Stout

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

courtesy of one of our tasting member. Pours black, with a beige head. Aroma / taste grainy, with some licorice and roasted malts / coffee. Leaves a nice yellow lacing. Extremely smooth One amazing stout and offering to come out of Sri Lanka. Would love to try it again.

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!

Bottle from Beers of Europe. Black beer with a tan head. Roast aroma with some chocolate. Sweet and smooth with medium roasted malt flavours. Much better than I expected.

Review #299. I wanted to save Lion Stout for my 300th review, but I’ve got a Westy 12 chillin’...

A stalwart, mocha-brown head floats like a sponge atop an über-dark body with a blood red aura. Aromas were roasted almost to the point of being burnt with chocolates, dark fruits and campfire. Flavor starts moderately bitter with chocolate and roasts ending with a semi-sweetness in a thick & syrupy yet creamy smooth palate. My only complaint lies with it’s discreet potency... I made the mistake of enjoying four of these one night before bed and remained mostly drunk the next day at work. But, oh... what a wonderful beer!

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Black body, quickly dissapating tan head. Aroma is coffee and more coffee. taste is caramel with espresso, chocolate, and roasted malts.

A tiger in Africa? No, no, I meant, a Lion in Sri Lanka? Well it appears so. This particular lion looks quite stunning in a snifter. Opaque black body topped by a creamy tan head that collapses into a mat of larger bubble. Glass lace is superb. Smells nothing like a zoo, instead it is sweet and malty with touches of dark fruit and coffee. The flavor is quite nice also. Just enough roast to keep the sweetness in check (unlike some other abominations I have had that are labeled Foreign Stouts). Some vanilla, sweet chocolate and "mochachino" round everything out. The palate is soft, silky, and medium. Some light to medium bitterness develops late but is eventually overwhelmed by the sweetness. It is npt often that I get to add another notch to my country belt AND enjoy the beer!

pours black, but not pitch black. Fizzy brown head and a little lacing. malts & oak on the nose which is really nice. Very easy to drink, however it is not very robust. Flavor is borderline complex with hints of hazelnuts, chocolate, & roasted malts. nice coffee flavor on the finish.

pours black, small off-white head, aroma of chocolate and molasses, flavor is chocolatey, smooth, sweet, a tad bitter, but not over the top.