Lion Stout

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

Pours a dark brown with a medium creamy light brown head. The aroma is sweet, shows soy sauce, a slight smoked character, wood. the flavor is soy sauce, a mild sweetness, warmth, some chocolate and coffee. Cool smooth palate. A bit underwhelming.

Dense, dark brownish appearance, thick head formation. Sweet fruity plum and raisin nose with dryish woody, grain notes. Sweet fruity intro, plum again, turning to a lightly roasted cocoay finish. Slightly burnt bitterness in the aftertaste. Was expecting an onslaght of alcohol and a thick c hewy palate, but it’s much more subtle than that.

Pours black, with a creamy, frothy light brown head. Smells of rich caramel and toffee cream, with some molasses and dark fruit pushing through. Some graham cracker in there as well. The flavor was also pretty sweet with lots of that toffee cream noticeable. I liked the sweet graham cracker flavors of this brew. Nice rich crisp palate, with solid carbonation. Alcohol wasnt intense, but added a nice bite to it. Very nice foreign stout.

11.5oz bottle, no date. Pours a deep brown with a medium, quickly fading light brown head. Aroma of dark chocolate, molasses, coffeee, dark fruits, and alcohol. I think I’m picking up some oats as well. Taste is pretty much the same with the addition of some smokiness, and the alcohol is fairly well hidden. Full bodied, though not syrupy, and light carbonation. Excellent.

Black. Sweet and roasted nose with hints of burnt malts, blackberries, apples, molasses and coffee beans. Starts sweet with a hint of molasses, cocoa and coffee. Mid-palate dries out a bit and bitters a bit as well, with notes of blackberries and dark chocolate. On the finish is a lovely roasted malt bitterness and just a hint of mocha. This is a very nice stout. It’s not great, but at $ 7.99/6 Pack it might become a regular around the house.

33 cL bottle. Time to tick another little dot on my Geo map. The label back shows Michael Jackson drinking some stout from a snifter, so I got out my tulip glass. Pours deep brown like a cola, with visible brown bubbles in a thick head. Nice sweet smell of milk chocolate and brown sugar. First sips offer astringent grains, coffee, and a hint of chocolate. A bit of cocoa and the sourness of an English style stout. Chocolate is mostly in the nose throughout this glass. Sourness builds, but never about the level expected for the style, which I call "cherry cordial." Alcohol is well subdued. Mouthfeel is a bit fizzy for a beer that’s best experience on cask or nitro. Some yeast in bottom of bottle, probably not enough to easily culture (but I have to consider the possibilities). A fine beer, though I didn’t think it as great as the average here.

Black with a tan head and some fair lacing. Smokey and roasted malt aromas with hints of bitter chocolate. Flavor is smokey and bitter with some more chocolate tones. Palate is dry and chalky with a bitter finish.

bottle thanks to mmm///beer. black pour with a big caramel head. huge notes of chocolate and roasted malts with alcohol in the back. nice thickness and a very unique fruity chocolate flavor with a slight alcohol finish.