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Lion Stout 3.81 1153

Lion Stout

Percentile
98
overall
Brewed by Lion Brewery (Ceylon)
Style: Foreign Stout

Nuwara Eliya & Biyagama, Sri Lanka

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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11533.82/5.03.81/5.08%98.9Snifter, Tulip
Commercial Description:
The 8.0 per cent abv, bottle conditioned beer is brewed from British, Czech and Danish malts with Styrian hops and an English yeast strain. All the ingredients are transported along precarious roads to the brewery located 3,500 feet above sea level.
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 MaiBockAddict (1499), Good Beer Bar Deprived, New Jersey, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/105/516/20
Mar 11, 2005  
22 oz bottle. Deep dark brown, tan head. Big roasty, nutty aroma with a hint of alcohol. MMM. This is smooth and creamy. Lucious malts. Creamy chocolate. Roasty, with some malt bitterness. Really like this one.


 beermatrix (1497), Twin Cities, Minnesota, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
Jun 24, 2004  
Dark fudge brown, nearly black, thin and firm light brown cap, a slight skim remains once it settles, lacing in thin sheets. Aroma of slight roast, stale raisin, parched prunes, dry cocoa, and anise. Taste is mild with tame roastability and soft chocolate, slight floating sweetness of dry dark fruits, touches of molasses and toffee roast. Doesn’t withstand too much in the flavor dept. or in its length, over far to quickly, but it does incur a certain broad range of capable character. Feel is smooth, a bit sweet and tangy, lightly roasted edge, just shy of a medium body mostly, seems to pick up a bit towards the finish where it drys out with some light cocoa. A fairly decent effort; quick stout flavors and a somewhat healthy body, but good be better. I would consider this over a Guinness on nitro-tap I think?


 Strykzone (1497), Wood River, Illinois, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/105/58/103/512/20
Feb 24, 2008  
Picked this up to add a country but found it to be a very drinkable. Aroma was somewhat unpleasant and lacking of the more classic stouts. Flavor was much nicer than the aroma and it looked great. Perhaps a bit watery. An average stout at best.


 RCL (1495), Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/56/103/515/20
Mar 28, 2006  
A rather odd beer. Nose of (I kid you not) black olives. All in all, a pretty decent beer, but it doesn’t make my list of top ten stouts by a long shot. I can say that it is without a doubt the best beer I have ever had from Sri Lanka. Take that how you will. Worth giving it a spin if you’re looking to try something new.


 tomthompson89 (1489), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/515/20
Oct 22, 2006  
ahh a stout that definatly surprised me!!! nice sweet stout made for spicy foods nice alcohol malt balance good flavour some hops


 SuIIy (1486), Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/105/517/20
Apr 24, 2005  
Pours black with foamy tan head. Smells sweet and chocolatey. Big chocolate taste, roasted malts. great mouthfeel, smothers the palate with flavor.


 TheEpeeist (1484), Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/517/20
Mar 22, 2008  
11.2 oz bottle. Ebony with an active tan head. Nose is coffee, grapes and brown sugar. Medium light with fizzy carb. Taste is sweetened coffee and molasses. Bitter vegetal finish. Solid, enjoyable.


 IPFreely (1470), Lewiston, New York, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Jul 19, 2005  
Very dark brown/black color, frothy tan head. Mild roast along with cream, milk, and chocolate. Mild smoke creeps in along with some subtle dark fruit. Medium full body, creamy. Very nice.



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