Lion Stout

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

625ml bottle: Deep brown, near black body with a large mocha tan head, nice lacing, that lasts. Aroma of chocolate, dark chocolate, coffee, yeast, mild roasted malt character, and light sweet fruits towards the finish. Moderate carbonation, creamy, full mouthfeel. Taste is initially milk chocolate, dark chocolate, then a slight yeast/sweet fruit/extract twang?/bitter hops, roasted coffee, bitter roasted malt, and a hint of alcohol in the nose. Finishes moderately dry with hints of dark fruit, chocolate, roasted malt, and mild earthy hops toward the end.

This was pretty cool. coffee and chocolate undertones to this roasted smoked tasting malts. good flavors coming through of campfire and nutty alcohol flavas

Foam Rangers January meeting. Light black pour with tan head. Forgot what aroma was, but flavor was chocolate and sweet sugars wtih coffee.

Bottle.

Pours pitch black with a large ashen grey-brown head. This aroma is chocolate and bread dough, pumpernickel, a whisper of dark roasted coffee. The flavor is well balanced, hints of sweet chocolate early, mildly lactic, not so much chewy roast malt, grape and alcohol notes late, relatively dry and chalky finish. The mouthfeel is not so much rich as hot.

All in all, a good beer but unlike so many of the other tasters I don’t see this one as being in the top echelon.

Bottle courtesy of Cigar City. Pours dark brown with a khaki head. Aroma is earth, dark chocolate, and alcohol. Flavor is similar with chocolate malt, balancing hops, and dark chocolate. Nice.

Enticing appearance of black body and nice tan head. Strong nose of smokey, roasted malts with burnt notes and dark chocolate. The flavor starts slightly sweet, again with smoke and malts and ends with a bitter kick. Creamy medium to thick body. Dry finish. The alcohol comes through toward the end with a peppery, warming feel. Moderate carbonation.

Bottle. Pours pitch black with a brownish head. Aroma is quite smoked and barbeque-like with butterish notes. Flavour is interesting… a mix of wood and a bonfire – actually burning wood maybe. Smoked definitely, and has an oak-aged feel to it. Dryish finish. Palate feels a bit thin. 11-07-06.

12 oz can courtesy of the Binnys singles rack (Orland Park, IL). Pours a black opaque pour, some reddish notes, a big brown thick head, cakes and laces very well. Aromas are more subtle, still roasted malt, smoothed over chocolate and cream, light coffee, a touch of dry soda bread, caramel, and a nice smoothness. Initial is roasty, smooth yet tasty, lighter bodied than anticipated, a bit of smooth cream and sweeter chocolate, a touch of coffee, Irish soda bread. Bitterness and roast come in well, but are well balanced by sweetness, nothing thick or cloying, instead this goes down fairly well. Bitterness grows, possibly a bit hot, the head dies down to a good film, but still laces very well. A bit of licorice, a slight medicinal feel further in.. Almost a chalkiness. This is pretty good, and almost gets there, but loses points at the end for me, a bit too boozy for it’s body.