Lion Stout

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

Nice. Pours an opaque black with a HUGE lasting tan head. Aroma is slightly sweet, roasted malts and chocolate. Flavor is a well balanced mix of sweet and sour: hints of plum, sugared dark roast coffee and bittersweet chocolate with a pleasant undercurrent of alcohol warmth. Mouthfeel is slightly gritty ... not sure about that. Overall, though, an excellent stout.

Bottle. Pours black with a tall creamy brown head that has some lasting in a ring and leaves light lacing. Nice milk chocolate and mocha aroma. The flavor finds roast coffee and dark chocolate. Medium body, sticky, and a roast coffee bitter aftertaste. Excellent.

Very good aroma of burned malt and cigar. The taste is a bit like toast in the morning, with coffee, chocolate and caramel. Long aftertaste. A good beer by all standards but not my thing, even though it should be. I’d go for Dragon Stout instead.

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.

dark brown color with thick tan head. malty, fruity aroma. full bodied , creamy mouth feel. fruit and chocolate in the flavor. too sweet for my palate.

I was really impressed with this stout. The Lion Stout pours black with a decent tan head that diminishes rather quickly and leaves minimal lacing. The aroma is of sweet chocolate and roasted malts. The flavor profile follows this exactly. The first sip is fairly sweet and extremely smooth and creamy. You get more of the roasted flavors at the end. I’ll be more than glad to have another soon."

Poured jet black with a light brown head that left a thin lacing on the glass. Aroma is rather weak for a stout, with notes of chocolate and some roastedness. Taste is slightly sweet in the very beginning with some subtle chocolatiness, but then moves to a mocha flavor and an intense bitterness that lingers stubbornly throughout the entire palate. Makes me want to wash my mouth out with something. I had high hopes for this, and overall I’m not impressed.

(625 ml bottle) Pours a very dark brown crowned with a very solid tan head. Aroma of burnt brown sugar, coffee, molasses, chocolate. Lacing is beautiful. Mouthfeel is rich, thick, smooth and wonderful. Taste is dark rich coffee, roasted maltiness and semi-sweet, semi-bitter chocolate. This is just an outstanding stout to look at and drink. (Thanks to checkout clerk at Downeast Beverage for pointing it out).