Lion Stout

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

Big thanks to JPDIPSO for this one. The pour was obsidian with a 2-finger tan head. Big chocoff in the aroma, plus a roasty malty aroma, nuts, and cabernet. The flavors were roasty malt coupled with chocoff, cabernet. Dense palate and complex, with great balance. This is an elite stout, and yes, it should be an Impy IMHO. Regardless, it’s great.

Black with a firm and lasting light brown head. Caramel and butterscotch aroma with a hint of licorice, all coming together nicely. Sweet with caramel and licorice flavour and a touch of ash

Deep black stout with a thick creamy moka head, Bitter unsweetened chocolate aroma with herbal notes. In mouth, sweetish chocolate with nice bittering hops, lingering and restrained. Rich and creamy mouthfeel. Bought at LCBO.

Head is initially large, frothy, brown, mostly lasting. Body is black (almost opaque), bottle conditioned. Aroma is moderately malty (roasted grain, dark chocolate, coffee), with light notes of tar and smoke, hint of licorice. Flavor is moderately to heavily sweet, lightly bitter, lightly acidic. Finish is moderately sweet, lightly acidic, moderately bitter. Medium to full body, creamy/velvety texture, soft carbonation. Very nice, maybe a little grainy in the nose but balanced very well for the style and delightful to drink. Despite the distance this had to travel to reach stores in Colorado, it’s priced cheaper than some similarly styled micros from this state!

330 ml bottle, from Cellars in Minnetonka, MN (Dec 2005). No date but looks to be fairly fresh. Very dense, dark, small lasting spot of head atop a viscous motor oil body....huge roastiness, prunes, lots of dark bitter chocolaty goodness erupt in the strong nose, which does soften a bit as it warms, not losing character but exchanging the harshness for soft sherry/port qualities and a notch sweeter cocoa....wonderfully smooth, velvety body enhance by slightly oily liquor feel, light carbonation....massive roast is the strongest characteristic on the delighted tongue, bitter pure chocolate and a hint of bourbon-vanilla, slight touches of bitter herbs and the barest milkiness...as good as I had hoped for, and this one I’ve been wanting to try for years. The finishing bitterness just doesn’t let go.

i was amazed by this. dark chocolate, vanilla ice-cream on the roof of the mouth. lots of coffee of course. no saltiness whatsoever to spoil it. looked amazing. big brown aero bar head. thick but not syruppy. kept waiting for the glass to get worse but it only got better. re-rate - the familiarity that i now have with lion stout, from buying several six-packs in sydney, has bred a little contempt. i still find it a great beer but am not as excited by it any more, it’s starting to taste like a normal beer

Bottle 0.625 L. Creamy lightbrown fully lasting head. Dark brown colour. Week but nice aroma. Nice coffee/caramel balanced flavor. Long finish. A little watery palate regarding 8.0 abv, but a good stout!

Dark roasted/burnt malt aroma, and possibly chocolate and dark fruit. It’s a mix. Opaque black color with a tan head that sticks around. Thin bodied. Mild carbonation. Starts with a tarry, burnt malt flavor. Dark fruits transit, and the finish is darkly burnt, with some substantial bitter. It is truly something. The finish is toasted and bitter. It hardly gets better than this.