Lion Stout

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

Nearly opaque black with a thick frothy lasting brown head. Absolutely beautiful. Aroma of roast, molasses, vanilla, dark chocolate, and espresso. Medium thick creamy body with soft carbonation. Nice sweet flavor of roast, plum, raisin, espresso, dark chocolate, molasses, and smoke. A little alcohol comes through in the end. Excellent.

This excellent stout pours almost black with a thick tan head. Visually appealing, it continues by being a treat to the nose. Chocolate, fruit, coffee make their way to the senses. Full, creamy body has a taste of vanilla and chocolate and coffee. All this from Sri Lanka. Who'd a thunk it? An excellent stout.

where’s the aroma? lacking. appearance is normal, but loses points for its tendency to be heady. pretty looking head though. i love the taste though (clearly). it’s strong and unapologetic, but doesn’t overstay its welcome like stouts often do. very coffee. the first few sips there was a strange bite about 4/5 of the way into the sip, but that went away. terrific viscosity (low) as well. my highest rated beer so far.

Dark black beer with a deep dark brown head. Aroma of dark licorice, leather and sweet dark fruit. Lots of plums and treacle. Heavy, rich dark chocolate and heavy char. Roasty flavour with a rich sweet dark chocolate flavour. Rich character and a lingering rich sweet raisiny character. Excellent example of the style.

Pours jet black (no light shines through) with a thick light brown head - just beautiful. First you get the aroma of milk chocolate, then raisins and ends with hops and a slight whiff of alcohol. Flavor has notes of plum, raisins, roasted malt, mocha, coffee and plenty of hops. The taste has a really nice citrusy twinge on the back end. Perfectly sweet with the right amount of bitterness to balance it out. Alcohol content in the flavor is very well-hidden. Body is full, round and creamy with moderate carbonation. Great head retention. Really nice stuff.

Pours a dark body. Jet black. Aromas are immediate coffee, molasses, raisin bread, sugars, with flavours of raisin bread, chocolate, and LOTS of coffee. Very well balanced. Nice smooth mouthfeel. Alcohol not noticable. One of the great stouts of the world. A rare gem at the LCBO.

One of the very best stouts available. I bought this expecting something quite a bit less significant and enjoyable. What I got was an extremely smooth, flavorful, and enjoyable beer. The 8% alcohol was a real surprise as it didn’t come through to the taste at all. Very nice!

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.