Lion Stout

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

Thanks to Slob. Black, thick, fluffy brown head. This has some good carbination, and as it settles the aroma of roasted caramel malts and chocolate wafs up to greet me. Thick mouth feel, and a good amount of roasted, almost burnt bittering joins in. There is the taste of dark fruit adds some complexity. This is an excellent stout, as good as the first time I tasted this.

625mL bottle. Pours a pitch black appearance, slight brown light coming through at the edges; medium light-tan head formation with good retention; strong lacing. Roasted malts, dark chocolate in the aroma; slight hint of sourness. Full, roasted mouthfeel: charred malts, milk chocolate, hint of lactic acid tartness; medium finish showing roasted malts and bitter chocolate. Excellent foreign stout.

Bottle. An opaque deep red beer with a thin dark brown head. It looks delicious and the aroma enhances that - an amazing creamy milk chocolate and roasted coffee aroma greets you with some smoke and raisin added. The flavor is actually less distinct than the aroma but good qualities of the chocolate and coffee malt remain strong. Bitter finish but bery balanced and easy palate.

A very nice stout, full of chocolate, raisins, rosted malts and dry fruits. Its creamy texture, excellent lacing and the 8 % abv make this a fantastic winter warmer. Making south asia very proud.

Pours as black as motor oil with a thin creamy beige head. The beer starts off with just hints of roasted malts in the aroma, but as it warms up the aroma becomes much more fuller with caramel, chocolate, rainsin, dark fruit, and summer sausage?? Sweet, but not too sweet, lots of malts, and bitter chocolate, the syrian hops providing good balance in the finish. Nice carbonation levels, beer is a teeny bit watery, but maybe i’m just being picky. I really enjoyed this beer, my favorite foreign stout so far.

Thanks to MrManning for the bottle. Pours black and slightly watery with a thick fluffy tan head. Roasted grain, slightly sweet malt, chocolate malt aroma. Light roasted grain and chocolate malt taste. Not overpowering, but subtle and tasty. I find it to be more of a baltic porter, but without the heaviness. Really good.

Caramel and chocolate aroma. Dark Mahogany in color with a short lived milk chocolate brown head. Taste was chocolate and smoke. Chocolate and almond in the finish. Not too sweet, but very delicious.

Color is black. Medium head is brown and lacy. Delicate dry aroma: chocolate, roasted malts. Very much coffee in the flavor. Also roasted malts and chocolate. Maybe some ashyness as well. Palate is full-bodied and smoothly carbonated.