Lion Stout

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

Pours black into the glass. Beautiful two-finger coffee colored head of thick foam. Retention is okay. Lacing is great. Very nice nose. Smells of cocoa, vanilla and leather. Roasted chocolate malts. Very nice smokey notes. Dark fruits. Big chocolate and coffee flavors. Huge roasted malt flavor. Slight hints of molasses, brown sugar, vanilla, and cherries. Touch of dried fig flavor. Here, also, is a very nice touch of smoke. Feels very good. Nice and medium thick body. Slick and almost oily. Personally, I’d like it to be a tad bit thicker, but it is still very good. This is an excellent representation of what a good stout should be. I’m very surprised that this is from outside of America. Tastes like a big American stout. Alcohol is very well hidden. This brew is extremely drinkable. I want more.

As Sinha Stout from an LCBO gift pack. 330 mL bottle. Almost black with brown, quickly dissipating head. Lovely aroma of coffee and unsweetened dark chocolate. And a touch of alcohol. Taste is wonderfully complex; bitter, then sweet, then bitter. The coffee and chocolate remain, along with something fuller - dark fruits, perhaps. Cherry coke? Best stout I’ve tried.

Bottle. Pours a deep dark brown with a large thick and deep brown head. Aroma is full of dark roasty malts, vanilla notes, chocolatey, and fruity. Taste is lotsa sweet chocolate and roasty malt flavors.....raisins and plums...plus some latent bitter flavors. Mouthfeel is nice and creamy with a full body. Finish is nicely bitter and slightly fruity also. Better than anticipated....tasty!.

chocolate, pepper, toast, roasty, earthy,brown foamfull body, average carbonation, long finish, slick feel,

330ml bottle
8.0%
I tried this beer on August 27, 2007 at Smokeless Joe’s in Toronto. The beer poured a dark chocolate brown into a unibroue tulip glass with a very generous brown head. The aroma was reminiscent of malt, chocolate, and coffee. The mouthfeel is thick with mild carbonation. The flavour was very good, some malt and coffee hints.

One of the best stouts I have ever tried. smooth, rich with plenty of chocolate overtones. You cannot go wrong!

I love Lion Stout . Peace to my homies in war-torn Colombo (the capital of Sri Lanka) :Any fellow London ratebeerians trying to locate this eastern classic, ,there is a run down ghetto ass store in Twickenham (south west london called Bubbles)that usualy stocks it, thus i know this shit .
Complex stouts like this comin’ outa the subcontinant -that’s part of the coolness. One of my fave music videos-"Save a Prayer" by duran duran waz filmed in Sri Lanka and ive alwayz liked the flare and unorthodox style the Sri Lankan cricket team play with. The beer is soulful shit ....Flavours show dark fruit ,like prunes and raisins...maybe a bit sweet and cloying for some palates ..nice beige dimpley head.Chocolate and oily thick ,chewey vibs. WICKED.

Pours dark black, coffee in color, very frothy tan head. Aroma of malt and slight hint of chocolate. Rather sweet. Subtle taste of coffee and chocolate. Simi-watery body, definitely not a thick stout, but not completely watery. Finish of chocolate that doesn’t linger long. This in definitely one of my favorite beers, however, I have to admit I’m a bit bias. This beer will always be special to be simply for the fact that it was the first legal beer I had.