Lion Brewery English Ale

Brewed by Lion Brewery and Restaurant
Style: Brown Ale
Waterloo, Canada

Serve in Dimpled mug, Shaker

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Deep mahogony/brown with a good finger of mocha foam. Smokey toast aroma with some caramel and fruit. Flavour is slight roasted coffee bean, some sweet fruit, roasted malt, and some liquid smoke. Creamy and easy drinking. One of the better from their lineup.

UPDATED: APR 6, 2008 [356-20070623] Tap @ Barley Works (Waterloo, ON). Roasty malty aroma has caramel background. Clear, dark brown red body with a medium-lasting foamy light tan head. Sweet and lightly meaty flavour has toasty roasty smokey malt notes. Medium body has nice smoothness. Refreshing! Really enjoyable, one of their better brews. (8/4/8/3/16) 3.9

[1092C-20080211] Tap @ Lion brewpub (Waterloo, ON). Grainy bread aroma has a bit of sweet malt. Clear, dark amber brown body with a medium-lasting creamy off-white head. Sour yeasty grains flavour has a long aftertaste. Medium body. Really interesting texture. (7/4/7/3/15) 3.6

UPDATED: OCT 25, 2008 Another of the reformulated brews by this brewer: Tapped a nice chestnut brown with a 1 finger frothy cap that lasted and laced. Aromas of caramel malts and nuts with a light wisp of hay. Medium bodied, fair malt spine, buttery mouth feel, mellow rounded nutty character. Starts bready-caramel-nutty then this is joined with some light bittering from Kents and and the addition of some fruity esters from the ale yeast....finished mellow and clean with the bready-nutty tastes prevailing. A nice pint of brown ....and when fresh, not much in a can or bottle beats it .

The pour reveals a dark brown color with brown highlights with a thin beige head. Decent aroma of chocolate, the chocolate is weaker in the flavor and there’s nothing else going on. The body is light to medium with a creamy texture and soft carbonation.

chocolate brown with malt extract. Malt aroma. Actually drinkable though on the sweet side. A step up from root beer, though less carbonated and more synthetic. A drop of roast and chocolate. Second best brew in their lineup. Light mouthfeel.

Dark brown colour that makes it look like a stout. Brown head many earthy tones in the scent. Slightly bitter malty taste with a bitter finish.

On tap. Deep cola colour, ruby notes. Creamy tan head. Dark malt aroma. A little nutty.

(Draught) Large white head and a copper body. Slight hop nose. Flavour of hops with mild malt. Average.

UPDATED: JUN 24, 2007 June 2007. Draft at the brewpub. Very dark brown body with a small tan head. (3+) Sweet dark malt aroma with mild roast and light notes of watery coffee. (7+) Sweet roasty malt flavour with varying notes of mocha and dark bitter chocolate, muted toffee and an interesting melange of all of these that lingers in the aftertaste. (7+) Average palate could be more robust but is fitting for the English style. This was in great shape today - very nice. 7+/3+/7+/3/15-16 - 3.7 <P>Feb 2004 re-rate, Dark ruby brown with a nice beige head. Malty slightly fruity flavour with a bit of roasty mocha. Lighter bodied than expected but still a nice mouth feel. Not much aroma which was surprising. Probably their best beer. 5/4/7/3/14 - 3.3 <P> Jan 2001: Had this on it’s own and in the Beer Float. Nice dark brown ale. Fairly sweet and malty. This was my favourite of their beers.

I found this very rich in flavour. Dark brown. Nice head. Malty and sweet. I will have this again.