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Lion Stout

Lion Stout - Foreign Stout

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 Percentile 
98
overall
Brewed by Lion Brewery (Ceylon)
Style: Foreign Stout

Nuwara Eliya & Biyagama, Sri Lanka

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
11353.81/5.03.81/5.08%98.8Snifter, Tulip
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Commercial Description:
The 8.0 per cent abv, bottle conditioned beer is brewed from British, Czech and Danish malts with Styrian hops and an English yeast strain. All the ingredients are transported along precarious roads to the brewery located 3,500 feet above sea level.
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 BrianDorry55 (117), Spring Hill, Florida, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/56/103/514/20
Mar 21, 2009  
12oz bottle from The Brass Tap in Wesley Chapel, FL. Pours dark brown, almost black with a thick tan head. Aroma is burnt wood, toffee, caramel, and mollasses. Flavor is mollasses, burnt toffee, kinda tastes like a doppelbock. Lighter mouthfeel, nice burnt aftertaste. Its pretty good...but similar to a doppelbock, which is not my favorite style.


 OldGrowth (1407), North Carolina, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/105/57/104/514/20
Mar 19, 2009  
pint, @ Tyler’s Apex. Good aroma, bitter, soy, chocolate. Brownish black color, good head and lace. Bitter flavor, roast malt, baking chocolate. Medium body, creamy oily mouth feel, bitter finish. Nice easy to drink stout. As nice looking as a beer as I’ve seen. Aroma was a tad weak, flavor was better, very rich.


 chandler0201 (341), Durham, North Carolina, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/516/20
Mar 19, 2009  
Dark brown pour with small tan head. Roasted malts with coffee and dark, bittersweet chocolate. Taste of rich malts and more chocolate. Very drinkable.


 djd07 (721), Houston, Texas, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/105/516/20
Mar 19, 2009  
Bottle as shown. Pours a dark brown with a medium creamy light tan head that lasts awhile. Good sticky lacing along the glass. The aroma is a roasted malt with coffee and dark chocolate. The taste is a very rich roasted malt with chocolate and caramel. Easy to drink as it hides the alcohol well. A very good stout from Lion.


 bedainedebiere (274), Terrebonne, Quebec, Canada
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Mar 18, 2009  
French: 2,19$ la bouteille à la SAQ, 8% d’alcool, comparable à une imperial stout, get out of here! Ça vient du Sri Lanka, c’est brassé avec différents malts européens et on peut acheter cette fort décente bière, meilleure stout importée en vente libre au Québec, pour ce bas prix? Il font combien par jour, les employés de cette brasserie, 3 sous par jour? La texture n’est pas aussi onctueuse que d’autres stout du Québec et c’est plutôt discrètement houblonné, mais c’est dans l’ensemble bien réussi et si peu cher! Bravo aux employés concernés à la SAQ pour celle-là. ANGLAIS: Good "imperial alike" stout, chocolate, coffee, some subtilities, not much bitterness in the finish (try hoppy Saint-Barnabé by le Naufrageur to be dazzled on that matter...), the most bitterness coming from the idea that some horrible cheap labor must be behind the low price you probably paid that overall great and respectable stout!


amp811 (38), Charleston, South Carolina, USA
4.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/59/105/519/20
Mar 17, 2009  
The caramel colored head and lovely aroma filled with coffee undertones are a mere hint at how awesome this beer is. Big, sweet (but not overly sweet) flavors balanced out by a light, hoppy finish. Goes with anything, but especially desserts. Or just have it for dessert. One of my favorite "easy-to-find" beers.


 yayforbeer (641), Orange Park, Florida, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/517/20
Mar 13, 2009  
$8.49 for a six pack at Total Wine. Black beer with a nice tan head. Aroma of coffee and dark fruits. Flavor is coffee, chocolate, molasses, caramel, and dark fruit. A bit of sweetness on the front, tartness in the middle and drys out at the end with a smooth finish and lightly bitter aftertaste. 8% abv is completely covered in the flavor. This is way better than I expected, complex and excellent all around. I’ll have a few of these in celebration of St. Patty’s Day.. Yummy and impressive, and a good value.


 thejon375 (390), Tampa, Florida, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/58/104/515/20
Mar 13, 2009  
Very surprising beer. Didnt expect much since it is from Sri Lanka. Good thick rich color, aroma of raisins. Caramel, choc and brown sugar flavors. Overall an excellent beer.



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