Lion Stout

Brewed by Lion Brewery (Sri Lanka)
Style: Foreign Stout
Biyagama, Sri Lanka

Serve in Snifter, Tulip

Pours black with a brown head. Aroma is roasted malt, chocolate and coffee. Taste is coffee with a chocolate licorice overlay. Roasted malt is also on the palate which makes it quite nice.

Purchased at the LCBO and goes under the name Sinha Stout from Lion Brewery Ceylon Ltd. Pours a dark brown with the slimmest of all red highlights. The head is brown and nice, rich and creamy like a freshly poured glass of chocolat milk, but with some good retention. Lacing is left like spiderwebs all over. The nose is well balanced between chocolat, molasse, caramel and some coffee. The taste is the same, very well-balanced with some coffee, cocoa and molasse. Much smoother than other brews of this style. Syrupy, but clean mouthfeel. Great aftertaste that stays, with some dark fruits mildly in there. Glad I bought a few more bottles to cellar, as this one is pretty awesome.

Almost black pour with some browns. Nose is caramel and coffee malts. Taste is crisp, sweet cream and cocoa. Rated 1/8/01

0,33 literes kiszerelés. Nahát, az első nekem is ízlő barna! A hátsó címkén Michael Jackson ajánlása még nagyon reklámszagúnak tűnt, de tényleg nem volt rossz. Kiöntéskör már megtetszett a hab alján látható csodálatos lefelé áramló, gyöngyöző jelenség. Teljesen átlátszatlan, fekete testre ült. A pohár alján élesztődarabkák rakódtak le. A habja egyébként magas, tartós és szép barna színű (ilyen hajszínt szeretne a barátnőm :)). Illatában ott a kávé a karamell és a csokoládé. Izében pedig a fű, kávé és ahogy a Michael is írja: mokka. Tetszik ez a régen hallott szó. Én az antibarnasörös, kellemesen csalatkoztam ebben az oroszlánban! (A végén kiderült: nem is biztos, hogy élesztő volt a pohár alján lévő képződmény, mert barna és könnyen oldódó volt)

Everything you might look for in a stout - deep, rich, dark, huge creamy head. A rounded effect from start to finish, with no false notes.

Pours a dark brown with a substantial mocha head that grows from the base of the glass. The head creates large craters as it goes down. The aroma is of malt, chocolate and coffee, but strangely there is a bit of a lager smell as well. This is a very creamy, sweet stout, but it is creamy without being overly heavy or thick. The aftertaste of this beer leaves something to be desired, but if you are looking for a sweet, creamy stout this is a great choice.

Tasted from a can. Pours nearly black with a very thick and frothy light brown head. Nose is coffee, dark chocolate, very roasted malts, and light hops. On the palate, the flavor is fruitier, displaying prune, the chocolate is more of a milk chocolate than dark chocolate. The malts taste a little more like caramel than expected, and the hops add a nice dimension as well. On the palate, this beer is actually lighter than expected, due in large part to the heavy carbonation. The finish is not terribly long. Overall, this is a very drinkable stout.

(12oz bottle). Pours black with chunky tan head and some cascading. It’s been quite a few years since I’ve had this beer and I was looking forward to to tasting it again. Sweet aroma of chocolate, bread and maybe a little vanilla. Sweet with a bitter/dry finish, but not too dry. Very good beer.