Lion Stout

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

Serve in Snifter, Tulip

Bottle. Pours straight black with a light-brown head that leaves plenty of lacing. Aroma has liquorice, coffee and chocolate at the front with a touch of berries in the back. Flavour is very similar, with a bit of smokiness thrown in and a creamy framework. Mouthfeel is slightly thinner than expected but not exactly watery, and the creaminess doesn’t really come through on the palate. An exceptionally fine stout all the same.

330mL bottle: Appearance is pitch block with tan head, Aroma of roasted malt and chocolate, Flavor is big in chocolate and roasted malt again, simple but good.

Pours out a thick very dark brown with a quickly growing head that goes from medium brown to a pale tan. The aroma is nice and roasty. Chocolate, coffee, molasses, roasted malt, and some smoke. The flavor is similar, but nice and sweet with some a bitter coffee finish. Really dense mouthfeel and a chewy palate. Great stout.

ppearance is good, a very dark brown and almost black hue with a nice crown of head that leaves some good lacing. Smells very malty, molasses, chocolate, a hint of roasted malts. Something just slightly off, a slight sour smell. Taste is good, but nothing outstanding here. This is a run of the mill stout that is good for its price. Surprisngly low on chocolate, I was waiting for it to hit and got nothing, instead you get a lot of cream and molasses. Again, good, but plain. Mouth is a bit of a problem, the body is right on at thickness but it seemed way too bubbly for my stouty tastes. Overall if I’m at a store and see a sixer of this next to a four pack of Great Lakes Blackout for the same price, I’m going to the GL every time. Just no reason to revisit this beer, though I can’t find anything to say outwardly negative. Just nothing special.

bottle 330ml from Systembolaget EXP Sep 2009 murky black beige head rich roasted malts dried fruits , chocolate and coffee dash of alcohol ,tickling bitter hops on the mouth. Pleasant balanced dryish aftertaste. Next boat to Stockholm please

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UPDATED: OCT 15, 2011 (625ml) . Lion stout , a beer I love . Ive located this frequently over the years , usually in this run down ghetto store in Twickenham, west London . .
Peace to my homies in Colombo(Sri Lanka’s capital). This beast of a beer is as potent and potentially dangerous as legendry Sri Lankan cricketer batsman Sanath Jayasuriya ... . The flavours I love in this are suave and self assured , notes of moccha ,dark chocolate and prune, with emphasis on richness ,but somewhat of a roastiness festers . This is a sublime palate feel that is mystically stopped from being too sweet or cloying, a customary feature in other ’Foreign Stouts’ . I drink Lion Stout and recall why I drink beer . The first big bottle you’re roaring but eventually one is passing out smiling.
There is something zen and peacefully untouchted about this stout and I cant expain my comments, so im not going to say any more crap.
Lion Stout maybe my favourite beer ever.!

Big head, had to pour carefully. Aroma is plums, prunes, candied raisins, some malt, and a touch of alcohol. Flavor is sour stout with a dry finish.