Lion Stout

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

Bottle. Top-class beer from Sri Lanka. Aroma is chocolate, dark fruits, and coffee. Flavour starts sweet and smooth, and bitterness comes gradually for a good-length finish. Palate is velvety, and there is just a touch of alcohol in the finish. Black colour, long-lasting off-white head.

33cl bottle bought in Germany: Initial aroma is more chocolate than roasted malt, sweet fruity notes of figs and plums escape from the glass, paired with boozy vapours. Deep deep brown, close to black in appearance with a nice espresso rim. The flavour is definitely roasty, as port-esque as the aroma and still - disappointingly light, with an almost annoying acidity. The mouthfeel is even on the lighter side of medium; makes me assume that the gravity of this brew is boosted by the flavourless adjuncts listed on the label. Dry, cocoa powder impression on the palate, a pronounced bitterness and lovely lingering alcohol in the throat. I’m in two minds about this.

Pours a lasting, nice head retention, tan head with a dark brown body. Roasted coffee and cocoa aromas. Flavor is roasted, coffee, cocoa, fruity notes, some creaminess. Balanced finish.

Can, yeah, thats right. Awesome beer, even better out of a can. Chocolate, coffee, malt, and very smooth. Just a wonderful drinking beer. Try it if you have not done so.

12oz Bottle. Pours black with a long lasting brown head that leaves plenty of lacing. Aroma has dark fruit, chocolate malt and some brown sugar notes. Body is on a lighter side for a stout with dark fruits (prunes) and chocolate dominate the mouth. Finish is short, sweet and fruity. Hops character is very muted. Not a bad brew but I expected more from a stout.

Bottle-Wow, there is a whole bunch of chocolate aroma in the brew. Solid dark brown to black coloring with a large, light tan head. I’m not a coffee drinker, but the brew has plenty of a coffee mocha taste with malts. Sri Lanka is well represented. Produce place 1.59

Mine came in a can. I guess a stout isn’t a stout when it’s from Sri Lanka. This is good! Big tan head that died quickly. Huge coffee aroma and lots of roasty flavors w/ a little chocolate to boot. Sort of weak/thin palate and a bit dry for my taste but still very solid and incredibly drinkable. Can’t believe this is 8%.

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.