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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 
11363.81/5.03.81/5.08%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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 KimJohansen (6678), Copenhagen V, Denmark
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/104/515/20
Feb 6, 2008  
Black with lovely huge lasting head. Aroma is sweet with roasted malt, plums and liquerice notes. Flavor is sweet with roasted malt, smoke and chocolate.


 robertjm (399), El Cerrito, California, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/104/514/20
Feb 5, 2008  
Bottle looks bigger than it actually is (330ml). Pours basically no head though there is a little bit of carbonation in the mouthfeel. Nice malty aroma. Malt and hops in flavor. Very well balanced. I’m going to echo what some others have said that I was really surprised it was from Sri Lanka. I hadn’t known that when I bought it. Had I, I might not have bought it.


 IlanMan (816), Appleton, Wisconsin, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Feb 4, 2008  
This was a real treat. Pour was black with a nice finger sized creamy tan head. Taste was very malty with some light fruity after tones. Beer was full bodied and delicious. Good buy.


 sheatripper (863), Brooklyn, New York, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
Feb 4, 2008  
33 cl. bottle poured into a Hoogstraten Poorter tulip glass. Black with a sturdy and lasting light brown head. Aromas of dark, almost burnt coffee and chocolate with a faint smoky note. Earthy flavors of dark coffee, slightly tangy/acidic, chocolate and a bit of a bacony smoke. Rich and full bodied. Seems like this could be a food-pairing gem with rich beefy stews and the like. Surprisingly good brew from the subcontinent.


 WISEGUY572 (1244), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/515/20
Feb 1, 2008  
Much, much better than I expected. Is this a Sri Lankan micro? Dark dark light sucking brown with a dark tan head, leaves slight lacing. Nose of chocolate, coffee, dried fruits, dark roasted malts. Taste of bitter espresso, unsweetened and almost sour milk chocolate, dried fruits, burnt malts, and a warming alcohol taste. Full mouth, not extraordinary for a stout.


 JB175 (1654), Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/515/20
Jan 29, 2008  
Blackish pour with a tan head. Aroma has some heavy roast, cream, chocolate, and coffee. Flavor has a nice roastiness to it with coffee, chocolate, elderberries, and some light cream. Pleasant mouthfeel but ultimately does not taste as good as my favorite stouts. Still very enjoyable!


 joshwilfong (771), Cleveland, Ohio, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/517/20
Jan 28, 2008  
pitch black with slight tan head and little carbonation. flavor is incredibly roasty with hints of chocolate malt also. a smooth and thick mouthfeel. a very solid beer that tastes unique due to the huge amount of roasted malt that gives it the flavor of a smoked beer.


 MrStitch (138), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Jan 28, 2008  
Excellent. Sweet yet strong aroma. Rich chocolate, caramel, coffee, and a bit of malt taste... absolutely one of the best stouts I’ve ever had. Second only to Guinness



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