3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Smell is up there with the best of them. the appearance is typical, the taste is a bit lighter then I would like, its got some good roasty malts in there. overall its not bad, decent brew
3.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Thick and deep brown head sits atop this black beauty. Chocolate, fruity aroma. Sweet chocolate and roasty bitter flavor, with hints of mocha. Nice and creamy body that goes down bitter and very smoothly.
4.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Thick inky black pour with a massive tan head. Aroma of chocolate and malt (coffee, toffee). Faint whiff of hops. Rich flavor of chocolate, toffee, mocha with a hint of caramel sweetness followed by a nice bitter finish. Thick and chewy mouthfeel but with fairly high creamy carbonation level. An outstanding stout!
4.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Bottle from the LCBO branded as "Sinha". Pours black with a thick dense brown head. flavour is sweet and malty some chocolate and coffee. Pretty good.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle @ Ørsted Ølbar on October 14. Pours oily black with a brown head. Smell is sweet coffee, vanilla and alcohol. Taste is sweet with alcohol and coffee. Finish is rather chocolaty... Not as complex as I had hoped but exciting with a Sri Lancan beer nonetheless...
3.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Lion stout tastes very similar to my last home brew. There was a little too much chocolate or coffee bitterness, and the flavor got more powerfull as I continued, but this is a good stout, with most of the flavors in the right places. It is a bottle conditioned beer, and I wish my bartender knew how to pour one, but I still have to give it a thumbs up.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
33cl bottle. Pours pitch black with a small brown head. Smells smoky, chocolate and barry. Tastes smoky, soy with a barry and smoky finish.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
(33 cl bottle from Barley Wine) Pours black with rich, toffee head that laces the glass with good lace and retention. Aroma is a powerful toasted malt with a certain hint of somewhat rather harsh that could turn out to be licorice. Softly carbonated, full bodied, creamy texture with a nice, bitter and roasted finish. This is almost like a Baltic porter in its richness except it’s a bit less dark and hoppy and a bit more creamy and chocolatey and I’m rather flabbergasted to discover that it’s possible to brew something like this in a tropical climate with an average temperature of 28 degrees celsius in the daytime! Girlfriend says: "It smells like bread.."
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