Lion Stout

Aroma of Chocolate and French Roast Coffee. Very enjoyable. Nice thick …chewy palate. Admirable malt body with a strong malt finish. Kind of like pumpernickle with a spread of sorgam. Lightly sweet with just enough hops to round it off. I was quite impressed with this stout from Sri Lanka. Will buy again.

Pours a dark dark brown to sort of black with a healthy tan head, reducing to a thin head over time. The nose is big and enticing. More chocolate and roast than fruit as with others of the style I’ve had. Something slightly creamy, and definitely a bit of cinnamon and maybe fennel and chicory. The mouthfeel is nice, but not overwhelmingly thick and creamy, low subtle carbonation. The flavors really shine. In line with the aroma, but more broad and robust. A big sweet roasty malt backbone with that chicory flavor as well as some definite hop presence. Alcohol barely there, but much more dominant than the slightest fruity flavors. A bit of bittersweet chocolate with a slight bit of fruit and cinnamon in the finish and a lingering roast in the aftertaste. Only then the alcohol becomes noticeable. A bang-up beer, if only I could get it in these parts.

Probably the best deal on a beer out there. Flavor is hints of coffee, chocolate and dark fruit, has a slightly bitter finish. Very good straight forward stout. I keep coming back to this one.

This one pours jet black with a massive choco head. It smells of a yeasty burnness that lasts through the whole beer. This is a malty beer w/ a good burntness throughout I also detect a hint of coffe with a good dose of bitterness at the end. This may not be better thatn any stout on the market, but it will hang with any of them. The best part about it, is that I got it for $2.99.

Bottle Black pour with dark tan head and a little lacing. Rich malty aroma, chocolate and toffee. Flavor follows the aroma with a bit more coffee and chocolate flavors but surprisingly short aftertaste. Well balanced. Surprisingly good brew from Sri Lanka (honestly, I didn’t know what to expect)

Pours dark black, no light gets through this, with a tan/light brown head. Aroma is of dark rich malt. Thin body, chocolaty malt flavor, with some interesting mild hop flavors. Some coffee notes, alcohol is hidden well. Great balance and very flavorful.

WOAH!! This stuff is UNDER-RATED. This stout is VERY good. I’m really suprised that a stout from Sri Lanka is freaking great. You all need to get this stuff. 2.99$ 22oz. at Binny’s.

12 oz bottle. Black pour with a medium light brown head. Aroma is chocolate, dark fruit, caramel, light chalky notes. Taste is chocolate, dark fruit, light smoke, lightly astringent, with a smooth finish. Medium bodied, and the carbonation was medium.