3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 14/20
330ml bottle bought at GBBF and consumed at a hotel room in Earls Court. Opaque, and dark as the night. Huge, brownish bubbling head with satisfying duration, leaving nice laceworks on the glass. Woody, dark malts in aroma. Complex flavoured with initial spicy, roasted malt followed by sweet prunes and finishing with a dry bitter touch. Maybe a bit overpowering in the mouth (08.08.2008)
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle. Blackish beer with a tan head. Caramel aroma. Caramel, chocolate, slight roast flavor. Medium body. Hides alcohol well. Nice mouthfeel. Nothing harsh - nice and smooth. Lingering caramel and chocolate.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Thick opaque black with tan head. Molasses aroma is super sweet. Soft carbonation but thick mouthfeel. Sweet, and dessert-like. Approachable and straightforward and nice.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: JUN 17, 2008 In short: A soft un-roasted "refreshing" Stout
How: In tasting sessions first. Then many bottles since Quebec SAQ started to import it. No change in appreciation
The look: Black body, small beige head.
In long: Black body, small off-white head. Coffee beans and vanilla taste with a black licorice after-taste. Not very sweet. Not much roasted or chocolate flavours in there. Body on the bit thin side for a stout. A touch of acidity bothers me and I got that from all bottles. 8% is very well hidden. A decent light stout but not the tasty after-meal stouts that I like. I’d even say that this stout is “refreshing” and that’s not the quality I’m looking for in an 8% stout. Seems to be the most popular beer from Sri Lanka. I always thought buddhists were the calmest most peaceful people on earth, maybe they are just hammered.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Poured jet black, with a large, light, creamy tan head. Smoke, roasty aroma with nice lacing on the glass. Stong coffee taste, decent stout!
4.7 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
UPDATED: FEB 10, 2007 i was amazed by this. dark chocolate, vanilla ice-cream on the roof of the mouth. lots of coffee of course. no saltiness whatsoever to spoil it. looked amazing. big brown aero bar head. thick but not syruppy. kept waiting for the glass to get worse but it only got better.
re-rate - the familiarity that i now have with lion stout, from buying several six-packs in sydney, has bred a little contempt. i still find it a great beer but am not as excited by it any more, it’s starting to taste like a normal beer
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
330ml Bottle (at 8.8%ABV per the Bottle): Aroma of roasted malt, light chocolate, slight honey, slight yeast, slight soy sauce, and a hint of alcohol. Poured pitch black in color with a huge, creamy, dense, brown head that greatly diminished but lasted throughout. Opaque. Sparkling. Flavor is light to medium sweet and lightly bitter. Tastes of roasted malt, light chocolate, slight yeast, and some grain. Medium body. Average texture. Average carbonation. Roasted malt and slight chocolate finish.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Dark maroon with thin white head. Aroma of roasted malt and alcohol. Caramel and malt flavor with some hops. Good stuff, although maybe a bit lighter than it ought to be.
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