Lion Stout

Brewed by Lion Brewery (Sri Lanka)
Style: Foreign Stout
Biyagama, Sri Lanka

Serve in Snifter, Tulip

Pours a deep black dirt colour, with a bountiful overflowing tan head. Plenty of earthy aromas, accompanied by dark chocolate, smoke and black licorice. Prevalent chocolate taste. Very filling, with plenty of flavor all around.

UPDATED: JAN 2, 2006 Bottle from the <a href=http://www.lcbo.com target=blank>LCBO in Peterborough. Deep black in colour with a dissipating tan coloured head, some lace, thin looking. The aroma was deeply roasty, some coffee beans, butter and cream. The flavour was also quite roasty, dark malts, espresso, dark chocolate and lots of coffee. Bittersweet mouthfeel, medium body, medium/high carbonation. Finishes with a long lingering roasty bitterness. Nice.

bottle. Lion is black as night with a tan head. There’s a huge espresso aroma with some milky malts. The flavor is of thick roasty coffee and is balanced perfectly with a sweet milk/caramel aspect. This beer is amazing.

625ml bottle. Pours nearly opaque, nearly black wiht a huge, fluffy, lacy brown head. The aroma of molasses and flowery hops was apparent duing the pour. Aroma of chocolate and grass in the glass. Medium body with light carbonation. The taste starts with sweet roasty malt. Dry coffee finish with minor hints of salt and cigarette ash.

bottle, pours black with a tall light tan head. Roasted coffee and soy sauce aroma. Semi sweet chocolate and sweet roasted malt end with a lingering sweet chocolate flavor. A little too sweet for me, but it’s not bad.

A fairly viscous pour kicks up a handsome, medium sized cocoa powder colored head that lasts longer than most. Laceing is solidly sticky and web like. A coal black brew with red highlights. Nose is chocolatey, fruity and raisiny. Body is med/full, velvetty and slick, nice. Mild roast and chocolate flavors, cocoa, a hint of vanilla. Fairly dry malt flavors with a touch of caramel backing it all up. Finish is almost dry and gently roasty. My favorite Sri Lankin beer! ;}

Brown bottle, 330 ml, expiry date: Jul 2006; eye: opaque black with a cappucino head that disappears quickly; some lacing; nose: roasted malt; mouth: roasting, caramel and alcool as its peppery aspect FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 330 ml, date d’expiration : Jul 2006; oeil : noire opaque avec une mousse cappucino qui disparaît rapidement, un peu de dentelle; nez : malt rôti; bouche : torréfaction, caramel, alcool sous son côté poivre piquant

Opaque dark brown body topped with a thin but lasting beige foamy head. Decent but rather unidimensional dark chocolate/coffeeish aroma. Taste is quite pleasant and hides the alcohol pretty well, but it also lacks complexity. It leaves a short bitter/roasty aftertaste. Not bad at all.