Lion Stout

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

Serve in Snifter, Tulip

Local specialty bottleshop just got this in on draft! Aroma is fairly sweet with caramel, dark fruit, and a bit of coffee. Flavor is very sweet but nicely complex with great carmel, toffee, and chocolate notes. Finish is slightly more bitter with a nie coffee aftertaste.

Nice roasty nose, with some smoke, Light alcohol and sweetness. A bit like a chocolate mocca in aroma. No hops at all Appearance, black, practically opaque with a bit of red if held up to a light. Light brown head that starts big but disappates to nothing, probably related to alcohol Flavor: Roasted sweet with chocolate notes. Nice full flavored beer . A little burnt grain astringency in the after taste, but smooth overall and a bit chewy. Really no warming from the 8% alcohol at all. Finishes fairly dry with a little residual sweetnes on the lips. Very enjoyable, definately a sipper

330ml bottle. Poured dark black with a frothy tan head and good consistent carbonation. Aroma and tatse of burnt toffee and chocolate. Nice stout - will go back for more of this.

Beer poors dark with a dark tan head. Aroma is very mellow but has a nice malty presence. Flavor is excellent with a slight sweetness and rich with notes of toffey and mild chocolate. Alchol presence is suprisingly subdued. Overall this beer is excellent. One of the best stouts I’ve had.

Lovely brew. I mean it. Pours a very dark reddish-brown, head is pretty dark for just foam. Aroma of chocolate, dark roasted malts. Taste of the same... hearty. If I can describe a beer as hearty, here I am. Sweet and bitter balanced beautifully. Some soy sauce, raisin, woodiness... alcohol is definitely there. Aftertaste slighly more bitter. Will buy again, probably often. May replace Guinness in my fridge.

Pours a thick, jet black with a massive coffee and cream head that bubbles away slowly leaving intricate lace patterns on the glass. This is a beer best poured slowly with an un-tilted glass or it will not produce much head. Nose is extremely sweet and rich. On the nose are coffee, burnt coffee bean, semi-sweet chocolate, dark chocolate, vanilla ice cream, caramel, brown sugar, and soya sauce. Mouthfeel is thick and with medium carbonation. The taste is strong in every respect. Sweetened coffee, and dark chocolate are most evident at first, as well as roasted malts and Russian black bread. There is also a distinct dark fruit, almost sherry note of black cherries and raisins, as well as some whisky and soya sauce. Further tasting reveals a fair bit of wood smoke and some nuttiness, strengthening the whisky note. Finish is long, dry and sour, leaving grapes, cherry, dark chocolate, and coffee beans lingering on the palate for a good while. Its only weakness is that there is a strong booziness to this beer, thanks in part to its high alcohol content, but it is easily compensated for by its rich taste. It’s interesting to note that when finishing a glass, I frequently notice small, brown spots sticking the bottom which look a lot like chocolate. Either way, this is a delicious and dark stout at an incredible price, and the stout that got me into stouts.

Sinha Stout 330ml - Aussi noire qu’une bière peut l’être. Elle est riche est crémeuse à souhait. Il ne faut donc pas trop incliner le verre sinon elle ne fait pas beaucoup de mousse. C’est une bière qui, malgré son 8.8% d’alcool, est très douce au goût. Les arômes de café et de chocolat noir sont très prononcés. Légèrement amère. Bref, excellente bière!

cereal, chocolate, herbs, basement aromas, barnyard, smoke, ginger, rotten eggs, bubblegum, brown, sparkling, brown foam, rocky head, heavy cloying sweetness, medium bitterness, lightly sour, umami, full body, creamy, oily feel, astringent, long finish,