4.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Can, yeah, thats right. Awesome beer, even better out of a can. Chocolate, coffee, malt, and very smooth. Just a wonderful drinking beer. Try it if you have not done so.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
625mL: Pours a nice dark black with a nice tan head. Smell is of roasted coffee and chocolate. Taste is supringsing. There was some chocolate and coffee flavors in there, but I also noticed a bit of sweetness in there as well. Taste is very good.
4.1 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
After months of teasing ’maybe next week’ promises, Nav finally conjured the sought-after Lion from his cricket bag. And it was worth the wait. Glugs inkily into the snifter an impenetrable pitch, creamily heaped cappuccino suds receding to a slick. A dribble-inducing waft of black cherry, soy, chocolate liqueur, malt whiskey, Marmite, resiny hop spice and charred barrelwood arises. This is a special beer before you’ve even tasted it. Mouth is drinking chocolate-thick, deep, bittersweet and satisfying, with a chocolate complexity that is one moment powdery and sweet, the next packed with 80% cocoa bitterness. Creamily smooth but warmingly boozy. Lingering tobacco, charcoal and Marmite afters. Big, bittersweet, creamy and dangerous. I’m not being greedy but I really need a crate of 625ml bottles to get to the bottom of this beer.
4.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours like an Indian Ocean Guinness, dark black coloring with a brown head that took a minute to settle. The initial aroma is hoppy, unique and not like American or European hops. Sweet flavor with only a hint of malt and smoke. The heavy alcohol is completely hidden even in the clean after taste.
4.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 18/20
Thin head that quickly dissipates with faint foamy remnants clinging to the glass. Flavorful, with an ultra smooth, pleasant finish. A top notch stout for sure. I typically go for a thicker mouthfeel in a stout, but this is one well crafted brew. Bravo Sri Lanka. I’m sure that Arthur C. Clarke was a fan of this one (RIP).
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: APR 5, 2008 What a nice suprise this one. Pours a very deep brown with no light getting through at all and a lasting tanned head. Aroma of intense roasted malt & coffee with a hint of chocolate & liquorice. A watery texture, I found this to be really smooth on the palate with each mouthful enjoyable as the last. A really good find.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: NOV 20, 2007 625 ml. bottle from Bottleworks in Seattle. Pour is all black with a khaki head that has good retention. Aroma is roast coffee and some sweet licorice. Hint of metallic in the aroma as well. Taste is big roasted malt flavor, less of the licorice than expected and a really nice hop bitter finish. Really well balanced and super drinkable. Body is very smooth.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pretty tan head and pretty has two meanings there. Leaves a thin, but nice lacing. Almost completely black if not black. Smells of sweet sugary malts with some chocolate thrown in. Roasted malts and sweet dark chocolate in the flavour. Very slight bite to it, but the high alcohol is really covered up. Leaves a little syrupy aftertaste.
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