Lion Stout

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

Serve in Snifter, Tulip

625 mL bottle: Full rocky brown head that leaves a dusty Styrofoam layer on the inside of the glass and emits a milk chocolaty aroma with hints of tar and dark blueberries. Light peppery bitterness on the tongue that mixes with some blackened fruits and sweet truffles to offer up a nice mouth feel and a tasty treat.

BB 3/04: Dark brown/black. Creamy,tan, head. Good retention and lacework. Aroma is malty,roasted,dark fruit,with just slight alcohol.Very creamy mouthfeel,thick but a silky/near watery texture. Caramel,roasty,chocolate, flavors.Dark fruit,and vanilla whiffs. Finish is roasty,creamy,and slightly bitter. Very fresh tasting,good stout.

Bottle...This beer rocks!... Very dark ale with a mid-sized, creamy, well-tanned head. Ink-blot lacing. Aroma and flavor of dried plum, molasses and chocolate. A touch of cola in there too. Full-bodied and silky smooth with moderate carbonation. Lengthy, chocolatey finish. Really nice, world class beer!

UPDATED: FEB 18, 2005 2003 Bottle. Dark black, oily and viscous and quite opaque. The head on this thing dosent go away. It just seems to be glued on to the top. It’s creamy, sticky and medium tan/beige. Aroma is initially strong of fruit esters, mainly banana with something like oats and sweet chocolate coming on quickly. Light hops mix in and it gets more roasty. The flavor is equally impressive. Lots of sweet sugary malt, mostly chocolate but has a nice english toasted malt appeal, somewhat reminiscent of Sam Smith’s Imperial Stout. Flavor of sweet, chocolatey malt continues to stay strong. Mouthfeel is silky with a slight touch of grit that is pleasing. Tastes of soft black fruit faintly. Finishes lightly bitter, somewhat drier and has a good flavor of hazlenut on the aftertaste. Quite sweet and a bit too much alcohol apparency to give it a perfect on the palate, but it still has a wonderful texture. 8/5/9/4/17
Rerate<i/> Bottle at Bukowski’s Tavern, Boston. After preaching to my friend how great this beer was, and that he should definitely try it, it was quite disappointing when we actually did get it. Not bad, of course, but much less full and flavorful than I recall. Some smoke and ash seems to work against the whole experience, creating some lightly astringent notes on the end with a strange sourness, that I can’t attribute to yeast (otherwise I would like it). 7/5/7/3/15

UPDATED: MAR 5, 2006 Perfect appearance for a stout - opaque black with a thin but solid yellow, creamy head. Marshmallowy dark chocolate aroma with tar, very sweet cafe latte, fresh malt like the smell of a mash, jersey caramels, faint avocado and a hint of the smoke of the open fire at my parents place (redgum?) Sweet and creamy flavour with rum and chocolate. Light roast in the finish, not that bitter. If anything it’s a tiny bit thin. Some alcohol in the finish. Really nice, but a bit too sweet and not burnt enough to be my ultimate Foreign Stout. Many thanks to ol_juntan.
RR: Yes! Finally this is available in Melbourne (and dirt cheap!) Vague prune and sultana aroma like Sam Smith’s imperial, beautifully round and multi-faceted roast with big, rich malt. I don’t think it’s too sweet anymore; there’s not much hop but the roast balances it all out well. So rich and soft and great and cheap! I wonder if they use their lager yeast in this...

Not a whole lot of aroma, but like others said, slight coffee smell. Pours to a big head, foamy head. Big flavors. Chocolate, coffee, carmel, and a hint of malt. Pleasent finish; not overpowering, but definately there. This is a very well-rounded complex beer. Not as heavy as an imperial stout, but bigger than many Stouts I’ve tried. Definately a treat!

Bottle pours black with a big Florida blonde tan head and lots of naughty lace. The aroma is serious malt, a touch of roast, and chocolaty. The flavor is heavily roasted, bitter chocolate, and molasses. The palate is as rich as it can get. Overall, a very nice Foreign Stout.

this is a really good stout! sweet, cremey, a bit light but that’s good because it makes this a very quaffable beer, high alcohol and i can’t tell until i’ve drank most of it. most notable flavors are chocolate, coffee, and a good cigar.