Lion Stout
Lion Brewery (Sri Lanka) in Biyagama, Western Province, Sri Lanka 🇱🇰
Stout - Tropical Regular|
Score
7.38
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The dark caramel, large dense headed brew, with its 8.8% alcoholic content, is unique due to its sweet notes of chocolate and coffee interspersed into a foundation of dark roasted barley. Symbolic black to denote leadership, power, focus and strength, is dominant in the labeling as the lion journeys in the twilight unafraid, unbowed and unchallenged.
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8.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle. A- Red wine, blackberries, mixed berries, subtle chocolate. A- Black color, black liquid, brown head. T- Red wine, blackberries, balanced, subtle dark chocolate. P- Full body, average texture, average carbonation, long complex finish. O- Talk about a great beer! I was expected a dry bitter cocoa and watery like stout but this was not it! This was superb! It felt more like a good red wine blended with berries and dark chocolate than anything else. So very complex and balanced....oh, and not to mention, only $3.99 for a bomber! For that kind of price I should’ve bought a case had I know it would be this good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Apr 2015
at 10:36
8/10
Tried
on 28 Mar 2015
at 14:13
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
This is exactly what you want from a stout. Dark with a good head, strong chocolatey aroma, a touch of fruit coming through with a dryness (from the malts, maybe?) to ensure it doesn’t become sickly. Delicious.
Tried
on 16 Mar 2015
at 14:32
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Old rating. Bottle from Old Town. Poured into a shaker pint glass. Rich black color with a nice tan head. Decent lacing. Smells of cacao, prune, star anise, tobacco and coffee. Tastes the same with some vanilla and pepper present. Roasted malt flavor in there as well. Not as rich as some other stouts with an oily mouthfeel. Nice smooth finish though. Slightly boozy as it warms up. --- Beer merged from original tick of Lion Stout on 15 Jul 2018 at 21:41 - Score: 7. Original review text: Backlog
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Mar 2015
at 00:24
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Black with lasting, creamy head. Sweet malty aroma with some chocolatey notes. Taste is rich and smooth with flavours of dark malts, sugar and chocolate.
Tried
on 11 Jan 2015
at 12:54
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
330ml bottle as from an off license in London. Pours back with nice tan head. Aroma is toffee. Taste is bitter liquorice, coffee, a little tobacco.. would’ve preferred a bit more sweetness really.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Dec 2014
at 17:20
8.3/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Deep dark brown colour, huge creamy brown head, which lasts for several minutes; aroma of vanilla, mild roasted coffee, chocolate, herbal liqueur notes and hints of alcohol; taste is the same - excellent stout; it is life saving after a lot of industrial lagers I have tasted in the last couple of days
Tried
on 21 Nov 2014
at 13:00
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
330 ml bottle. Dark brown color topped by a rocky beige head. Nice clinging lace. Rich sweet roasted malt aroma. Notes of prunes and roasted nuts. Flavor is dried dark fruit and mocha. Big roasted malt character. Resin hops come through in mid taste. Finish is complex and spicy with a rich cloying aftertaste. The big malty flavor hides the 8.8% ABV nicely. Very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Sep 2014
at 20:32
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Aroma is sweet and chocolaty, body black and oily. More chocolate in the taste, with very mild coffee bitterness. Sweet and slick, goes down easily. Some very mild lingering bittersweet flavor. Worthy of its reputation.
Tried
on 29 Aug 2014
at 16:24
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7.5
Classic foreign stout brewed at an altitude of 3500 metres, apparently. Thin beige head, nearly black colour. Complex fruity sweetness and caramels, bit chocolatey, with a gentle roasted bitterness in the end; thin but soft mouthfeel. Elegant and ’friendly’ stout.
Tried
on 24 Aug 2014
at 06:05