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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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
650ml bottle shared at home. Pours jet black with good tan head. Lots of roasted aromas, coffee, dark malts, dark chocolate, liquorice. Taste is big and rich, with a lot of roasted coffee bitterness, but also rounded and smooth. Slips down very easily for an 8.8%er. Lovely.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Sep 2013
at 03:00
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Beer Hive, Edinburgh [210813] 7.5% abv
Black, nice tan head
Aroma - Deep rich dark malts, soft roast, spicy coffee, soft chocolate, dark fruits, tad unusual
Taste - rich dark sweet malts, soft mellow roast, hint of dough, bit earthy, dark chocolate, some coffee, dark toffee malts, bit spicy, has an unusual edge to the flavour
Palate - Soft carb, medium body, quite sweet palate. Finish as main flavour, little dry.
Overall - Has it’s own bit unique taste - an unusual spicy note I’m not overly sure about. Certainly worth trying.
Black, nice tan head
Aroma - Deep rich dark malts, soft roast, spicy coffee, soft chocolate, dark fruits, tad unusual
Taste - rich dark sweet malts, soft mellow roast, hint of dough, bit earthy, dark chocolate, some coffee, dark toffee malts, bit spicy, has an unusual edge to the flavour
Palate - Soft carb, medium body, quite sweet palate. Finish as main flavour, little dry.
Overall - Has it’s own bit unique taste - an unusual spicy note I’m not overly sure about. Certainly worth trying.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Aug 2013
at 16:16
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Bottle from international food store in Ipswich. Black in colour, with a large frothy brown head. Roasted malt, coffee, and very sugary sweet aroma. Too sticky on the palate, has a full body, minimal carbonation with a very sweet finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Aug 2013
at 16:32
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 8
0.33l bottle. Black body, light brown head. Aroma of coffee, caramel, sour cherries and cocoa. Taste of coffee, caramel, sour cherry and milk chocolate. Medium-full body, creamy texture. Very nice one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Aug 2013
at 11:47
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Odd sized 650 ml bottle from Oliver’s Beverage Center. Pitch black with a thick off white head. Strong roasted malts, chocolate, tones of licorice and coffee. Flavors of raisins, chocolate, caramel and cola notes. Texture is creamy in a medium leaning on full body. Really nice flavorful stout.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Aug 2013
at 19:11
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Thanks to kevnic2008 for that beer. Bottle looks good. Beer in the glass deep black, nice head. Starts strong and intense malty, some alcoholic hints, earthy, notes of liquorice. Finish still strong, hints of coffee, but well balanced. Warming aftertaste. Nice!
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jul 2013
at 00:16
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
0.33l bottle. Been looking forward to trying this for some time. A legend of a beer. It pours a deep dark brown body that has a good looking big and quite lasing dark brown head. And yeah, it looks really good in the glass. The nose is not as roasted as I would have thought, but it has a nice sweetness, some light chocolate, lots of fresh grassy hoppy tones and a little bit of dark fruits. Smells really nice, and have to say that I'm impressed. It's smooth, much more roasted in the taste that the aroma suggested. Really cloudy light and smooth on the mouthfeel, full-bodied with a soft carbonation level. More chocolate, the sweet milky type, some lactose and more grassy hops. Feels really fresh and it's really lightdrinkable. Delicious flavors and definitely moreish. Cloud drink quite a lot of this. Light warming in the throat during the swallow. A fine stout! 07.05.2013
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jul 2013
at 01:06