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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5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Can at Linger, Denver - 01/06/12. Black with a tan head. Roasted malts with a little dark fruit background and sweet smelling. Tastes sweet with a little chocolate and fruit allied to dark malt. Medium body, dry finish, very average.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Sep 2012
at 10:37
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Khioskh, Copenhagen. Pours pitch black with a big beige head. Brown slightly burnt suger, chocolate fudge and liquer. The taste is fullbodied and potent, sweet, slightly vinous with a little bitterness that lingers on the tongue. Like a liquid desert. Wonderful.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Aug 2012
at 12:32
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 9
330ml bottle poured into a snifter. Pours black with about a finger of dark tan head. Aroma of chocolate and caramel. Taste is light bitter. Chocolate and caramel. Medium bodied with a surprisingly thin texture. Soft carbonation and a long finish. Overall, pretty good. I would be happy to drink this again.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jul 2012
at 18:10
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
330 ml. bottle poured in to a snifter, 8,8 % alc. Pitch black with a small, off-white head. Sweet aroma with roasted malts, honey and liquorice, the English yeasts shows as a light doughy note. Taste is sweet and roasted. Medium to full bodied with a creamy to thick texture -almost "velvet-like". Long lasting finish with roasted malts, honey, chocolate and liquorice. Excellent stout far from the "beer epicentres" in Europe and N. America. No wonder Mr. Jackson recommend this one on the back label...
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jul 2012
at 12:56
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Deeside Drinks Emporium. It pours pretty much black, with a thick beige head. The nose is smoke, coffee, roasted malt and charcoal. The taste is roasted malt, caramel, smoke, charcoal, chocolate, coffee, ash, some bitterness and a touch of alcohol warmth, with a nice bite in the finish. Medium body, moderate carbonation and velvety mouth-feel. Flavoursome, well balanced and hides the alcohol well. Great stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jun 2012
at 03:13
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Pours opaque deep brown to black with a thick brown head and great lacing. Aroma is of bitter coffee and dark chocolate. Taste is semi sweet chocolate, coffee and pine, with a medium bitter finish. Rich textured. A very nice beer
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jun 2012
at 17:54
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
12 oz. bottle, sent from wilco (thanks Mike), listed at 8.8% ABV, pours solid black with a medium tan head. Aroma is quite chocolatey, light roast, slight metallic notes and subtle coffee. Flavour of chocolate, metallic bitter coffee, low roast, with more cocoa notes coming in toward the finish. Very thin palate for a stout (especially one at near-9%). Drinkable and nothing offensive, but misses the mark in terms of body and complexity. Muffled flavours that make it seem like this isn't the intended flavour profile. I don't understand the high rating on this one at all.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jun 2012
at 17:09