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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7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
330ml bottle. Pours almost jet black with a big frothy tan head, eventually settling down - that it gets any head at all at this ABV is amazing. Aroma of dark dried fruit and malts, roast, plum, chocolate, alcohol. Taste is sweet, malt flavours, liquorice, roastedness and hints of chocolate. At 8.8% the alcohol is noticeable but gives a nice warming feeling. Smooth, soft carbonation, slightly oily-watery texture. A surprisingly good Stout from this region of the world.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jun 2016
at 18:15
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Dark brown color with beige head. Aroma is cherries, plums, coffee. Taste is coffee, plums, boozy finish, quite sweet. High carbonation. Good!
Tried
on 05 May 2016
at 10:09
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle at home, black beer, small head. Aroma is malts, coffee, dark fruit. Taste is the same, somewhat on the sweeter side. wow i didnt expect it to be this good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Apr 2016
at 17:17
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Review based on the BJCP2015 guidelines (style 16C). Bottle 33 cl - Batch unknown. AROMA: predominant dark chocolate notes with a slight burnt character. some dark fruits present (raisins, dried plums), with a present alcoholic note. APPEARANCE: black color and opaque. average to moderately large, moussy, brown head with medium-low retention. some legging formation. TASTE: roasted malt flavour dominates with an almost burnt note. The malt is of dark chocolate with a moderately sweet background. low bitterness with a medium-sweet and roasted finish. PALATE: medium to medium-low body with moderate-low carbonation. no roasted malt astringency. low alcohol warmth. OVERALL: a very nice tropical stout with a strong roasted malt presence. this sample needs a bit more body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Feb 2016
at 14:24
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at Howells & Hood, Chicago. Black with a small tan head. Roasted malt, chocolate, dried fruit and some nougat. On the sweet side. The finish was fairly dry. A tasty one.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Feb 2016
at 14:03
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 2
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle (from Saveur Biere). Pours black with light brown head. The head stays for some time. Aroma is roast, cherry. acidic, acetone, corked wine. Flavor is roast, malt, dark chocolate, roast, cherry-cellary, maybe acetone, but not acidic. Alcohol is well covered. Overall: an off bottle maybe, really confusing beer. One of the very rare cases where aroma and flavor are completely different. Aroma is scary, like it will be poison, but the flavor and palate are surprisingly good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jan 2016
at 17:06
8.3/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 7
volgens mij van een webshopje gescoord, zwart met schuimige bruine kraag. aroma van mouten, zoet, chocolade.... ... smaken zijn matig/redelijk zoet, matig bitter, zwak fruitig, redelijk moutig, donkere chocolade, vanille, lichte koffie, romig en glad van textuur, lage co2, lange prettige en wat zoete afdronk. ik moet erkennen ik ben echt onder de indruk van dit bier.... en al helemaal als je er niets van verwacht.... gewoon prima...
Tried
on 10 Jan 2016
at 09:47
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bouteille 330ml. Couleur noire opaque, faible mousse moka foncée fuyante. Arôme un peu épicé, malt torréfié, malt, café. Goût de malt torréfié, café. Carbonatation moyenne, corps moyen-faible. Plutôt unidimensionnelle.
Tried
on 12 Dec 2015
at 21:46
9/10
Tried
on 26 Nov 2015
at 23:53
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
bottle, courtesy of jaghana. Deep black, with a small beige head. Intenive yraomas of dark chocolate and coffee. Smooth and velvety on the palate, loads of chocolate and coffee, not too sweet, not too dry. Perfectly balanced and so, so smooth and drinkable. Superb stuff!
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Nov 2015
at 10:35