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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7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
16oz can. Big, sugary, sweet molasses body. Captures the style well enough, but sort of on the cheaper end of the spectrum with the ingredients. Foamy beige head on top of an opaque brown-black body. Definitely the best beer made in that area of the world that I’ve had. Classic world beer.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Oct 2015
at 20:23
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at home. Pours black, nose is coffee, chocolate, cola, taste is sweet chocolate, light roast malts, chewy toffee.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Oct 2015
at 13:13
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
33cl Can, brought from Sri Lanka, thanks Thijs! Been on my wish list for a while. Black colour, beige head. Aroma of liquorice, roasted malts, coffee and cream, some chocolate. Flavour is of roasted malts, some coffee and cream, liquorice, light minty (like Zwitserse kruisjes drop), some plain chocolate, bitter finish, hint of metal. Medium bodied at best. Not as great as I hoped, but nice though.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Oct 2015
at 02:22
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
pours almost opaque black with a steady deep cocoa head and a nice lacing. aroma of roasted malts, leather, coffee, plum brandy. flavour roasted grains, bitter chocolate, coffee, cherries, licorice, salt. full body. alcohol is well hidden. some sediment flecks at the bottom.
Tried
on 29 Sep 2015
at 18:56
9.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
35cl bottle @home, bought at Beer Corner, Athens. This was part of my DIY beer&food pairing experiments. Today’s plate was pork steak marinaded in chilli, coriander, paprika spices, fresh tarragon and rosemary, olive oil and scotch ale, along with mashed potatoes and whole grain bread roasted in the remnants of the pork’s juices. The pairing was one hell of a success! Couldn’t even imagine how beautifully this stout would be paired with my food. Definitely one of the most tasteful stouts I’ve had so far. Pours opaque black with dark brown long lasting head. Fizzy carbonation, excellent lacing, full body with bitter-sweet finish and smooth sweet aftertaste. Heavy in alcohol content and strong malty character. Aromas of roasted coffee, caramel. brown sugar and hints of chocolate. Resin and pine hops. Hints of licorice, raisin and dried fruits melting sweetly in your mouth. The food and beer pairing created complex layers of several sweet tastes, and made me smile like a five-year old. Great stout!
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Sep 2015
at 10:08
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Old rating. Gift from a friend. This is quite a nice stout. Dark beautiful colour, nice roasted aroma.
Tried
on 20 Jul 2015
at 16:22
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
330 ml bottle shared by Werckmeister, thanks!
Dark brown, almost black body, with a medium, dense, dark beige head.
Aroma of cocoa, dark chocolate, coffee, dark fruits.
Tastes of dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, some liquorice, dark fruits, some fruity hops.
Medium, quite creamy mouthfeel, with a
Finishes smooth, roasty, quite dry, with coffee, cocoa, some liquorice, some wood.
Tasty. Straight, greatly balanced and well hidden ABV. Very solid, classic Foreign Stout, with very nice coffee notes.
Dark brown, almost black body, with a medium, dense, dark beige head.
Aroma of cocoa, dark chocolate, coffee, dark fruits.
Tastes of dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, some liquorice, dark fruits, some fruity hops.
Medium, quite creamy mouthfeel, with a
Finishes smooth, roasty, quite dry, with coffee, cocoa, some liquorice, some wood.
Tasty. Straight, greatly balanced and well hidden ABV. Very solid, classic Foreign Stout, with very nice coffee notes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jun 2015
at 16:18
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
330ml bottle at home shared with Saeglopur. BB 02/2016. black color, small dark coffee-colored head. smells caramel, malty roast, coffee, light smoke and earthy notes, light fruits. full body, soft carbonation, slick mouthfeel. tastes malty roasted, smoke notes, earthy, spices, caramel, light ash, coffee, citric notes, lightly alcoholic, spices. finishes with some ash and roasty bitterness. quite nice, just a tad bit alcoholic, but overall quite complex, lovely taste and nice creamy mouthfeel, great coffee notes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jun 2015
at 14:01
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can 0,5l from Sri Lanka, many thanks to my sister Eva. Black colored beer. Aroma of apples, plum jam, plum liquer, many tones of chocolate, roasted malt, alcohol. Similar taste- fruitiness, chocolate, roasted grains, alcohol, sweet, full bodied.
Really not bad, but it isn’t exactly my style.
Really not bad, but it isn’t exactly my style.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Jun 2015
at 13:51
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can. Dark brown color. Aroma: roasted, molasses, dried apples. Good roasted malt taste with porto and coffee.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Apr 2015
at 07:31