Lion Stout
J D Wetherspoon in Watford, Hertfordshire, England 🏴
Collab with: Lion Brewery (Sri Lanka)Brewed at/by: Marston's
Stout - Tropical Special Out of Production
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Score
5.98
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Cask: Special - JDW Autumn 2010 Festival.
Chandraratne Talpe Liyanage has travelled from Lion Brewery to Marston’s, in Staffordshire, to re-create a lower-strength version of this world-famous beer, now usually called ‘Dark’. This very dark beer has a complex aroma of chocolate, coffee and liquorice, leading to a smooth, rich palate and full flavour, with hints of chocolate, coffee and roast malt, resulting in a silky character and long finish.
Chandraratne Talpe Liyanage has travelled from Lion Brewery to Marston’s, in Staffordshire, to re-create a lower-strength version of this world-famous beer, now usually called ‘Dark’. This very dark beer has a complex aroma of chocolate, coffee and liquorice, leading to a smooth, rich palate and full flavour, with hints of chocolate, coffee and roast malt, resulting in a silky character and long finish.
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5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Cask-conditioned at the Commercial Rooms, Bristol 30/10/10. Near black with a slight, tan head. Aroma of prunes, milk chocolate and liquorice. Sweet flavour, with plenty of fruit, chocolate and milky coffee, before a thin, slightly sour finish. Very disappointing and blown out of the water by the TSA Double Espresso sampled immediately afterwards.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Oct 2010
at 07:02
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 3.5
27th October 2010
Spoons Fest! Very dark brown beer. No head but has some moderate carbonation. Crispish dry palate. Sulphurous hop. Tangy tea, minerals. A litlle dry malt and a pleasant enough malt aftertaste. However this version is frankly a barstard offpring off the original and should have been strangled at birth!
Spoons Fest! Very dark brown beer. No head but has some moderate carbonation. Crispish dry palate. Sulphurous hop. Tangy tea, minerals. A litlle dry malt and a pleasant enough malt aftertaste. However this version is frankly a barstard offpring off the original and should have been strangled at birth!
Tried
on 30 Oct 2010
at 01:06
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask handpull at The County Hotel, JDW, Ashford. Black, lasting dark beige head. It’s fine, some interesting almost meaty stout flavours. It’s okm but just a little lacking somewhere. Lacks intensity. OK. But disappointing. Not 5% ABV feel either, watery in mouth. Some choc on finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Oct 2010
at 14:04