Bouteille 500ml. De couleur ambrée. Nez houblon citrique, légèrement herbeux et aux notes terreuses, légèrement fruité (agrumes, traces de mangue), malté de caramel légèrement rôti avec des notes de pain. Moyennement ronde en bouche avec un pétillement moyen-faible et une texture huileuse aux notes crémeuses. Goût moyennement amer de houblon floral et légèrement citrique (pamplemousse, une amertume qui dure toute la gorgée) avec un goût légèrement fruité (agrumes) avec quelques traces d’épices (poivre doux) lors de l’entrée en bouche suivi d’un moyen goût malté de caramel aaux notes rôties ainsi que des notes de pain puis en finale l’on retrouve une amertume plus asséchante de houblon herbeux et aux faibles notes terreuses. Post-goût long et sec, moyennement amer de houblon floral aux notes citriques, herbeuses et terreuses avec quelqes notes fruitées (zeste d’agrumes).

Bouteille 500ml. Nez fruité (citron, agrumes), léger de houblon herbeux et de caramel avec des notes diacétyles. Mince en bouche, pétillement moyen, texture aux faibles notes crémeuses. Goût très légèrement fruité (agrumes) lors de l’entrée en bouche suivi d’un moyen goût de caramel sucré et de notes de grains sucrés puis finalement une très légère amertume de houblon herbeux. Post-goût aux notes amèresde houblon et fruitées(agrumes).

Bottle: Poured a light copper color ale with a solid off-white head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of cereal and dry bitter hops are dominating. Taste is a mix between some dry cereal note with light dry caramel and some dry and also astringent bitter hops with no floral or other characteristics. Body is about average with good carbonation. The use of a very dry malt base with some dry hops resulted in a somewhat one-dimensional beer with not much complexity.

Imported from my RateBeer account as Lion d'Or Lion's Pride (by Lion d'Or / Golden Lion Pub & Brewery):
Aroma: 9/10, Appearance: 5/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 12/20, MyTotalScore: 3.5/5

11/10/2011 500ml bottle @ home - BB: 11/11 (2011-550) Thanks to Louis for the bottle!

Clear dark amber to copper red beer, creamy light beige head, pretty stable and adhesive. Aroma: very fruity, peaches, sweet pineapple, bit piny. MF: good carbon, medium body. Taste: very fruity, peaches, citrus fruits, tangerines, grapefruits, hoppy. Aftertaste: citrus and grapefruit, bit chemical ending.

Bottle: Poured a pitch-black color stout with a large off-white foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of dry roasted malt is more intense then I was expecting. Taste is quite dry with some roasted malt and dry coffee notes – somewhat more intense then I had expected. Body is about average with good carbonation. Well brewed though maybe a tad too dry for my taste.

Bottle: Poured a deep amber color ale with a super thick foamy head with good carbonation and excellent retention. Aroma of dry malt notes with some notes of caramel. Taste is also dominated by a quite dry caramel malt mix with limited hops presence and without much complexity. Body is fuller then expected with good carbonation. Nice session ale without too much complexity.

Boring dark brown-black body and modest head. Aroma of alcohol and sweet fruity barley. Flavour is a bland barley with a bit of a dry finish, medium mouthfeel. It’s an incredibly average concoction of a stout.

A nice little combo of two fruits that are a symbol of summer and my first brew from Lion D’Or. Pours a golden colour with a very slight haze to it, with a big white frothy head and good lacing after slowly going down. Big blueberry nose (more on the extract side than real juice) with some of that raspberry powder smell (we had when we were kids). The taste is pretty much blueberries with the watermelon in the background, and not overpowering. Overall, refreshing and still a golden ale with just some fruits extracts thrown in. I really enjoyed the kids fruit powder, so I get to enjoy this brew (but not a real fruit beer).