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Lion Lager
Ceylon / Lion Brewery Limited
- From:
- Ceylon / Lion Brewery Limited
- Sri Lanka
- Style:
- European Pale Lager
Ranked #251 - ABV:
- 4.8%
- Score:
- 69
Ranked #28,091 - Avg:
- 2.93 | pDev: 17.75%
- Reviews:
- 96
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Oct 28, 2023
- Added:
- Dec 16, 2001
- Wants:
- 3
- Gots:
- 12
Undoubtedly the best selling among our mild beers, Lion Lager has a 4.8% alcohol volume and is credited as a great thirst quencher. Golden roasted malt in colour with a hint of fruit and caramel flavouring, it is very slightly sweet with less hop notes. The attractive labeling is in sophisticated black and gold, showcasing our strong but watchful golden lion as the king of the savannah, symbolising visionary leadership and power.
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Reviewed by shambeano from Australia
2.84/5 rDev -3.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
2.84/5 rDev -3.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
500ml can, best before March 2021. Poured into a tulip.
Look: Pours a clear gold, with about 5 cm of foamy white head, pretty good head retention, leaving lacing down the glass. Looks good.
Smell: Sweet and grainy, a little corn and a slight grassiness at the end.
Taste: Much like the smell, sweet, grainy, corn, grassy finish is a little more pronounced.
Feel: lighter bodied, drinkable, a slight tingle around the sides of the mouth with a rounding bitterness. Dry finish.
Overall: Yeah, it's fine.
Sep 25, 2020Look: Pours a clear gold, with about 5 cm of foamy white head, pretty good head retention, leaving lacing down the glass. Looks good.
Smell: Sweet and grainy, a little corn and a slight grassiness at the end.
Taste: Much like the smell, sweet, grainy, corn, grassy finish is a little more pronounced.
Feel: lighter bodied, drinkable, a slight tingle around the sides of the mouth with a rounding bitterness. Dry finish.
Overall: Yeah, it's fine.
Reviewed by Steve555 from Wales
3.21/5 rDev +9.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3.25
3.21/5 rDev +9.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3.25
Straw coloured with a fading white head. Aroma is grassy. Taste of sweet cereals, much corn sweetness and a slight grassy bitterness to finish. Mouthfeel's claggy. It's not the most refreshing but it's what you'd expect from lagers in the middle east. It's okay but not great.
Aug 13, 2020Reviewed by YeeCop from Alabama
3.98/5 rDev +35.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 5 | overall: 4
3.98/5 rDev +35.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 5 | overall: 4
I will admit, nostalgia plays a big role in rating this beer - I lived in the capital of Sri Lanka, Colombo, for a little less than a year and a half, and this beer was obviously everywhere. Sure, it ain't a fantastic lager, but nothing beats the Ceylon tropical heat like an ice cold Lion. Great beer to do yardwork with or to just shoot the breeze with some old friends.
Jun 23, 2019Reviewed by jlindros from Massachusetts
3.04/5 rDev +3.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
3.04/5 rDev +3.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
Light foamy dense head, great retention and nice lacing, crystal clear pale golden color
Interesting sweet grainy malt, pilsner malt, little earthy fruity, some cheap lager aromas and extract
Taste sweet extract, sticky sweet and earthy thing, pretty sweet and malt extract and straw corn husk, warm lager notes, but smooth, light bitterness and herbal hop finish, sticky sweet finish too
Mouth is med bod but sweet sticky, light carb, a mild soft lager,
Overall ok for what it is, not a lager I normally enjoy, it's in its own style
May 14, 2019Interesting sweet grainy malt, pilsner malt, little earthy fruity, some cheap lager aromas and extract
Taste sweet extract, sticky sweet and earthy thing, pretty sweet and malt extract and straw corn husk, warm lager notes, but smooth, light bitterness and herbal hop finish, sticky sweet finish too
Mouth is med bod but sweet sticky, light carb, a mild soft lager,
Overall ok for what it is, not a lager I normally enjoy, it's in its own style
Reviewed by chitoryu12 from Florida
3.49/5 rDev +19.1%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.49/5 rDev +19.1%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Look: Dark, hazy yellow. Half a finger of white head that almost immediately dissipates.
Smell: Sharp and sweet malt. A bit of honey and very mild hop tone.
Taste: Plain, bready malt. Still some of that mild honey sweetness.
Mouthfeel: Carbonated water.
Overall: Not spectacular, but also easy to drink and technically fine.
Dec 21, 2018Smell: Sharp and sweet malt. A bit of honey and very mild hop tone.
Taste: Plain, bready malt. Still some of that mild honey sweetness.
Mouthfeel: Carbonated water.
Overall: Not spectacular, but also easy to drink and technically fine.
Reviewed by Lembeh from New York
4.18/5 rDev +42.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.18/5 rDev +42.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Enjoyable lager especially great if you're trying to beat the hot Galle sun.
This one does the job, the Sri Lankan rice addition to this beer adds some subtle sweetness that differentiates this from your run of the mill thrist killer. Overall a decent lager.
Dec 08, 2018This one does the job, the Sri Lankan rice addition to this beer adds some subtle sweetness that differentiates this from your run of the mill thrist killer. Overall a decent lager.
Reviewed by Nass from Florida
3/5 rDev +2.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3/5 rDev +2.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
I did not favor this as much as their imperial stout, but if you can get this in your area 1 bottle is worth a try. There are plethora of better Asian pale lagers Cheers! B-
Apr 30, 2018
Lion Lager from Ceylon / Lion Brewery Limited
Beer rating:
69 out of
100 with
144 ratings
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