Lion Lager
Ceylon / Lion Brewery Limited

Lion LagerLion Lager
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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:
144
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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Rated: 3 by BrisLoganite from Australia

Oct 28, 2023
 
Rated: 2.75 by DOCRW from Kentucky

Jan 19, 2022
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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
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, 2020
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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
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, 2020
 
Rated: 2.76 by wmnaylor from New York

Mar 04, 2020
 
Rated: 3.5 by paulish from New York

Jun 24, 2019
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Reviewed by YeeCop from Alabama

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, 2019
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Reviewed by jlindros from Massachusetts

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, 2019
 
Rated: 2.93 by FrancisM12 from New Jersey

Feb 03, 2019
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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
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, 2018
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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
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, 2018
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Reviewed by Nass from Florida

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
 
Rated: 2.75 by AngEo from Texas

Jan 17, 2018
 
Rated: 2.69 by SoPeL from Poland

Dec 08, 2017
 
Rated: 3.09 by Squire from Mississippi

May 22, 2016
 
Rated: 2.42 by TwiggyCZ from Czech Republic

May 11, 2016
 
Rated: 2.25 by GarthT from Hong Kong

May 07, 2016
 
Rated: 2.65 by ntanp91 from Thailand

Apr 09, 2016
 
Rated: 2.66 by jroof1 from Massachusetts

Apr 02, 2016
 
Rated: 2.86 by Phoodcritic from Michigan

Feb 11, 2016
Lion Lager from Ceylon / Lion Brewery Limited
Beer rating: 69 out of 100 with 144 ratings