Lion Coffee Stout
Lion Brewery (Ceylon) PLC

Love the regular lion stout but this is way too sweet.

 

 

Very sweet including the aftertaste. Black coffee with an assesive amount of sugar.

330 ml bottle into pint glass, 1710061248 bottle code. Pours crystal clear very dark brown color with a 1 finger fairly dense light khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a thin spotty lace cap that lingers. Minimal spotty lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Good appearance. Aromas of big nutty medium roast coffee, milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, fudge, and toasted dark/brown bread; with light notes of vanilla, dark fruit, herbal, grass, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance and complexity of dark/roast/bready malt, coffee, and light fruity yeast/earthy hop notes; with great strength. Taste of big nutty medium roast coffee, milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, fudge, and toasted dark/brown bread; with light notes of vanilla, dark fruit, herbal, grass, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Very mild herbal/grassy hop and roasted coffee bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of nutty coffee, milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, fudge, toasted dark/brown bread, vanilla, light dark fruit/herbal, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt, coffee, and light fruity yeast/earthy hop flavors; with a solid roast/hop bitter/sweet balance; and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering hop/roast bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready/grainy, and lightly sticky/chalky mouthfeel that is nice. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 4.8%. Overall this is a very nice English coffee stout. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt, coffee, and light fruity yeast/earthy hop flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the minimally bitter/drying finish. Very flavorful and not watery for the ABV. Great balance of fruity/nutty coffee and nicely rich malt complexity; with mild earthy hops against sweetness. A very enjoyable offering, and well made style example.