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Lion Imperial Premium Malt Pilsner
Ceylon / Lion Brewery Limited
- From:
- Ceylon / Lion Brewery Limited
- Sri Lanka
- Style:
- European Strong Lager
- ABV:
- 8.8%
- Score:
- 70
- Avg:
- 3.01 | pDev: 24.58%
- Reviews:
- 132
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jan 14, 2021
- Added:
- Jun 11, 2009
- Wants:
- 12
- Gots:
- 17
No description / notes.
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Ratings by bsp77:
Reviewed by bsp77 from Minnesota
2.03/5 rDev -32.6%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 1
2.03/5 rDev -32.6%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 1
Received in May shipment of Beer of the Month Club.
Serving glass: Poured from bottle into Tulip.
Appearance: Slightly hazy, pale orange-yellow with very active (and loud) bubbles and head, but the head subsides very quickly with no lacing. Looked pretty good for about a minute and a half.
Smell: German noble hops, semi-sweet malt, cheap alcohol. Unfortunately, the hop smell disappeared, leaving mostly the cheap alcohol.
Taste: Wow, that does not taste the same as the somewhat dry, hoppy smell. Very, very sweet, like candy, but very peppery hops counter and are prominent at the finish. Tastes like a Malt Liquor with out of place hops. Cloying.
Feel: Pretty carbonated, light to medium body, feels alcoholic (if that makes sense).
Drinkability: Not very. Adding this note from a short while after I finished: I have an awful aftertaste in my mouth still, and am not sure if I can drink the other two I have.
This was such a great BOTM shipment until I had this.
Jun 12, 2009Serving glass: Poured from bottle into Tulip.
Appearance: Slightly hazy, pale orange-yellow with very active (and loud) bubbles and head, but the head subsides very quickly with no lacing. Looked pretty good for about a minute and a half.
Smell: German noble hops, semi-sweet malt, cheap alcohol. Unfortunately, the hop smell disappeared, leaving mostly the cheap alcohol.
Taste: Wow, that does not taste the same as the somewhat dry, hoppy smell. Very, very sweet, like candy, but very peppery hops counter and are prominent at the finish. Tastes like a Malt Liquor with out of place hops. Cloying.
Feel: Pretty carbonated, light to medium body, feels alcoholic (if that makes sense).
Drinkability: Not very. Adding this note from a short while after I finished: I have an awful aftertaste in my mouth still, and am not sure if I can drink the other two I have.
This was such a great BOTM shipment until I had this.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by bushbeer75 from Michigan
4.2/5 rDev +39.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.2/5 rDev +39.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
11.2 oz brown bottle
Lion Imperial Premium Malt Pilnser had a clear gold body. A 2-finger white bubbly head was formed. The head held well and shrank to a foamy lacing that clung to the walls of my pilsner glass. The smell was clean, of fresh cut grass, bready with citrus notes. The taste follows the nose with a sweet finish but enough hops to keep the pilsner balanced. The mouth feel is light-medium to medium. crisp and smooth.
Lion's Imperial Malt Pilsner is one easy drinking Euro Strong Lager especially for the abv. Nice job Lion...I am a fan!
Sep 08, 2017Lion Imperial Premium Malt Pilnser had a clear gold body. A 2-finger white bubbly head was formed. The head held well and shrank to a foamy lacing that clung to the walls of my pilsner glass. The smell was clean, of fresh cut grass, bready with citrus notes. The taste follows the nose with a sweet finish but enough hops to keep the pilsner balanced. The mouth feel is light-medium to medium. crisp and smooth.
Lion's Imperial Malt Pilsner is one easy drinking Euro Strong Lager especially for the abv. Nice job Lion...I am a fan!
Reviewed by Lone_Freighter from Vermont
3.52/5 rDev +16.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.52/5 rDev +16.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Poured into a pilsener glass, the appearance was a semi-hazy burnt yellow color with a slim white cap of a foamy head. Dissipated eventfully to leave a mild stringy sliding lace.
The aroma had some crisp sweet biscuits, grassy hops, alcohol whiffs, and a mild lemon scent - somewhat perfumey.
The flavor crushed all of the previously mentioned aromas together to create a fair perfumey, boozy and herbally sweet aftertaste. Biscuits back this up too.
The mouthfeel was about medium bodied with a mild sessionability about it. Carbonation felt fine. ABV felt as projected. Booziness is there, but not as distracting as I thought it was going to be since I tasted and smelled it.
Overall, not a bad Euro Strong Lager, maybe again.
Jun 28, 2017The aroma had some crisp sweet biscuits, grassy hops, alcohol whiffs, and a mild lemon scent - somewhat perfumey.
The flavor crushed all of the previously mentioned aromas together to create a fair perfumey, boozy and herbally sweet aftertaste. Biscuits back this up too.
The mouthfeel was about medium bodied with a mild sessionability about it. Carbonation felt fine. ABV felt as projected. Booziness is there, but not as distracting as I thought it was going to be since I tasted and smelled it.
Overall, not a bad Euro Strong Lager, maybe again.
Reviewed by BlackBeerPirate from Illinois
2.67/5 rDev -11.3%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.75
2.67/5 rDev -11.3%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.75
Taste: crisp, semi sweet malt, herbal notes.
Slight perfume nose. Pale gold semi clear, with a tight bubbled head small lace. Lite body. Delicate sweet version of a lager.
May 04, 2016Slight perfume nose. Pale gold semi clear, with a tight bubbled head small lace. Lite body. Delicate sweet version of a lager.
Rated by DavesBeerReviews from Florida
2.95/5 rDev -2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
2.95/5 rDev -2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Nice strong lager goes great with steak and green beens
Apr 23, 2016Rated by Isaacknows from Michigan
5/5 rDev +66.1%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
5/5 rDev +66.1%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
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Apr 17, 2016
Lion Imperial Premium Malt Pilsner from Ceylon / Lion Brewery Limited
Beer rating:
70 out of
100 with
218 ratings
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