Lion Beer - Lion Stout

At over 2100 m, the city of Numara Eliya is located on a plateau of the Pedro Mountains in Sri Lanka. Here in the colonial period (circa 1860) The Caylon Brewery Ltd. founded by Scottish tea growers. Apparently, the tea was not enough to quench the thirst. The flagship of the brewery in Sri Lanka is its Lion Stout, an almost international beer, because the malt comes from Denmark and the Czech Republic, the hops from Slovenia and the yeast from Great Britain. Only the water comes from a well-known source in the mountains on site. The fermentation takes place in open wooden containers, after bottling, the maturing continues in bottles. The result has even carried beer guru Michael Jackson to praise. Flavor and taste reminiscent of plums, mocha and dark chocolate have inspired him to declare this Stout the tastiest stout in the tropics. He tasted this strong stout (alc 8% vol) on site at the Caylon Brewery with great enthusiasm. Ideally, this stout is drunk at 13 ° C.