Lion Lager is far and away the most popular beer in Sri
Lanka. If you ask for a beer in your hotel/a bar/a restaurant the chances are
that you’ll be served a Lion. Whilst I’ve not been able to ascertain the market
share of the beer, the Lion Brewery portfolio holds an 82% market share. The
brewery was established in the 1880s in order to serve British colonists in the
country’s tea plantations and is now part of the Carlsberg Group, whichacquired it in 1996. As far as lagers go this is a pretty reasonable one and is
nice and refreshing in the Sri Lankan heat. It pours a nice clear gold and has a very
light taste with some malt. As far as Asian lagers go I’d put it up there as
one of my favourites. The only problem I had was that it’s usually served in large
625ml bottles so by the time you’d got half way through the beer starts to get
pretty warm! I’ll be posting a brief Sri Lankan beer guide in the coming days
which will feature a bit more information on what I could find out about the
local beer scene. Brewery: Lion Brewery Ceylon
Country: Sri Lanka
ABV: 4.8%
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