Three Floyds Bourbon Barrel Aged Dark Lord Russian Imperial Stout

Brewed by Three Floyds Brewing Company
Style: Imperial Stout
Munster, Indiana USA

Serve in Snifter

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On tap @ DLD 09 Appearance: black with a very dark brown head. Aroma: chocolate bourbon, coffee. Balanced. Flavor: Balanced. Nice chocolate and coffee, bourbon is noticeable but not overwhelming.

Aroma: Earthy cocoa and caramel with subtle notes of oak punctuated by the strong bourbon (alcohol) aroma. Appearance: Like the names says...DARK, with a wonderful brown foam head. Taste: Sweet and surprisingly well balanced for its aggressive ingredients. The cocoa/caramel top notes from the aroma give way to vanilla and licorice and dark fruit before an aged, oak-y bourbon finish Palate: Full and smooth. Wonderfully dense and complete. The alcohol doesn’t overpower. Overall: Find it and drink it at every possible opportunity. Savor it.

I nearly loathe regular Dark Lord. I don’t know what it is about this barrel treatment but it completely changes the beer for me. It mutates from a sweet, sticky mess to a complex, aromatic, balanced bombshell of a beer.

Every time I have this, I still like it. Balanced well for all of the big flavors in it.

A juggernaut of a beer, loaded with oaky goodness that imparts an almost vinous character in my opinion. You can still get some of the nutso hoppy quality of regular DL, but it’s hidden amidst levels of semisweet chocolate and a plumlike dark fruit character. Whatever, let’s be honest I was drinking this near the end of Hunahpu day and was just happy to finally get it off my list.

Super Oaktacular and Sweet. Hummm its like dark lord but worsened by the oak. Not for me as the oak is too much. @ Hunahpu day.

So its been a while since I actually had this (full disclosure) although the memory is fairly clear given the strength of this beer 0 DLD 08. Pint in a plastic glass at darklord day. Dark viscous black with a nice creamy mocha head. This was like dark lord on steroids. Lots of booze, oak, vanilla, chocolate. I really felt that this overwhelmed the original version - and at least the vanilla bean version balanced things out. Definitely a full body, no idea on the carbonation since the mouthfeel was highly viscous, like motor oil, sweet and alcohol on the palate, long lasting but quite powerful finish. I know that people love this beer, and maybe its become more balanced over time, or maybe newer versions are just better, but I actually gave away parts of both cups I got during the fest because I just found them to be overwhelming - and this was after I had been sampling beer for 4 hours! O well.

This sample was a Heaven Hill. Very dark. Smells like cat kibble. Bleh. Tastes rich, whiskeyish, balanced with super roasty character and lots of sweet malts. Intense.

Lucky to taste this at CCB Hunahpu Day. Great Beer. Medium to heavy body, extremely sweet with flavors of RICH woody Bourbon/Chocolate flavor, toasty vanilla and some raisin. GREAT GREAT GREAT stout. However, not worth the crazy prices on Ebay in my opinion.

On draft at CCB Hunahpu release day 2012. This was one of my top wants for a while. Nose is oak and bourbon with some cocoa, raisins, and a touch of booze. Nice. Pour was black with a tan head. Taste is similar with big notes of oak and chocolate. Sweet and delicious with a light dark fruit and booze follow-up. I like this one a lot. Cheers!!

On Tap @ CCB for Hunahpu’s Day. Pours jet black with a little brown lacing. Very oaky, boozy aroma. This drinks quite smooth, oaky, a bit of vanilla and extremely sweet. Enjoyable but not sure its consumable in large quantities.