Three Floyds Bourbon Barrel Aged Dark Lord De Muerte

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

Serve in Snifter

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Wow, I am so stoked to try this. Thanks my friend! Blackish pour. Aroma is wow, vanilla, chocolate, light pepper notes, toffee, maybe hints of coffee. Flavor is sweet, chocolate fudge, vanilla,red pepper notes, coffee, bourbon. Damn thit shit is great.

Bottle shared by phaleslu. Thanks Peter! Pours black almost like motor oil with no head. Aroma has some spicy notes that are balanced out by the bourbon, coffee, dark fruits, vanilla and caramel. The flavor is bourbon, coffee, dark fruits, caramel and molasses with a spicy finish. I really like this beer. Full bodied with low carbonation.

Bottle via big-time nutso trade- thanks again, Adam! Bottle 51/165. Tried alongside the Pappy, Brandy, Brandy Vanilla, and 2006-2011 Dark Lord at the epic Friday night tasting at my place on my bachelor party weekend. Since this was the one barrel Dark Lord I needed to still get, I’m making it my 2500th rating. That, and this one vastly exceeded expectations. Pours a deep, dark opaque brown, black in the middle, with a minimal amount of brown bubbles for the head. The aroma presents some spicy, peppery notes, but those take a major back seat to the incredibly balanced barrel notes- bourbon, brown sugar, vanilla, caramel, and molasses. Roasted malts, coffee, dark fruits all present, too. The flavor brings more of the same in perfect harmony. The peppers here show up later, with some spice and lingering heat on the palate. Still, there isn’t enough to top the barrel notes and underlying Dark Lord character. The coffee and pepper complement each other well, and there is sweetness of the vanilla, caramel, molasses, cocoa, and dark fruits. Nice full body on this despite spending some time in the barrels. Pretty low carbonation and a smooth, rich, robust, and sweet mouthfeel before a bit of peppery heat late. Like I said, this one greatly exceeded expectations, as I thought it’d be my least favorite of the four. That’s not the case at all. Awesome barrel treatment to the Dark Lord.

Tasted 7/8/11. 22oz bomber. #51/165. Thanks to phaleslu for sharing! Pours dark and pitch with a trace tan head. Aromas of earthy, vegetal notes with a smokey malt aspect. Burnt marshmallows and a good dose of peppers. Full bodied and hot with a big palate. Odd, yet surprisingly rounded. The peppers and the heat are apparent, but they blend decently with the barrel aging. Good heat, good body and nicely blended. It got the silver from the series.

Bottle 23/165 shared by noodleuser. Pours opaque with a medium, frothy brown head, short retention with spare lacing. Aroma is bourbon, chili, subdued alcohol, oak, vinous, dark fruity esters, chocolate, coffee and earthy hops. Flavor is malt dominant, lightly sour dark fruit, vinous, oaks, bourbon, chili pepper and a sweet finish. Full body, high warmth and light carbonation.

This was pretty awesome DL aged with chillies in bourbon barrels,just catching up on back log of ratings and this still does not stand up to Cigar City Hunahpu’s Imperial Stout aged on peppers.CHEERS!

Bottle 23/165 courtesy of noodleuser, thanks! Dark hazy brown color, no head to speak of. Aroma of port wine, booze, plums, vanilla. Taste is vanilla, port soda, chocolate covered brandied cherries. Nice esophageal warming feeling that slowly expands through the thorax in an anterior to posterior direction. I approve.

UPDATED: AUG 22, 2011 Bottle; pour is dark brown/black with a very modest beige head in this snifter. It does not retain well, either. The nose is dark fruits, vanilla, booze, caramel, and brown sugar. The flavor profile is dark fruits, vanilla, brown sugars, chocolate malts, bourbon, bready malts, booze; oh, and the spicy notes touch the tip of the tongue very vaguely. I think that was my only disappointment. Moloko de Muerte raised my expectations because i felt like it did the chili pepper thing extremely well; far more subdued on this one - Either way - Thank you, Three Floyds.

Bottle… This beer rocks!… Pours tar black with no head. The aroma is an intermingling of bourbon, fudge and ethanol trailed by more timid notes of chili peppers and vanilla. Full-bodied with a 10w30 mouthfeel and pillow-soft carbonation. Very sweet and there’s just not enough chili pepper flavor or heat. Lots of dark chocolate, fudge and molasses. Finishes caramely, deeply roasted and molasses-sweet. It’s the least pleasing of all the Dark Lord treatments I’ve tried, but it’s still Dark Lord. Big-time thanks to Maltzilla for popping the top on this world class beer!

Auction. FFS this is fantastic. Black pour with aromas of Caramel malt, vanilla, chocolate, pepper, molasses roasted malt and nut.. Flavors of roast, , sweet, chocolate , peppers, vanilla, coffee, and whiskey. It’s really good!