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Three Floyds Dark Lord Russian Imperial Stout

Three Floyds Dark Lord Russian Imperial Stout - Imperial Stout

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100
overall
Brewed by Three Floyds Brewing Company
Style: Imperial Stout

Munster, Indiana USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
9944.37/5.04.35/5.0Spring13%99.7Snifter
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Commercial Description:
A Demonic Imperial Russian stout brewed with INTELLIGENTSIA coffee,vanilla, and molasses. NOW AVAILABLE in bottles!!! DarkLord is only available once a year at DarkLord Day April 26th -2008 ThreeFloydsBrewpub.

Vintage guide:

Red wax = 2004
Orange wax = 2005
Gold wax = 2006
Silver wax = 2007
Black wax = 2008
White wax = 2009
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 gyllenbock (238), Stockholm, Sweden
4.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/105/519/20
Oct 12, 2009  
Sample from bottle, 2007 edition. Black with a small brownish head. Coffee, chocolate, liquorice, fudge, vanilla. Flavor is the same, body is very heavy, thick. Truly a fantastic beer!


MxPx1484 (13), USA
4.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/510/105/519/20
Oct 5, 2009  
I am a better man at having drank this beer. My beard is bushier, my chest hair is more pronounced, women are now instinctively drawn to me. And I can fly. Delicious.


 abcfan (244), New Jersey, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/104/516/20
Oct 5, 2009  
Thanks for the bottle Tim! Was shocked to get this in a trade over a year ago. Pours black with dark tan head. So complex, vanilla, chocolate, cherries and coffee dominate nose. Taste is very much the same. So smooth drinking for a high ABV brew.


RKanis (5), Cincinnati, USA
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4.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/59/105/519/20
Oct 1, 2009  
I went to Dark Lord Day thinking that there’s no way the beer could live up to my expectations but at least it should be a fun time. I was wrong...the beer exceded all expectations and I had an amazing time. Not a beer for the faint of heart. Dark Lord is a monster. At first sip you notice the high alcohol content but after that you notice a different taste with each sip. From coffee to chocolate to berries. You’ll also notice different tast receptors in different part of your mouth picking up different tastes. A very fun beer to drink.


 alagnak (293), Littleton, Colorado, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/58/103/517/20
Sep 27, 2009  
2008 bottle enjoyed with and Courtesy of Theisti. Notes are misspellen on my blackberry so lets hope I got it all. Pours inky, oily black, with little to no head. Nose is out of this world good. Soy Sauce, dark, bitter chocolate, pipe tobacco, and hints of cherry and vanilla. Taste is more of the same in a really complex wave, more of the vanilla and the coffee flavors make a huge appearance near the finish. To be honest, at first I wasn’t blown away at all, but as I got through it, the flavors really meld and work together. Thanks, Tim.


 bconley (351), Fern Park, Florida, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/104/516/20
Sep 22, 2009  
2009 Bottle thanks to dchmela in celebration of the Jets beating the Pats...GO JETS! This is is SO BIG. Pitch ass black beer. Smells really strong of roasted deep carmel malts. Strong alcohol. Very sweet coffee and molasses flavor and lots of alcohol. Really friggin awesome.


 kappldav123 (1788), Markkleeberg, Germany
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/514/20
Sep 21, 2009  
Bottle from 2008 - black wax. Thanks to Todeon for that beer. The bottle looks really, really good, as well as the beer in the glass. Deep black, small brownish head. Starts very, very strong, dry-malty, heavy, complex notes of strong coffee and liquorice. Thick, dry-malty finish. Not really drinkable. I know better Imperial Stouts.


 gorditoabd (162), San Diego, California, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/518/20
Sep 18, 2009  
Bottle, 2009 vintage, with enormous thanks to MrBunn. Pours black with 1 - 1 and 1/2 fingers of brown sugar head. Aroma is very intense, coffee, cocoa, cherries, booze. The foam is really lasting on the brew too, leading me to expect some significant carbonation in the mouthfeel. I was wrong. The mouthfeel is thick, as others have mentioned, and the flavor is more strongly of the coffee, fruits (cherries) and something approximating breadiness than I would have expected. All of this is just a preamble, however, to the strong boozy burn here. I wouldn’t say the alcohol is poorly disguised, only that it fights its way through in the end. Lots of sweetness here, but the cocoa from the aroma is all gone. Raisins, anise, and the slightly sour cherries bring it all. Interesting. I’d been "warned" that I might not love this beer, but I do. It’s definitely unique, but that’s a good thing. I do agree, however, that I couldn’t make a 2 bottle night out of this.



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