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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
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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 
9954.36/5.04.35/5.0Spring13%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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 Gusler (2655), Tucson, Arizona, USA
5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/105/520/20
Apr 18, 2004  
Release 2004

What the hell can I say about this magnificent creation that hasn’t already been said? This was to be my 6000th beer, but I decided to take it to Papago and as we often bring special beers to sample, this was my choice.

The beer as it slowly oozes out of the 22 ounce brown bottle pours as thick as molasses in January in Maine, it literally makes a glugging sound as it excavates itself from its container. Onyx in color, the head a deep chocolate brown that is creamy as whipped chocolate icing and portly in size, the lace a coat of brown to obscure the glass. Nose is rich bitter sweet chocolate, burnt coffee, sweet malt, a treat for both the olfactory and ocular senses, a beer you must sniff to understand its complexity, start is thick and chewy, ambrosial and the top as full as any beer I’ve ever tasted. Finish is pleasing in its acidity, hops are powerful in their spiciness, the alcohol quite noticeable and the rich sweet chocolate and burnt coffee flavors continue to the parched desert dry aftertaste, also a quite noticeable tummy warming sensation, “Just one fantastic beer”, but a word of warning not meant for the weak of palate or people not into strong over the top beers, so if you fall into these categories and you have a “Dark Lord” sitting around, send it to me immediately if not sooner. lol


 tbookman (618), Ephrata, Pennsylvania, USA
5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/105/520/20
May 4, 2007  
2007 bottle (thanks Phatz!!) Holy Toledo - where have you been all my life?!?! Pours an oily dark brown, almost no carbonation. Looks almost like melted dark chocolate. Wonderfully rich aroma of chocolate, espresso coffee, cherries, bourbon, and more. Flavor just explodes on the palate, then melts into your throat. Flavors of dark chocolate, fine bourbon, some fruity sweetness at the back of the throat and a hint of vanilla. Just wonderful in every way, a truly amazing beer!


 screigh (253), Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/105/520/20
May 24, 2006  
Sampled the 2005 while at DL Day 2006. I don’t know what to say beyond what has already been said. Amazing beer. It actually caught me off guard. Much more intense than I even imagined. I thought it could not live up to the hype but it more than did. I have 2 bottles of 2006 cellared, can’t wait!


 Kodos (200), USA
5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/105/520/20
Dec 24, 2002  
I have tried quite a few Russian Imp’s. This has got to be the TOP! On tap. Dark, dark, dark. Not much aroma...? Super complex tastes...Chocolate, fruity/plum/nuts...so much more...Vanilla in the end. Is there alcohol in this? Wait a minute...Heat in my chest says yes...Oh yeah, 13+%. Not apparent in the taste at all. This has got to be Nick’s BEST creation yet...PLEASE continue this beer . We ALL want moremoremore!!!


 Dogbrick (2813), Columbus, Ohio, USA
5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/105/520/20
Feb 15, 2003  
Deepest gratitude to T.A.R. for this wicked beer, bottled from growler. This beer pours like it comes from the Land of Shadow itself. I expected to see the Eye of Mordor appear over the freshly poured glass. Completely black as Doom with a very thin dark beige head. Aroma is not subtle, it is mostly coffee, malt and alcohol. The flavor doesn't bother tip-toeing around either. Warming alcohol flavor gets progressively stronger as it warms, but never snuffs out the other flavors of cocoa, coffee, surprisingly sweet malt, and raisins. There are enough hops in the finish to keep it from being too much. This beer is utterly perfect in every respect.


 argo0 (6861), Washington DC, USA
5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/105/520/20
Jul 2, 2003  
(RBSG2003): My first perfect score, and with good reason -- this is an amazing beer! Pitch black body with small brown head. Aroma is rich, plum/raisin, malty, moderately sweet, some anise. Taste is BIG! Dark fruit, sweet, rich, chococoffee. WOW! Finish is chococoffee, dark fruity with alcohol warming.


 jaymobrown (1343), Chicago, Illinois, USA
5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/105/520/20
Dec 7, 2002  
" I don’t think I’ll ever have a beer this thick again." Extreme thickness, well masked alcohol, coffee, chocoate, beautiful. A perfect ten.


 Racegoer (338), Somewhere Out There, USA
5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/105/520/20
Dec 7, 2002  
Insanely Thick, poured to me by Floydicus himself, deep dark,& rich, malty, absolutley outstanding. We did a side by side by side with WWS 18% & 23%, Dark Lord blew them away, complex, flavours of chocolate, coffee, malt, superb hops. This is a world class beer ! Highly Recommended



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