 Cryotek (206), Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA
Feb 3, 2008 Updated: Feb 4, 2008
Superbowl Sunday 2008! GO PATS! I really wanted to pregame in style! 2007 bottle - Apperance- Perfect dark black color, i can only describe it as a dark lord black. Beutifull, very dark brown head. Oily, leaves a lining around the glass as you drink it or swirl it around. If i opened this bottle freshly new, i would rate the appear as a four, but for an aged beer, i expect it to look a little oily, the color looks amazing. Smells supurb, with molasses, a faint milk chocolate, and a very strong expresso scent. Tastes amazing! What every imperial stout should strive to be! I personally think it lives up to the hype. Roasty hersey chocolate sweetness, caramel favor that i may be mistaken, and is really vanilla?, not just roasted coffee, but heavily dark roasted expresso, and maybe a sweet syrup taste also. It also really tastes cask or oak conditioned, like an aged stout. I can’t imagine how good the actual oak aged or cask Dark Lord tastes. Incrediably smooth, very drinkable for a 13% alc beer. The % is totally hidden in this lush, rich, delicious flavor! The best texture i have ever experianced. This is truely the best beer i have ever enjoyed. I’m afraid to drink the 06 or 05 bottles which i have traded for, thinking they might be on the verge of getting that soy taste. But this is amazing, i would not age it any longer! Thank you Three Floyds for putting the effort in this beer to make it the head of a class of the best beers in the world!
dogfish120love (41), west hartford, Connecticut, USA
Aug 20, 2008 I hope that what im drinking wasn’t ruined in transit to me it being summer and all. It pours black with a brown burnt sugar carmel colored head. aroma is alcohol, malt, with a heavy carmel scent. it tastes of bitter chocolate toasty malt and burnt caramel. this beer is punishing me at the moment. for the first time ever I think I can say that my stomach is in pain, but my mouth is in love. at first I thought that i coudn’t handle this beer but its growing on me. I still in my honest opinion enjoy stone’s imperial stout a little more because its something i can drink easily. Please take into note that it is august and this beer was shipped via ups
Beershine (1207), Miami Beach, Florida, USA
Aug 20, 2008 At Vero, kisses to whoever shared it! Thick, viscous pour of pure blackness. Really intense nose packed with coffee and chocolate purity. Smooth, smooth, incredible. Raisins dancing. Complex, gorgeous, and viscous. A superlative brew, fully deserving of the hype.
PeterLikesBeer (102), Berwyn Heights, Maryland, USA
Aug 19, 2008 Rating number 100:
Had the 2008 Dark lord and figured it would make a good 100’s rating. The beer poured very thick and looked much like motor oil does that has not been changed for a long time. There was a small off white head. The aroma was very strong, a little fruity and sweet. There was also a subtle note of coffee. The flavor was a little sweet for my taste but was well balanced between dark fruits chocolate and coffee. This is one fine beer. Cheers!
EricE (209), Beltsville, Maryland, USA
Aug 18, 2008 I didn’t think this stuff could possibly live up to its hype, but its one fucking good beer. Thick motor oil like pour. Thickest beer I’ve ever had. It left a residue on my glass. Dark tan head. Creamy vanilla and chocolate aroma, with raisins and chocolate. Intense sweetness, almost overwhelming, with a very creamy, fruity taste. Chocolaty with molasses. Very oaky with bourbon. Like drinking a glass of port. Fantastic, I docked it a point for being a bit too sweet.
smith4498 (332), Miami, Florida, USA
Aug 17, 2008 Big thanks to growler for sharing a bottle of the 2007 vintage. Pours deep black with small brown head. Aromas of chocolate, soy sauce and burnt malts. Flavors are similar to the aromas. This is not as sweet as I was expecting and it is also much smoother. Full body with minimal carbonation and a smooth mouthfeel.
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