 CaptainCougar (4633), Rockville, Maryland, USA
May 16, 2006
On tap at DL day ’06: Pours a very viscous motor oil opaque with a nice, thin-lacing dark tan head. Rich, sweet, toasty complex dark caramel aroma has lots of dark fruity and chocolate bourbon oaky balance. Body starts incredibly full, thick, and viscous with lots of sweet sticky dark caramel and chocolate malts. Hints of vanilla and plenty of bourbon oaky balance and complexity. Finishes sticky, sweet and lingering with some warmth, dark chocolate, and coffee. Barrel-aged just the right amount of time. I think this is officially my new favorite beer of all time, but I don’t know if I could drink more than 12oz of it at one sitting.
BeerBunker (39), Burbank, Illinois, USA
Aug 20, 2008 Forgot to rate this one after Dark Lord Day. Draft in a plastic cup at the brewpub. Poured like motor oil. It looked like pancake syrup, and had the same thickness. Had small brownish ead, that did not dissapate. Instant great taste of bourbon and malts. Delicious lingering taste of coffee and chololate. Alcohol is apparant, and damned delish too. Finishes, with thick sludgy goodness. To sum it up, if you soaked a piece of wood in bourbon and then sucked on it, you’d get the same effect.
pnista (887), Bloomington, Indiana, USA
Aug 11, 2008 Great Taste ’08. 2007, aged for a year. Finally! Pours a thick sludgy viscous, glass coating oil brown, with debris in it! The nose is big sweet sticky Dark Lord, completely going one on one with the oak. Tannins are heavy, but no heavier than the sweet alcohol, chocolate, vanilla, alcohol, and roast. The mouthfeel is as thick as a solution can be. The flavors are as to be expected, insane. Basically just like I imagined, only with more oak, and not as screwed up as I thought it would be. This is an actual improvement to Dark Lord! Splendid.
marchcow (485), Coralville, Iowa, USA
Aug 10, 2008 Draft on tap at Taste of the Midwest. Unbelievably thick beer, more like chocolate syrup. Completely opaque and solid. Flavor is rich chocolate, vanilla, bourbon, oak. Left my glass looking like it had been dipped in chocolate. Very good.
nolankowal (827), Dublin, Ohio, USA
Aug 7, 2008 Oily black pour with a thin tan head. Aroma of oak, light toasted coconut, vinous fruits, roasted, bready malt and bakers chocolate. Flavor was rich roasted malts, dark chocolate, vanilla notes, sticky caramel, hints of bourbon. Rich/thick body, soft/no carbonation sweet/vinous/woody with a roasty/oaky/sticky-sweet finish. The barrel didn’t tame nor subdue this beast of a beer...really just upped it another level. It also helps that it started with the 07 vintage which was one of my favorite years to begin with. Really goddamn awesome, it gets my first 5.
luckymortal (16), USA
Jul 31, 2008 If you’re in the mindset of a liqueur and not a "beer" then this is one of the most complex and beautiful drinks you’ll find.
ALl I’ll add is that I actually enjoy drinking the bottled 08 more than the aged 07. But this is an amazing experience. I’ll be retunring every year I can just to get this stuff.
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