Three Floyds Dark Lord Russian Imperial Stout

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

#1400! 2009 vintage. Pitch black pour. No light escapes this dark hole of a beer. Yum, lots of darkness in the pour. Heavy malty notes. Some chemical sour but nothing distasteful. Taste has loads of chocolate. Flavor has bit of astringent notes that fade quickly. This will be much better with years on it. Some sharp flavors need to fade and it will be fantastic. That being said, well freaken done!

Black Oily pour, tight ring of fizzy tan head. Intense Aroma of molasses, dark sugars, dates, figs, Black Olives, booze. Subtle chocolate notes as well. Complex malt in the mouth, powerful sweet molasses and chocolate as well as vanilla, nutty hazelnut, and booze. the Finish is lasting, boozey with chocolate and a shadow of the dates in the aroma. Awesomely multidimensional.

Plenty of people to thank for this, #1900!!! Cgarvieuk for the first sample hand bottled into a Thai Swet Mango Chili hot sauce bottle, kid you not. Enjoyed on the bus from Edinburgh, Scotland to Sheffield, England. TomThompson for the 2009 & El Jefe for the 4 yr vertical (2005-2008). Deep dark pour. Darker tan head, Big heavy roasted malt aroma, light soy, light booze, rich. Fuller oily mouthfeel. Rich, roasted malts, soy, chocolate. Extremely complex. Much Thanks to all the previously mentioned

09 white wax vintage. Oily black pour with with some ruby and brown tints around the edges. Almost no head present. Aroma is absolutely monstrous; big notes of chocolate, espresso, molasses, brown sugar, fig, raisin, date, black olive, plum, a bit of marzipan, and a warming alcohol presence. I expected a straightforward bomb of an imperial stout, but this is so complex and so nice. Flavor is incredible; lots of coffee, rich chocolate, vanilla, molasses, and clear booze notes. The dark fruit becomes more subtle, but those notes of date, fig, and raisin are still present. There is a really nice toasted almond, walnut, and hazelnut note; adding the sweetness to that, it borders on a Nutella feel. Palate amounts one of the easiest 5s i’ve ever given; absurdly rich and smooth, and the flavors are just further expounded in the aftertaste. Dark Lord somehow lives up to the hype.

2009 vintage courtesy of craftycarl21. Black oily pour with hints of garnet when held to a bright light source. Head is small and tan, though dissipates expediently. Aroma is absolutely massive. Raisin, plum, fig, vanilla, coffee, massive dark sugar, molasses, brown sugar, creamy milk chocolate, and gratuitous nasal warming booze. Flavor is bursting with dark burnt sugars, dark fruit, coffee, chocolate, and booze. Molasses, burnt plum and date sugars, espresso, cocoa nib, and vanilla further the complexities of the flavor arrangement. So complex, unique, different, and welcomed. Palate is rich, oily, creamy, velvety, and thoroughly warming from the massive alcohol nature. There’s hype for a reason...

Bottle thanks to my brother, ericandersnavy, white wax....HUGE THANKS!!! Back to this monster. Pours burnt motor oil black and iodine, deep chocolate head. Aroma slaps you in the face like a $6,550 S&M mistress wearing leather gloves, deep, dark roasted grain, dark roast bitter, espresso, chocolate. Flavor of dark roasted grain, baking cocoa, light dough, triple espresso, musty, some sweetness, light soy, some raisin, black licorice, smoke, vanilla, some wood like flavors, dark roast bitter, alcohol. Mouth feel is heavy body and creamy, low-medium carbonation. All I can say is, WOW! Good Shit!

2009 vintage, 22oz bottle. Pours pitch black in color with thin dark brown head. Aroma roasted malt, dark choccolate and strong coffee. Taste espresso, roasted malt. little alcohol and dark chocolate with a dark chocolate bitter finish. Thanks to GandGkevin for this outstanding beer.

White wax bottle from ericandersnavy and Cavie. Thanks, guys! Big black pour with little to no head. Smells like chocolate, coffee, and rum balls. Taste is alcohol, chocolate, caramel, and some roasted malts. Aftertaste is warm and alcoholic.