 goldtwins (3740), Nesconset, New York, USA
May 8, 2006
Draft @ 3F on DL06: This beer lives up to the hype. Poured thick and black with a perfectly creamy brown head. The aroma had a strong but just the right amount of bourbon mixed with dark chocolate, dark fruit and dark roast. This is the Dark Lord. The flavor was very nice. Vanilla, chocolate and bourbon with coffee and fruit underneath. This was full bodied and creamy. Nice and warming on a damp day. The pour had run over the sides of the glass and it was so thick and sticky that my skin was stuck to the glass. I could have let go and it never would have left my hand. When the glass was empty I sadly had to pry it from my fingers.
alexsdad06 (669), Ohio, USA
Oct 10, 2008 I think 6 oz. draft into a plastic cup @ DLD the past two years (rating is from 4/08). I have been waiting until #666 to rate this because it seems appropriate (and probably cliche’). This pours jet black with no real head to speak of; perhaps a few tan bubbles scattered about. It is so thick that it refuses to leave the sides of the cup. The aroma has the big sweet caramel malt, roast,etc from the base Darklord and adds bourbon, light oak, anise, and hints at the abv. The flavors are intense and include roasted malt, chocolate,coffee, caramel, vanilla,oak, bourbon, and anise. There is a dark chocolate like bitterness. Definetly full bodied, with the flavor lingering for quite some time. It is worth the time away from the tasting tables to enjoy this special brew once a year.
nqualls (422), Tennessee, USA
Sep 19, 2008 Draught. Poured a deep black with a thin brown head. Aroma of roasted malt, chocolate, dark fruit and smoke. Flavor is malty with coffee, bourbon and chocolate. Excellent beer. Still, I’m not into the oak aging.
bu11zeye (3780), Frisco, Texas, USA
Sep 14, 2008 (Draught) Pours a murky deep mahogany body with a small beige head. Aroma of light smoke, roasted malt, wood, bourbon, brown sugar, chocolate, caramel, and some dark fruit notes. Flavor has loads of malt (caramel, roasted), chocolate, oak, coffee, bourbon, and brown sugar. Excellent!
BDR (1907), Roseville, Minnesota, USA
Sep 11, 2008 Great Taste ’08. Last of the Dark Lords on deck and well worth the wate. Thick and viscous with a brownish black color that reminded me of properly mixed wasabi & soy sauce. Which in my book is just thin enough to prevent you from being able to use a fork to eat it and no thinner. Which is exactly how thick this beer was. Unlike most bourbon aged beers, this one was perfectly balanced. The earthiness of the oak completely took over the beer while the dark lord’s original flavor seems to have muted the bourbon’s typically buscuit-like flavor. Easily the thickest beer I’ve ever drank.
BeerBunker (105), 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.
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