Three Floyds Vanilla Bean Barrel Aged Dark Lord Russian Imperial Stout

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

rating 300 . draft at dld. Vanilla version of dark lord. I prefer dark lord regular and oak aged. chocolate, coffee. sweet. but this was tasty. A lot of vanilla, might overpower some of the other flavors, but tasty nonetheless.

plastic cup hampton hotel DLD 09, thick still deepest black,sweet roast loads of vanilla, rich sweet roast malts with quite a lot of spirit burn,huge ammount of vanilla, little smokey, and quite a bit of bourbon? bit too vanilla toffee heavy 3.8 ... Hand bottle at home ... deep motor oil black ... nice smooth deep roast nose... quite sweet ... lots of vanilla but well balanced with the malts ... defintly seems like a little bourbon but far less than the Oak aged 3.7

Wow ! What an amazing beer. Try and imagine the best bottle of Dark Lord you have ever had.....and then add a nice layer of vanilla complexity. Pours pitch black, with aromas of roasted malt, chocolate malt, and vanilla. Tastes amazingly balanced for a beer that has so much going on in the way of caramel, roasted malt, and a slight bit of hops and dark fruits. Mouthfeel is perfect for a Russian Imperial Stout...thick and viscous. Hands down, one of the best beers I have ever had !

My favorite beer that I have ever tasted. Just amazing. Pour is incredible black with tiny tiny brown head. Aroma is vanilla, coconut, brown sugar, bourbon, molasses and awesomeness. Flavor is true to nose and lingers forever. Wow! I love this beer.

chcocolate. bacon. hops. vanilla. oak. lil smoke. bourbon. so smooth. maybe perfect.

had this DLD 08’. pours super black. almost like an oil black. aroma of coffee and vanilla.

had this on DLD 08 @ The FFF pub..I think I was the 5th person through the door when it opened...This one was the main target on my list even though I had the Bourbon Barrel and the Vanilla at the same time just so I didnt half to wait for the attention to come my way again.. The Vanilla was very present up front and was noticeable immediately from the first sip. There was a thick mouth feel,very thick almost the consistency of drinking thick pear juice..Pitch black ,over due motor oil change black with a small dark tan quickly dissipated almost non existent head..The taste was awesome to say the least..I have never had anything like it and probably never will again. Surprisingly easy to drink ,but this one is a sipper for sure, just goes down leaving you wanting another. I did notice the pours coming from the bar were getting a little bigger as other cups and glassware came out..They started with 4-5oz pours and quickly started going to 6-8oz pours so I grabbed 2 to go for my buddies in line outside and shared with them Might as well forget about putting this one on your want list it was a 1 barrel thing on that day and is gone..It was $6 a pour and if I had a bottle and the $ I could have probably filled a growler..But my $ was spoken for from the bottled Dark Lord..Long live the mid evil madness!

(Draught) Pours an opaque black body with a small brown head. Aroma of vanilla, coffee, oak, chocolate, bourbon, and roastiness. Flavor of vanilla, toffee, roasted malt, chocolate, nuts, and molasses. Yummy!