Served at the Mikkeller Bar in Copenhagen during a tap takeover a few years back. The line stretched out the door. Pitty the fools that thought it best to start light and finish with this bad boy, only to be disappointed the keg had kicked after 20 or 30 minutes. This one share the same black pour and tan head as the other Dark Lords, and also the basic flavor profile. The extra vanilla kick is what sets this one apart. Incredibly delicious.

Massing thanks to Compton25! Obtained in a trade. This one has been an absolute top want of mine since I got into beer, I managed (or thanks to the kindness of others I manged) to try almost every dream beer since then. This one kept eluding & I am the only one since basically almost everyone but seem to have tried this one. I have had several version of Dark Lord since then including the bourbon one in 2013 (perfection) & in 2015 or so, disappointment (too soy sauce / messy). I realize that people hate on these beers, I adored many BA version, I actually thought that the regular one was fair way back in 2012 but apparently it has been going downhill ever since or that is just perception. Anyway sparkling green wax, waxing is so old school now, modern Dark Lord special label. Pours black, head is amazing very deep, deepest coffee but sadly doesn’t last. No head very quickly. Nose is old school RIS syrup, pure molasses, treacle, syrup, so sweet thick syrupy with bourbon, candlewax vanilla mixed in, maple, insanely sweet molasses RIS syrup. Taste is chocolate desert pudding molasses, felts crazy strong pure sugar, maple, treacle, dark honey, bourbon concentrate syrup sugar, candy, butterscotch, unbelievably thick, syrupy & sweet,… Vanilla is not as big as hoped. Pure syrup, soft carbonation. Once you get into some ultra-sweet coffee in the back, melted chocolate. Pure insane sweet syrup, this kids is how rare special BA stouts used to taste like, even sweeter. Crazy sweet but tasty brew, pure candy syrup and sugar. Worked great with Thai food, it could bear the spices, strong flavours etc. Fight fire with fire.

Thnx to verbalessence !!! Pours black, not much head. Smell is super intense, as to be expected. Roasted malts, bourbon, vanilla, brown sugar. Almost a milky character to it as well. Taste is very sweet. Sharp booze. Some vanilla. Intense bourbon. Some oak. Vanilla builds up. Has a sharp (almost metallic) sidenote. This is better than expected. I dont like dark lord, guess I never will, bit this is the second version I like. --- Beer aliased from original tick of Dark Lord: Bourbon Vanilla Bean (2013) on 03 Nov 2019 at 17:23 - Score: Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5. Original review text: Bottle nr 1 / 711. Thnx to Filip. Pours black, no head. Smell is full, intense, syrupy, soy sauce. Mild bourbon, not much vanilla. Taste is intense, sweet, mild bourbon, signs of age, yet no real oxidation. Alcohol heat, brown sugar soy sauce, coffee.

Sample, 2014 vintage, gift from a stranger, during Dark Lord Day, trip with Philippe Boutin, Luc Bourbonnière and Ian Guénard, savoured on April 30 2016; eye: black, opaque, no head, no lacing; nose: roasted barley, vanilla, chocolate, burnt barley; mouth: roasted barley, vanilla, chocolate, burnt barley, finale in vanilla with presence of roasted barley, full body, average carbonation, mildly bitter, mildly sweet, syrupy texture; overall: quite fine FRANÇAIS Échantillon, millésime 2014, cadeau d’un étranger, durant Dark Lord Day, voyage avec Philippe Boutin, Luc Bourbonnière et Ian Guénard, savourée le 30 avril 2016; œil : noire, opaque pas de mousse pas de dentelle; nez : orge torréfiée, vanille, chocolat, orge brûlée; bouche : orge torréfiée, vanille, chocolat, orge brûlée, finale en vanille avec présence d’orge torréfiée, corsée, carbonatation moyenne, moyennement amère, moyennement sucrée, texture sirupeuse, bel équilibre; en résumé : très bon

Draft at RB Best Fest 16: Didn’t think I would ever get a chance to try this one, even at the event it was a secret as to when it would go on. Sure enough as soon as they tapped it the line was a mile long. I was lucky to finally get this walz harpoon’d off my wants list. Poured a deep motor oil from my car black with a brown head. Aroma was super vanilla with a rich and booziness to it. Taste is amazing vanilla mixed with caramel and rich malts, just enough big booze to keep it from being sweet mess. The best Dark Lord I have tried since the ’07 and by far exceeded that!

Shared BOTTLE. Inky black. Super rich molasses and dark chocolate, cocoa powder, no sugary sweetness of the plan Dark Lord. Strong but not over the top vanilla oak. The finish has some alcohol heat, dark fruit blending into the malts. The ultimate desert beer.

Sample at CBC. Thick aroma of vanilla. Also lots of it in the taste. Good but could tone down the vanilla a bit