Dark Lord
3 Floyds Brewing Company in Munster, Indiana, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Special|
Score
8.29
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A demonic Russian-Style Imperial Stout brewed with coffee, Mexican vanilla and Indian sugar, this beer defies description. Bottles available one day a year — Dark Lord Day — at the brewery in Munster, Indiana.
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9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 9.5
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
Thinning tan head over a black beer body. Smell offers coffee infused bourbon, cinnamon, and somehow sandalwood. MY FIRST DARK LORD IN 15 YEARS, so I won't claim it's just as I remember it. Roasty malt is very mellowed out, and the bourbon continues, smoothly too, through the body. Sticky on the lips. More spice than the BCS's I've gone through over the years, but very very welcome. Could I tell the two apart in a taste test? I'd like to try.
Tried
from Draft
from
Beer On The Wall - Elmhurst
on 15 May 2026
at 00:20
8/10
EB - Bottle 22fl.oz. @ MBCC '25 [ Yellow 🟨 Session 🧙♂️🍻🇩🇰 ]. - Mikkeller Beer Copenhagen Celebration 2025, Øksnehallen, Halmtorvet 11, 1700 København V, Danmark. Shared by Ann & Rich . [20250523]
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 May 2025
at 18:38
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle 22fl.oz Green Wax @ MBCC '25 [ Yellow 🟨 Session 🧙♂️🍻🇩🇰 ]. - Mikkeller Beer Copenhagen Celebration 2025, Øksnehallen, Halmtorvet 11, 1700 København V, Danmark. Shared by Ann & Rich . [20250523]
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 May 2025
at 16:37
8/10
Sweet dark and roasted malty with thick chocolate and lots of molasses, bourbon and vanilla running throughout, big warming lingering close. Lovely.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Mar 2025
at 06:06
10/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 10
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 10
2007 bottle. silver wax, thanks to the cheeseman for hooking me up with this! i’ve been waiting years!!
Pitch black pour, this beer is like a black hole, no light will escape. Crazy thick, this is really old motor oil. Aroma is LOADED with burnt malt, soy sauce, sweet chocolate, cocoa powder, touches of coffee, and some dark brown sugar.
Flavor is sweeeeeeeeeeet, with some notes of coffee, and lots of sweet malt. this is not as bitter as i expected, its quite balanced between the sweetness, and the bitterness. What an amazing beer, a true curl up and sip beer. i love it, and i wish it would never end. This is really true to the hype!!!!! Im in love!
Pitch black pour, this beer is like a black hole, no light will escape. Crazy thick, this is really old motor oil. Aroma is LOADED with burnt malt, soy sauce, sweet chocolate, cocoa powder, touches of coffee, and some dark brown sugar.
Flavor is sweeeeeeeeeeet, with some notes of coffee, and lots of sweet malt. this is not as bitter as i expected, its quite balanced between the sweetness, and the bitterness. What an amazing beer, a true curl up and sip beer. i love it, and i wish it would never end. This is really true to the hype!!!!! Im in love!
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Feb 2025
at 12:13
9.2/10
Tried
on 13 Oct 2024
at 08:35
8/10
Sweetish, roasty and heavy with molasses, licorice and hints of soy sauce. Still quite intense
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Aug 2024
at 22:25
8.4/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jun 2024
at 07:44
8.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
The other treat for us to try from Brewery rep Mark H. Thanks man! Loses some of the qualities that the '17 had such as coconut but is definitely smoother. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Bodega Brew Pub, Inc.
on 02 May 2024
at 21:27
8.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
Past brewmaster's recommended cellaring age of five years, but still very good. Notes of coconut, roast, dates, cocoa, dark malt and a bare hint of coffee. Full bodied and smooth. A bit of booze at the end.
Gift from Brewery rep Mark H for us to try. Thanks man!
Gift from Brewery rep Mark H for us to try. Thanks man!
Tried
from Bottle
at
Bodega Brew Pub, Inc.
on 02 May 2024
at 21:21