7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 8
I was happy to learn Founders was re-releasing DKML. The 2017 version was and is the best malt liquor I have tasted. And I do have some experience with the style, an attribute or a liability I am not sure. I found a four pack at a mom-and-pop liquor store in Santa Fe recently and have held off drinking one until I am ready to do a rating. The same taste as the original version? I have no idea what the plan is with the brewer. Meanwhile I have a 12 oz bottle significantly cooled off and ready to go into a glass. Very much your normal beer appearance, I see a clear gold with some red to it in the body and a slender skim of white foam that decreases to a ring around the glass. Plenty of carbonation. I smell grain, bit-of-honey candy and some barrel effect. And now a drink. I believe the taste is similar to what it was several years ago and this is a good thing of course. Grain, bourbon, a candy sweetness, malt, some oak and a small bitterness completing. The mouth feel is quite full, a lot of depth, well done in my opinion. This beer remains the best malt liquor of all time with number 2 way, way behind. Congrats to Founders for bringing this one back and not thinking they had to change it up. I call this a powerful, tasty, fulfilling beer. It was worth the wait.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Oct 2025
at 01:13
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Pours clear gold. Small white head. Smells of bourbon and booze. Flavor is sweet with caramel, oak, bourbon, grain, and booze.
Tried
from Draft
at
Dicky's 21 Taps
on 29 Oct 2025
at 04:43
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Dark roast coffee, wormwood, vanilla nose. Clear amber, medium cream colored head. Sweet coffee, vanilla. Medium body, warm.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Total Wine & More - Jefferson Commons
on 27 Oct 2025
at 23:49
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Golden pour. Thick foamy head. Flavor of coffee, cocoa, and vanilla with bourbon notes. Medium bodied and medium carbonation
Tried
from Bottle
from
Total Wine & More - Jefferson Commons
on 27 Oct 2025
at 23:44
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 9
Overall 7.5
355ml bottle. Almost opaque, darkest brown colour with small to average, creamy, moderately lasting and lacing, dark beige head. Sweet-ish, slightly toasty and nutty, caramel malty and minimally woody aroma, notes of caramel, dark caramel, hints of toasted nuts, a touch of Bourbon, whiffs of old, dark wood. Taste is sweet-ish, caramel malty, toasty and minimally nutty, dark malty, bitter hoppy and minimally woody, notes of dark caramel, hints of toasted nuts, a touch of Brazil nut, burnt caramel, Bourbon, some roasty bitterness as well; lingering, minimally warming, alcoholic finish, very well hidden alcohol overall.
Oily to viscous texture, smooth and soft, slightly greasy palate, fine, soft to flat carbonation.
Very good mouthfeel, homogeneous, smooth, well hidden alcohol, but also a tad monotonous - okay-ish sipper with a tendency to become boring before emptied.
Oily to viscous texture, smooth and soft, slightly greasy palate, fine, soft to flat carbonation.
Very good mouthfeel, homogeneous, smooth, well hidden alcohol, but also a tad monotonous - okay-ish sipper with a tendency to become boring before emptied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Oct 2025
at 21:58
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
3 week old can
A: Clear reddish amber with a tall tan head. End of glass retention and sheet lacing.
S: Sweet orange zest, caramel and toasted bread.
T: Bitter and piney with citrus zest and pith. Woody and caramel notes round out the sip.
M: Medium light with soft carbonation and a smooth oatsy texture.
O: Really nice red IPA. A great alternative to Celebration IMO.
A: Clear reddish amber with a tall tan head. End of glass retention and sheet lacing.
S: Sweet orange zest, caramel and toasted bread.
T: Bitter and piney with citrus zest and pith. Woody and caramel notes round out the sip.
M: Medium light with soft carbonation and a smooth oatsy texture.
O: Really nice red IPA. A great alternative to Celebration IMO.
Tried
from Can
from
Total Wine & More - Raleigh (North Hills), NC
on 25 Oct 2025
at 20:54
8/10
Tried
on 18 Oct 2025
at 01:08
8.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Deep dark brown colour, minimal beige-ish lacing; aroma and taste of burnt coconut, vanilla, cinnamon, dark chocolate and coffee notes; great one; thanks so much for sharing, Kapusil!
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Oct 2025
at 20:21
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
0.355l bottle. Black body with a thin brown head. Aroma and taste of chocolate, coconut, vanilla, raisins, floral hops and roasted malts. Very nice.
Tried
on 17 Oct 2025
at 20:08
8.6/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Oct 2025
at 15:40