Without any further waiting let's dig into some small thoughts about BIG BEERS!
2010 Dark Lord - Green Wax - Well.....if you did not read the review from Sunday.....well READ IT!
2009 Dark Lord - White Wax - This was the let down of the night and it was the second beer of the tasting! IT WAS ALMOST ALL SLUDGE...Yep it looked like a Yeast Cake on the bottom of my Carboy. I have had this beer before and the only thing I remembered from it was the extreme amount of Soy Sauce I got off the flavor of the beer.
2008 Dark Lord - Black Wax - Well thank goodness this bottle was not all sludge like the '09. This actually seems to be a beer at prime. There are still some subtle sweet notes of dark fruit, a hint of coffee, and a twist of soy sauce. Overall pretty good.
2007 Dark Lord - Silver Wax - Out of all the bottles I collected I expected this to be oxidized, just from the look of the cap. Luckily I was wrong. This beer again tasted similar to the '08 but had a hint more soy sauce in the taste. The body held up well and there was still a good amount of carbonation. Almost no sludge on the bottom of this bottle!
2006 Dark Lord - Gold Wax - Honestly my highlight of the night for a single year. The flavors REALLY blended well here. While it was hard to pick out individual flavors on this one, you could see them all working in harmony together. Nothing stood out big, but just a tasty beer.
2005 Dark Lord - Orange Wax - Over the Hill? Nope Not Yet! Getting there though. Unlike the '06, '05 had more soy sauce notes which stuck out a bit. Although all in all it was a very good beer. Highlight of this beer was that there was almost not fruity qualities just a very dry dark stout.
BLEND THEM ALL?!?
SURE! Why Not!
Well the original idea was to blend them all in two cups. Drink one and then make beer ice-cream with the other. Well thanks to 2009 the 2nd cup was sludge and someone dumped it....LAME!
I was able to salvage one wine glass of every year tried. Equal pours too! This was the true highlight of the evening. These beers were made for this. Each one balances out the others flaws. THIS WAS HEAVENLY DARK LORD!!!
Is this worth it?!
Yes, but only if you can come across the bottles easily. DO NOT BUY THE BEERS FROM EBAY! It is not worth $1,000 in my opinion. That said, I was once told from a very close beer friend that when a brewer rleases a bottle of beer it is "ready to drink". I agree, and say enjoy the beer you have. If you can afford to put a bottle away and save it for a year or two then do it. But enjoy some good fresh beers!
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Ferm do you think not getting the beer first hand and storing it properly from the start may have had a bearing on the tasting. Did you get the 2009 first hand or was it a trade. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all.
ReplyDeleteWhen I asked the man behind Stillwater Ales (an up and coming brewery- where it is available, it flies off the shelf) about what all he had in his cellar, he replied that he didnt have much. Because he loved all beer fresh. He stated that you really get the beer then. And I agree. I feel that aging can hide flaws that a fresh bottle cannot.
ReplyDeleteNeat-o!
ReplyDeleteI bought a few of the 2010 DLs -- drank one immediately and I'm hoarding the other two. Since I already live in Indiana, I might as well try to get a collection going...