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As the old saying goes, "Leave 'em wanting more." So we shall by wrapping up this "BotW" for 2006 on a high note, with the beer that we consider the best we've tasted this year.
One of the biggest mistakes we made in 2007 was skipping Three Floyds Dark Lord Day in favor of risking possible food poisoning at Kiki D's Carnitas. That we did not come down with salmonella was of little solace, especially after a subsequent trip to the Three Floyds brewpub in Munster, Indiana netted us two bottles of the prized beer. We opened one as soon as we returned home; the other is in safe keeping.
If a beer lover described his dream stout, Dark Lord would be the realization of that dream. None more black (and considering Three Floyds also makes Black Sun Stout, that's saying something!), Dark Lord teems with the flaors of raisins, chocolate malt and coffee, courtesy of our friends at Intelligentsia. This beer borders between a stout and a liqueur with its thin and fast-dissipating head. Chilling Dark Lord would be the wrong thing to do. The flavor profile of this beer is so complex and constantly evolving that you should sip this at room temperature. We repeat: Dark Lord is a sipping session beer that does not need to be chilled.
Dark Lord also makes fifty-two beers in fifty-two weeks. It looks like a lot, untilone takes a look at our stats at 365 Beer and sees that we've sampled 357 different beers in 2007, with six days to go to make it an even beer a day. Considering we set a modest goal there for one hundred beers, we impress even ourselves. Anyhoo, go find yourselves some Three Floyds Dark Lord, Chicagoist's final "Beer of the Week" for 2007 and also our 2007 "Beer of the Year."
Photo via Part Time Pro Bono Baker.
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I'm sure the beer is excellent, but is anyone else turned off by Three Floyd's label art for their brews? They look like they're drawn by a tenth-grade Dungeons and Dragons fan.
Great recovery on the 365 Beer thing, Chuck. Nice to see that Chicagoans help up well. Thank heaven for Goose Island, Three FLoyds, Two Brothers and all the great places to sample these and other beers in Chicagoland.
It's called being original and adding color Bud, check into it, until then, shut yer Docker's mentality trap, its much better than the 312, Goose Island labels
All Hail to the Dark Lord!
yes, completely turned off by the labels. that's about the dumbest thing in the world but for some reason those labels just drive me away. maybe i should try drinking it from the tap instead of from a bottle with a label drawn by the head of the Lord of the Rings fan art society
Yea Thoms shame on those small micro brews for using colorfull artistic labels. Brew your own brew! You Haters! Hate! hate! hate! hate!
Actually drawn by a 30-something dungeons and dragons fan.
Stick to your Budweiser. I only have 4 of each years' bottling left.
I sold two on ebay.
word.
Actually drawn by a 30-something dungeons and dragons fan.
Stick to your Budweiser. I only have 4 of each years' bottling left.
I sold two on ebay.
word.
"Stick to your Budweiser" and "Docker's mentality"? Take it easy guys. I just think the label looks amateurish and dumb (and for their other beers as well). As for the beer itself, I'm sure it's awesome. I've had other 3 Floyds beers before and they were great.
Anyways, Chuck, nice job with the 365 Beer thing.
Thanks, all. But it occurred to me that I need to add some Flossmoor Station selections and a few Ridgeway Brewing Elf selections.
Make it a beer a day, everyone.
I'll second Flossmoor Station. Let me know if you need any samples Chuck. We should have beer in bottles in 2008 if everything goes well.
andrew mason
flossmoor station brewing co.
http://flossmoorstation.blogspot.com
I picked a bad time to quit drinking...
I was just messing with you Bud Selig. I happen to LOVE the normal FFF labels and art. The Dark Lord was done by a different guy, a local dude from Griffith, IN.
Flossmoor is great and they have such big plans for 2008!!!
remember city neighbors, you can hop on the train and it takes you right to flossmoor station (the old train station in flossmoor) drink all you want, eat "The Burrito That Ate Flossmoor" challenge the cook to make things that aren't on the menu late at night and ride home on the train... hassle free.... fun fun fun.