Kilt Watch 2010 AKA Dark Lord Day

I hope you brought some entertaining friends and a cooler of good beer with you to Dark Lord this year, because that was the only way you were going to have any fun. The general consensus of people I spoke to in the line to end all lines was that this year's festival was a bit of a mess.

The lines were all exponentially larger than last year (45 minutes to get some lukewarm mini perogis? 30 minutes to take a piss? 3 1/2 months to get three bottles of Dark Lord?) and they were completely unorganized. I spoke to someone, who will remain nameless, who just walked up to the front of the line and purchased their bottles! This just shows how this event has outgrown what Three Floyd's can handle, which is only partly their fault.

The limited beer itself was, of course, excellent. This years Dark Lord had noticeably less alcohol warmth but definitely had more flavor going for it. My buddy Andy disappeared for quite a while and came back with a few glasses of the glorious motor oil. The caramel in the finish popped out at me, but he stated that this year had more coffee going on. This beer is so complex that everyone who had a glass of it had a differing opinion of what was the most significant flavor. I wish Dark Lord was available in the winter, the season it would pair up with best, but that would eliminate any festival (which might be a good thing at this point).

We also played a game which can only be played when 4500 of the 5000 people around you are white males- spot the kilt. Unfortunately I only got pictures of these two gentlemen, but my count at the end of the day was 6 or 7. Yes, one kilt was 'questionable'.

Dark Lord Day

We showed up too late to buy any bottles of the stuff, but still had a good time nonetheless. Hanging out with that many beer enthusiasts was a good time, people kept on giving us free beer! Gotta love that!

It was nice we were able to at least try the Dark Lord that they had on tap. It was really good, but not as good as the insane hype surrounding it, which I was expecting. Still a great beer that has a fun fest surrounding it. I wish i could have snagged a bottle so I could 'research' why there is such a craze around it. Oh well, always next year!


This is Andy, my partner in crime on this blog. This is right after eating a great barbecue sandwich and right before some guy walked up and handed us a bottle of Hopslam for no reason at all other than to be nice.

I am actually somewhat glad I missed out on the lines since a good half the people there had pretty intense sunburns. Long lines + sun + the most white people I have seen at one place= lots of red faces.

All in all Dark Lord Day is something I plan on attending annually. Plenty of beer, its closer to Chicago than you think and there is an Arby's and a White Castle on the way back to the interstate. What more could you ask for?

Well, maybe they could make a little more of it next year.