Raspberry Diamonds
3 Floyds Brewing Co.
- From:
- 3 Floyds Brewing Co.
- Indiana, United States
- Style:
- Russian Imperial Stout
- ABV:
- 15%
- Score:
- +2 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.45 | pDev: 4.04%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Aug 01, 2025
- Added:
- Mar 15, 2023
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Rye barrel-aged Dark Lord with freeze-dried raspberries.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Rated by Tihess from Indiana
4.5/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.5/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
I normally don't love fruited stouts but this one was great. Smooth and delicious all the way through.
Aug 01, 2025
Rated by stortore from Illinois
4.25/5 rDev -4.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev -4.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
fobab 2023
Jun 07, 2024
Reviewed by JohnnyHopps from Indiana
4.18/5 rDev -6.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.18/5 rDev -6.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Appearance - The beer was oily, black in appearance, with dark tan bubbles, crowning the pour.
Smell - The nose was very raspberry forward. They were more traditional notes of Dark Lord sweetness as well.
Taste - The raspberry presence was very strong. It was well done and did not seem artificial. Fruited stouts are not a favorite of mine, but I did not mind this one. An undercurrent of molasses, red grapes, and chocolate was also evident. Raspberries lingered to the finish.
Mouthfeel - It seemed like this was a bit thinner than other variants, but it was still thick.
Overall - By far, this was my least favorite 2023 variant.
Jul 17, 2023Smell - The nose was very raspberry forward. They were more traditional notes of Dark Lord sweetness as well.
Taste - The raspberry presence was very strong. It was well done and did not seem artificial. Fruited stouts are not a favorite of mine, but I did not mind this one. An undercurrent of molasses, red grapes, and chocolate was also evident. Raspberries lingered to the finish.
Mouthfeel - It seemed like this was a bit thinner than other variants, but it was still thick.
Overall - By far, this was my least favorite 2023 variant.
Reviewed by Sabtos from Ohio
4.44/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.44/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Raspberry Diamonds was our first sip at Dark Lord Day 2023, on draft no less, and we were able to just walk right up and get it.
I was anticipating a little pink tinge to it, but the appearance doesn't distinguish itself from any other DL, as its tan, fluffy quarter pipe-ridged blanket settles over that void black liquid.
I find the flavor profile to be a bit of a conundrum. The sweet raspberry tang both pairs really well with Dark Lord, but also brings out its old school notes of hickory roast in ways I haven't actually experienced in several years, though I hate to say that because I usually don't actually associate those flavors with what I personally believe to be a very good stout. While they do accent here or there, this is a unique combination despite all that, and a pretty tasty one to boot.
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I got to get a second whack at this on draft at Winking Lizard in September and I'll be damned if this wasn't stark validation that Raspberry Diamonds is indeed a banger, even more so having it on a fresh palate. I'm getting far less hickory and so much more chocolate. It's an absolutely delicious exhibit of raspberry sticks with a maturing tang and bittering of rye barrel. This is even better than the 4.34 I originally gave it.
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From my bottle at home in 2026, it re-validates my original experience at the fest, as it's back to a raspberry accent to the base old school boldness of the most intensely malty, woody versions of DL.
May 25, 2023I was anticipating a little pink tinge to it, but the appearance doesn't distinguish itself from any other DL, as its tan, fluffy quarter pipe-ridged blanket settles over that void black liquid.
I find the flavor profile to be a bit of a conundrum. The sweet raspberry tang both pairs really well with Dark Lord, but also brings out its old school notes of hickory roast in ways I haven't actually experienced in several years, though I hate to say that because I usually don't actually associate those flavors with what I personally believe to be a very good stout. While they do accent here or there, this is a unique combination despite all that, and a pretty tasty one to boot.
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I got to get a second whack at this on draft at Winking Lizard in September and I'll be damned if this wasn't stark validation that Raspberry Diamonds is indeed a banger, even more so having it on a fresh palate. I'm getting far less hickory and so much more chocolate. It's an absolutely delicious exhibit of raspberry sticks with a maturing tang and bittering of rye barrel. This is even better than the 4.34 I originally gave it.
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From my bottle at home in 2026, it re-validates my original experience at the fest, as it's back to a raspberry accent to the base old school boldness of the most intensely malty, woody versions of DL.
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