Dark Lord IPA
New Magnolia Brewing Company

A: Pours a black color, not opaque but with some ruby highlights around the edges. A one finger beige/not exactly tan head forms and gently recedes to a ring.
S: Lots of malts up front. Caramel malts, and even some butter...is that diacetyl? Some pine and faded hops but in the background.
T: Like nose, this is way more malt forward than expected. Caramel malts and lots of sweetness and residual sugars. There is some of that buttery diacetyl like flavor lingering around here as well. Faint pine and faded hops, which is a bit of a disappointment.
M/O A medium body and carbonation. Maybe a bit watery. Though not something I'm wanting to drink, mostly because of the sweetness, this becomes a chore to finish.

This is very malt forward, but in a caramel malt and residual sugar kind of way. Not in the roasty kind of way. Which the clash between roasted bitterness and hoppy bitterness is usually what I fall back on as too why I'm not the biggest fan of the style. In recent years I have come to enjoy that aspect a little more with the style. Though this example has none of the bitterness, either roasted or hoppy. With some perceived brewing flaws by me as well, this isn't a particularly good example of the style.