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Three Floyds Alpha Klaus Christmas Porter

Three Floyds Alpha Klaus Christmas Porter - Imperial/Strong Porter

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99
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Brewed by Three Floyds Brewing Company
Style: Imperial/Strong Porter

Munster, Indiana USA

bottled
common

on tap
available

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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
7334.01/5.04/5.0Winter7.5%94.9Snifter
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Alpha Klaus is Alpha King’s cousin. A big American X-mas Porter brewed with English chocolate malt and Mexican sugar and of course tons of strange American hops! Cheers.
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 jsh12bama (335), Alabama, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/518/20
May 10, 2008  
Pours brownish/black with thick tan head. Aroma of chocolate and roasted malts. Taste of chocolate, hops, and roasted malt. Thick mouthfeel. Nice bite of alcohol. One of the top 2 porters I’ve ever had. Not a big porter fan and this was very good. Great beer.


 GMCC2181 (845), Bear, Delaware, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
May 6, 2008  
Shared by Big Bruce the infamous canuck! Another good beer by 3F. Bottle about three years old. Even though porters are not my favorite this beer kicked butt. Dark in color with a big head. Taste was super intense roasted malt. Nice touch of chocolate, it lacked on the hops but I think that was due to its age. Medium texture, overall very enjoyable! Thanks again Bruce for sharing!


 hapjydeuce (763), Del Mar, California, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/516/20
May 3, 2008  
Bottled. Awesome looking beige head that caps off the black liquid. Plenty of carbonation bubbling to the surface. Impressive spots and lacing throughout. Damn this looks good. Bitter cacao aroma with subtle coffee behind it and blackened wood with smoke. Nutty and roasty flavor of chocolate malt that follows the aroma pretty well, with tones of graham cracker and citrus. I was expecting a bit fuller body, but this suits the style very well. High alpha acid hops in the finish. Thoroughly enjoyable.


 cgarvieuk (4159), Edinburgh, Scotland
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/516/20
May 3, 2008  
Bottle at home ... Thanks to tjthresh for this ... Deep red black ... rich smokey sugery roast malt nose ... loads of Chocolate ... loads of roast malts ... some alcohol ... quite a dry finnish with a coffee linger... Quite nice... bit bitter in linger.


 HonkeyBra (1264), Lemont, Illinois, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/105/518/20
May 2, 2008  
This porter was amazing. It poured a gorgeous brown with a thing white head. The aroma was nuts, roasted malt, chocolate, and a tinge of hops. The taste is chocolate and marshmallow, roasted malts, and spice. Amazing, perhaps the best christmas beer there is.


 nimbleprop (819), SouthWest, Washington, Washington DC, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Apr 29, 2008  
You just never know about these Christmas beers. Bomber pours a translucent, deep, dark brown with a thin white head that fades fast. Aroma is nutty with chocolate, slight coffee with some nice, citrusy hops rounding out the aroma. Flavor had plenty of chocolate and reminded me a bit of DFH’s Chicory Stout in that way, some spicy sugar, roasted malts, nuts and a dash of biscuit. Finish was dry and a little creamy with some lasting roasted and hop bitterness. One of the better "Christmas" beers I’ve had and a very nice offering from FFF.


 Haslinger (640), Syracuse, New York, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/104/515/20
Apr 28, 2008  
bottle, aroma is very chocolaty, some definite malt in the aroma. Very chocolate taste, almost over the top. The flavor is good but it’s not a very complex beer. It’s good but I would probably not buy again


 IlanMan (816), Appleton, Wisconsin, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/56/104/514/20
Apr 28, 2008  
Thanks to Haslinger for this one. Pour was dark with full tan head. Aroma was strong cocoa and light malt. Flavor was very sweet with a lot of cocoa; perhaps too much. Finish is dry, alcoholic, and has a medium bitterness. Good but maybe a little sweet and chocolaty. Might buy again.



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