Three Floyds Alpha Klaus Christmas Porter

Brewed by Three Floyds Brewing Company
Style: Imperial/Strong Porter
Munster, Indiana USA

Pours deep brown, larg pillowy tan head on top. Smells exactly like a "christmas porter" should! Pine needles, chocolate, pie crust, and licorice in the bouquet. Flavor is great as well. Initially hoppy and bitter, giving way to a warm chocolate section, mild tobacco notes, some slight charcoal flavor, and an excellent and long bitter finish. Very excellent. I would like to try to homebrew a version of this with slightlly less hop presence in the middle. Thanks to Pantanap for this bottle!

Dark brown pour with a nice tan head. Aromas of bitter chocolate, roast, and some hop bitterness. Nice bitter chocolate in the flavor is paired with a pleasant sweetness from the sugar. Nice earthy floral hops come in the finish. A nice porter.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.