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Three Floyds Alpha Klaus Christmas Porter

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
7354.01/5.04/5.0Winter7.5%94Snifter
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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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 HopHeadinAZ (120), USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/104/516/20
Dec 29, 2007  
22oz bomber: Pours a clear dark brown with a small tan head. The aroma is chocolaty. The taste is slightly sweet with a bit of roast and hops. The palate is nicely balanced and smooth.Overall this is a good beer that grows on my as the bottle warms.


 Taverner (837), San Ramon, California, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/59/104/515/20
Dec 28, 2007  
Aroma of sesame seeds at first...pours a dark thick black with a light tan head that quickly fades. Flavor is the roasted chocolate malt, with a nice balance with the hops. Like all of Three Floyds stuff, this is a great beer. Well worth finding - I had to have this shipped from Chicago. Well worth the FedEx price!


 xnoxhatex (1305), Grand Rapids/Chicago, Michigan, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/517/20
Dec 27, 2007  
Bomber from GF’s dad. Dark brown, almost black color with large tan head. Aroma is a lot of roasted malt, chocolate, slight coffee, very nice. Flavor is coffee, hoppy, roasted malt. Medium to full body that is creamy. Very nice porter, bordering on stout.


 theisti (1653), Leawood, Kansas, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/59/104/516/20
Dec 27, 2007  
22 oz. bottle from tjthresh. Pour is deep brown, almost black. Nice layering, with a three inch khaki head. Aroma of roasted malt, and bright pine hoppiness. Taste is initially quite roasty - bordering on coffee with a great hop bite / bitterness in the finish. Really nice porter, where hops enhance, rather than detract, from the flavor. Thanks fro this one Tom.


 AllAboutStout (605), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/515/20
Dec 26, 2007  
Pours a very dark brown in color. There was at least a two inch head sitting atop this beer. Smell is subdued hops and some chocolate malt. Taste is much more of the malt with a little bitterness as well. There is a grassy and pine flavor of course coming from the hops. Pretty decent medium full on the mouthfeel.


 MoDog (916), Griffith, Indiana, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Dec 25, 2007  
Poured from a 22oz bomber and served in an English pint glass. This porter poured an almost solid black with a thin, dark tan head that quickly faded away. Not much lace to speak of. The aroma of the beer was made up of light roasted notes, sweet milk chocolate, light vanilla, and also just a touch of earthy hop notes. The flavor included roasted chocolate malts, vanilla, crisp notes of pine, light sugary caramel, and also some mild citrus. The mouthfeel was creamy and full-bodied with light carbonation. An excellent porter. The hops were not overdone, and the flavor was nicely balanced throughout. A great beer to celebrate the holidays with. Well done!


 tytoanderso (1385), St. Louis Park, Minnesota, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/517/20
Dec 25, 2007  
22oz bottle from crizay. One of my favorite porters. Aroma of sweeter, slightly charred, roasted malt. Just a bit of citrus and pine from the hops. Mint. Liquorice. Anise. Milk chocolate. Demarara sugar rum. Pours nearly pitch black with a very rocky khaki head. Lots of lightly toasted, semi-sweet, creamy malt on the tongue. Vanilla. Liquorice. Grassy and citrus hops. Some chocolate as well. Medium to full bodied. Quite creamy and lush. Finishes with a toasted malt and hoppy dryness.


 jbean (110), Illinois, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/59/104/519/20
Dec 24, 2007  
Bottle. WOW. What a beer! Pours very dark, with garnet color, and one of the thickest, creamiest, longest lasting heads I’ve ever seen. The aroma is intense and complex. Chocolate and spice. Flavor is chocolaty, holiday spice, and very well balanced with hops. What an intense, interesting beer. Palate is firm and creamy, just wonderful. A fantastic beer all around, and I’m so happy to have another bottle waiting for another night. Special beer.



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