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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
Commercial Description:
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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 imadeadguy (378), back in NJ!, New Jersey, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/516/20
Jul 23, 2009  
Bomber. Pour is deep brown/black with a small dark brown head. Huge roasted malts, coffee, and some piney hops to the nose. Flavor is damn good with roasty goodness throughout and finishing with coffee. Very nice brew and damn drinkable.


 fonefan (11003), VestJylland, Denmark
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Jul 10, 2009  
Bottle 66cl. @ home.
[ Trade by Bobby91w ]. Clear dark black color with a large, creamy, good lacing, fully lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, coffee, moderate hoppy, grass. Flavor is light heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20090606]


 SamGamgee (1429), Santa Cruz (La Selva), California, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/517/20
Jun 18, 2009  
22oz bottle shared by photomike. Black with a medium beige head. The aroma is just outstanding; a mix of potent tropical fruit hoppiness (mostly pineapple, with a good dose of ripe grapefruit) and subtle dark chocolate. If you close your eyes, you might almost think IPA, but the chocolate is also unmistakable. The flavor also has plenty of tropical fruit and dark chocolate, with a dry, earthy, almost smokey quality as well. The finish is dry and earthy with a medium bitterness that isn’t nearly as intense as the hop aroma and flavor. Not nearly as thick thick or sweet as I had expected, and I really like that. This drinks much easier than you might think, in a sharp departure from a certain stout that FFF makes, with a medium body and moderate carbonation. This was an awesome and pretty unique beer. Reminded me of Stone 11th, but more toward the porter end of the continuum.


 GranvilleTim (476), Granville, Illinois, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Jun 14, 2009  
Black pour with light brown head. Aroma is hoppy, sweet malt, and chocolate. Taste is roasted malt, sweetness, little bitter. The hops and the malt give this brew a great taste. They meld together well to give the complexbeer a great taste. As most good/great beers, as it warms in your hands, the taste magnifys for the best.


 Hudspart (371), Hudsonville, Michigan, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/105/59/103/517/20
Jun 13, 2009  
Great beer. Mixture of porter and stout, with the best of both worlds. Pours dark like a stout, with a porter aroma. Flavor of chocolate and roasted malts. Tastes the same.


Elkas (86), Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/59/105/518/20
Jun 11, 2009  
650ml bottle from Khans, Indianapolis. Pours a rich brown with a mocha head that lasted the entire glass and left lots of lacing. Rich roast chocolate aroma and flavour with a nice hop bitterness in the finish. Rich, think mouthfeel, and it only got better as it warmed. Very nice porter indeed.


 shawnm213 (913), South Bend, Indiana, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/518/20
Jun 11, 2009    Updated: Jun 24, 2009
pours a deep brown with a tan head. notes of coffee, dark chocolate, and floral hops. some nice hop bitterness comes through. Sticky, yet very smooth mouthfeel. Awesome beer.


 nqualls (1429), Nashville, Tennessee, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Jun 11, 2009  

Source: 22 oz bottle at a tasting in Nashville.
Glass: Snifter.
Appearance: Poured a dark brown color with a one finger beige head.
Aroma: Chocolate and vanilla, with nuts and a hint of roast. A lot of hops present
Flavor: Roasted malt body with a background of chocolate and vanilla. Very hoppy.
Palate: Full body with soft carbonation.
Overall: Pretty solid. Very hoppy, this was a bit of a surprise.



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