Three Floyds Alpha Klaus Christmas Porter

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

Serve in Shaker, Snifter

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Location: 22 oz bottle, 2/3/13, First beer of Super Bowl Day 2013!

Aroma: The nose has some sweet hops, citrus, pine, along with dark malts, coffee, and spice
Appearance: It pours a dark brown color with a small beige head that leaves plenty of drippy lace
Flavor: The malts come out more in the early flavor then they did in the nose, with chocolate and roasted coffee up-front to go along with the plentiful and lingering hop bitterness that shows up later on
Palate: The body is medium, it has a smooth mouthfeel, soft carbonation, and a dry finish
Overall Impression: Thanks to whatever combination from the Nerd Beer Epic Weekend crew for hooking me up with this one! This is a top notch Porter for sure, and another great beer from Three Floyds.

Via gtrade with Nasty31. The aroma is hops upfront, earthy, spicy, bitter chocolate. The appearance is jet black, tan head. The flavor is hoppy, earthy, spicy, chocolate, candi sugar, sweet. The finish is a hop explosion, bitter pine needles, flowers, earth. Medium to medium/thick in body. Interesting, enjoyable, and a bit odd. Thanks, Andrew,

On tap at 3F---just a half pint, but oh so lovely. Dark, pure black color with a large, tan head. Aroma was chocolatey and citrusy with a touch of coffee. Chocolate taste with a citrus nip and smooth mouthfeel, sweeter than an average porter. Bitter finish.

Dark brown with good head and lacing. Chocolate roasty and piney hop aroma with molasses. Mild sweetness with roasty and mild grassy hop taste. Chocolate mid taste and semi bitter finish. Moderate mouthfeel that is semi highly carbonated. Good combination of a porter and an IPA. Dry. I would drink again but probably wouldn't buy. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Bottle to snifter. Pours dark brown with light tan head. Smell is hops with light chocolate. Taste is the same with some coffee. Hops taste is hard to nail down. Stops short of a piney taste. More hoppy than a typical porter. Somewhat dry. Okay. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Bomber thanks to queenholly, aroma of coffee, chocolate, nice hop level, and nuts, like penisbutter, dammit Matt, I mean peanut butter. Taste has a well rounded hoppiness with chocolate, slight coffee, more hops on the finish. A nice hoppy porter.

Dark brown no head. Hoppy brown sugar molasses chocolate smell. Carbonated hop bite at first that gives way to a chocolate and molasses then the hops come back at the end. Definitely feels like a combo of porter and IPA. Pretty good, I like the balance. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Great mouthfeel -- thick but not syrupy. The base maltiness is surprisingly complex, even spicy, which may be due to the hops that so not impart much bitterness. The chocolate flavor is subdued in a good way, providing an extra layer of flavor without bogging down the beer so that it becomes a candy bar. What lingers is an earthy malt flavor imbued with chocolate. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Dry porter yeast meets an unenthusiastic malt blend and nonexistent spices. Unfortunately, this 2012 version is nothing special at all; last year's was significantly better. "This is a beer. It tastes like beer."

Bottle thanks to Jstax ! Pours a deep burnt umber color with a three finger mocha foam that laces and sticks nicely. On the nose its some burnt chocolate, spent coffee grounds and a touch of resinous pine and citrus. The palate is round and has great mouthfeel with roasty malts mingling with dank resinous hop notes on the mid to late palate. Tasty.