Three Floyds Alpha Klaus Christmas Porter

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

Found a bottle of this at the Latimer Deli in Philly. It was kinda beat up looking and there were no other bottles around so my guess is this is from the past winter (2006). Pours dark black with a thin, lasting tan head, chocolate, caramel and malty aroma, taste is so smooth, nicely balanced with a solid chocolate flavor and the slightest note of the hops in the finish. It looks like X-mas came early for me this year! Easily the best porter I’ve had.

22oz bottle; can’t remember who sent this to me, but thank you!! Always enjoyed this beer, but never got a chance to rate it while it was actually still distributed in the DC area. Pours a dark, blackish-brown color; light tan head with pleasant lacing. Cocoa powder, chocolate and nougat in the aroma, with a nice dose of piney / vegetal hops. Medium-to-full mouthfeel: carbonation is mild without being soft; plenty of cocoa and floral and vegetal notes at the core; creamy without being sticky, with a nice spice presence and sticky piney hops (even after about a year in the bottle); quite vegetal and green, but integrated nicely into a chocolatey / cocoa core; very drinkable, and different from any other porter I’ve ever had, certainly; the piney / resiny hop character puts this in its own class. Medium, cocoa and light hop bitterness in the finish.

Nice, refreshing, yet satisfying porter. A gift giving nose, along with a slight warm and fuzzy feeling upon completion. Not quite a Kung Fu, but a solid Marble Madness for NES freaks.

Bomber courtesy after4ever. Pours hazy blackish brown with a thick and lacy tan head. Aroma tending to chocolate, with some coffee along for company. Sweet full roasty taste. Espresso, pine and burnt toast finish. A rather STOUT porter.

22. Thanks, Sprinkle! Black. Thick, sudsy, rocky burnt tan head. Big roast and chocolate nose. Thick, chewy body with plenty of carb. Acres of sweet and roasty notes on the mid-palate: thick and grainy, complex satisfying. Long bitter char finish.

In short: Excellent highly roasted stout/porter
How: Mtl-crew beer-and-spagatt tasting. Bottle from me acquired through dmac621. Thanks a lot Dave.
The look: Brown-black body with a small tan head.
In long: Dryness reaches your nose before your lips can touch the beer. This is indeed a very roasted stout/porter bordering ashes. A light smoke impression may be simply due to the high roastiness level. Some roasted black chocolate flavour if that means anything. Then comes the cool twist. Citrusy/grapefuity hops with a nice juicy bitterness. The mix of both worlds really work here. Overall very dry. That’s a bold and true Chrismas Porter, not like those politically correct Holliday Season Porters.

Really nice blend of chocolate, coffee, citrus and other flavors. Carbonation was just right and very nice on the palate. Excellent!

A nice rich chocolaty hoppy aroma. Flavor is also characteried with a nice rich chocolate flavor. Hop finishb and doesn’t come off very thick or thin. Quite nice.