Three Floyds Alpha Klaus Christmas Porter

Blind rating, American Beer Tastings at Sk8viking´s. Pours black with a big tanned head. Lots of malts and hops. Also flavors of coffee, oats(?) and a hint of sour wine. HEAVY bodied. Nice coffee finish.

From a 22 oz. bomber bottle, Christmas 2005 release. Poured a nice deep, black coffee with a brown foamy, fluffy head that settled into a thin bubbly lacing. Aromas of pine, earthy and citrus hops, grainy and a subtle chocolate. Good porter carbonation, maybe even a little high for a porter and a crisp, slick, velvety smooth medium bodied mouthfeel. Tastes of burnt coffee and grain, bittersweet baking chocolate, molasses, piney and grapefruity hops, high bitterness for a porter, but actually balanced in relationship to the malts, the alcohol is well masked, but warming in the palate, and a dryish grapefruity, roasted malty finish. This was much better than what I was expecting, held up well, makes me want to try a fresh sample, a good porter with the Three Floyds twist on the style, highly, dangerously quaffable.

Dissapointing. My 4th or 5th Three Floyds beer, and I fail to see what sets them apart. This was SUPER fizzy. Almost like a soda. Actually kind of burned going down. Not much smell. Not a whole lot of flavor, but I did catch some nice roasty malts. A little chocolate in the finish. Pretty boring.

Fairly disappointing. Bottle. Aroma of chocolate, roasted malt and coffee. Good aroma. Color was very black with a fluffy white head. Palate was good; taste was the let down. Flavors of malt, chocolate, roasted coffee, and some fruit. Good, but not great for the genre.

Black colour with a foamy brown head. Roasted malty aroma with lots of coffee bitterness. Coffee bitter flavor balanced with a light fruity sweetness.

Bottled. Pours black as pitch with a huge head. Roasted and malty. Notes of coffee and dark fruits. Hints of dark bitter chocolate and spices.

A treat picked up in Columbus on a road trip. Pours very dark brown with a bit of reddish hue and a very large tan head. Aroma has lots of roasty toasty malts, dark chocolate, hazelnut, coffee, hop spice and light wood. Medium mouthfeel with lots of fizzy sharp carbonation that doesn’t hamper the flavors at all. Starts with creamy roasted / charred malt, woody hops and some chocolate. The hops stay to teh finish with some spicy hops that join with the woody hops and carbonation to throw some big zest in the finish. A very solid enjoyable hoppy porter.

22 oz bottle. Chocolate, coffee, dark fruit, and hops aroma. Poured a dark brown/black with a huge tan head. Beautiful head and lacing. Flavors of dark bitter-sweet chocolate, smoke, hops, dark fruit, coffee, and some nutty malt. Best porter I’ve had.