Three Floyds Alpha Klaus Christmas Porter

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

22oz bottle from drewbeerme, thanks Andrew. Very dark pour with just a little glow when held up to the light. Chocolate aroma, a little smokey. Get some coffee and more smokiness in the flavor, a little bitter as well, this is really good.

Snifter. Aroma is malt, hops, sugar. Black color with dark tan head that’s really nice. Carbonation is obvious. A rich, smoky, hoppy, malty flavor. Really nice balance with a nice subtle taste of smoke in the end, like a good porter. I usually don’t hold with porters very much but this one is very good.

Bottle, sampled at Woodshop Quad. Pours a deep dark brown-black with a tan ring. Intense aroma, of malt, chocolate, and molasses. Taste is rich and sharp, malt, chocolate, wood, pine hops. Lingering sharpness. Huge and tasty.

Pitch black, dark motor oil colour. Head was medium sized. Aroma is mocha- roasted coffee beans, spices and cinnamon. Taste is super creamy, chocolatey with smokey undertones. Finishes soft with barbeque notes. Interestingly enough it had some wierd bananna notes in it as well. Maybe like a bananna split? Anyway- good stuff!

22 ounce bottle split in pint glass. (What’s with the snifter recommendation for everything?) Dark brown black with lasting dense head and full lace. Fresh green American hop chocolate and coffee aroma. Dark chocolate roasted coffee medium dark fruit with a bursting fresh green hops finish. This is not a traditional porter. But it is fucking outstanding. One of my new favorite beers. Medium body and medium-low carbo for a nice soft mouthfeel. Complex, fresh, unique and out of this world.

22 oz. bottle - Pours sark with large tan head. Aroma - bakers chocolate, vanilla and musty hops. Flavor - More of a earthy dunkel taste with hops, chocolate and hops. Palate - light to medium mouthfeel with averge carbonation. Finish is slightly dry with lingering musty hop flavor. Overall - A decent porter but not that impressed.

Bottle thanks to some cool ass guy from my fantasy football league! Haven’t had this since I lived in Chicago four years ago....a welcome beer to revisit! Pours dark brown with out of control head that overflows with the lightest pour; managed to save most of it, though. Smooth roasty mix of malt with moderate dark fruit and a very unique sweetness. Big bitterness for a porter of any kind, but it melts together pretty nicely. Not too heavy, and I could drink this all winter...

22 oz. Nearly black pour, white head. Surprisingly piney aroma, some peat and roast malt. Flavor is also surprisingly crisp, very dry and hoppy. This over-rides the earthy malt, chocolate and coffee. Nearly creamy, but the bittyness hurts the mouthfeel a bit. Finishes with some linering coffee and hop bitterness. Really too much hops for the style. More alcohol warming as well than I would prefer, even though it is not that terribly high an abv. Drinkability is pretty meh. Unfortunately I had rather high expectations for this. Hopefully with some age this will mellow out a bit.