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Three Floyds Alpha Klaus Christmas Porter

Three Floyds Alpha Klaus Christmas Porter - Imperial/Strong Porter

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99
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Brewed by Three Floyds Brewing Company
Style: Imperial/Strong Porter

Munster, Indiana USA

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on tap
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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
7334.01/5.04/5.0Winter7.5%94.9Snifter
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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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 Theis (3617), Denmark
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/516/20
Jan 29, 2009  
Bottle (2006) at ØLbaren (thanks Lars). Black - brown head. Coffee, borned, berries, chocolate, licorice, light smokey notes, smoothness, nice hoppy. Nice - not fantastic.


 Pawola22 (676), Kansas City, Missouri, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/103/515/20
Jan 18, 2009  
22oz bottle aged since 2007. Pours a very dark brown, almost black body with a big, creamy and frothy, two-fingerwidth, brown head that dissipates slowly and remains heavily laced. Damn good looking porter. Aroma of chalky milk chocolate, dry coffee, and a good amount of cascade-ish grapefruit hops giving it a slightly earthy quality. Slightly roasty and a touch of vanilla. A lot of nice smells, I just wish it was a little stronger in the nose. Flavor is pretty similar, but the earthy citrus hop is more evident than the standard roasty character in a normal porter. Semi sweet and lightly chocolated in the beginning before drying out in the finish with a distinct grapefruit bitterness and a touch of roast and coffee. Theres a nice soft maltiness throughout that gives off a very lightly burnt taste. Palate is light to medium bodied and slightly higher in carbonation than most porters giving it a tingly feel. Overall, I love FFF for bending the rules when it comes to style and hop additions, but I think when I’m looking for a big porter, I’m more interested in a creamy, chocolate roast taste rather than this particular one. I think the added hops make this very flavorful, but too quick on the tongue. Definitely a great porter that I would recommend to a lot of people, but I have a hard time puting this at the top of my list of favorites. Despite that, I still thoroughly enjoyed it.


 soccer290 (135), Highland Park, Illinois, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/57/103/516/20
Jan 17, 2009  
22 oz bottle. Pours a jet black color, but a lightweight consistency, with almost no head. Smells of malt, hops, and coffee (reminds me of Alpha King in smell, but with some coffee accents), Tastes of coffee and hops (too many hops for my liking, but the right amount of coffee). Strong mouth taste, with some tingly feeling. Easy swallow though, with a nice coffee aftertaste. Overall very good.


 JK (2946), Richfield, Minnesota, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/105/516/20
Jan 15, 2009  
Thanks to STLWill for this one. I thought I had it previously but this was my first time. It is an excellent beer. Full, heavy mouthfeel. Big hop aroma for a porter. Flavor has malt and dry coffee, as well as more hops, and really a lot of them for a porter. Brown colored, fairly thick, and thick, khaki colored head.


 KAF (441), Coralville, Iowa, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/517/20
Jan 15, 2009  
Dark brown pour with a small dirty white head. Slightly floral aroma with dry roasted malt and some citrus. Nice balance of hops in the taste along with some coffee and chocolate. Very well done. Thanks Will!


 TikiE (360), Sylva, North Carolina, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/104/518/20
Jan 13, 2009  
Bottled: Transported from Indiana to North Carolina! This beer is amazingly clean and is absolutely beautiful! Pours a dark color with a full froathy tan head. Smells of sweet malts with roasted chocolate. Tastes out of this world with a clean taste of hops and malts with creamy chocolate. Amazing, really should have drank this around the holidays!


 Collint (452), Sylva, North Carolina, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/104/518/20
Jan 13, 2009  
2008 Bottle, pours a black beer with a decent fine tan head. Aroma is sweet coffee and hops. Flavor is sweet citrus, hops and everything that comes with an impy stout. Very crisp and refreshing. Medium body, well balanced and dank as shit!! Hell yea Three Floyds is the Shit!!


 Pastor (509), Maine, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/104/515/20
Jan 10, 2009  
Bottle poured into my new smutty snifter produced a large tan head that lasts for a long time. I was really surprised how much carbonation this one had. The body of the brew was a typical black. Big hops what I expect from 3f’s and this one ids no exception. Other aromas included coffee and chocolate all of which assaulted my senses, quite aromatic. There are flavors of roasted malts, coffee and sweet chocolate. This is a very interesting for a porter very good in the flavor department. Awesome full body brew with tons of carbonation. Great brew my first one this Christmas Day I am easily going to polish this one off while enjoying the festivities. Thanks again Santa



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