Three Floyds Alpha Khan Mongolian Pale Ale

Formerly brewed at Three Floyds Brewing Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Munster, Indiana USA

on tap @ Three Floyds. Great looking IPA. Citrusy IPA with great hop flavor. Still prefer the Dreadnaught but this is a nice alternative. Thanks pickles

This one was whacky. Tasted like they took Alpha King and dumped a bunch of extra malt into it. Don’t get me wrong, it was tasty, some major fruit feelings with a lot of carmel going on in there. Got this one on draft while at the pub...will get again next time.

GTMW 06. Hazy light amber body with an off-white head. The aroma is apricot and citrus. The flavor is fruity, apricot, oranges and floral. Medium/light body with it becoming slightly thin on the finish.

This draft brew from the brewery poured a small sized head of fine to medium sized white colored bubbles that was long lasting and left behind a transparent uncarbonated brown orange colored body and a good lacing. The aroma was hoppy and caramel malt with a strong hop prescence. The mouth feel was strongly tingly at the start and weakly tingly at the finish with a lingering hoppy aftertaste. The flavor contained notes of hops and mild caramel. Delicious and one I would certainly buy again.

Great Taste of the Midwest


Served opposite Dreadnaught, this falls just short of being on the same level. It’s still quite solid and enjoyable but in a different way. Sadly I have not seen this one bottled; if it was I would love to do my on side by side comparison of Three Floyd’s two IPAs. If they happen to have it next time I drive through, I will definitely be getting a growler.

Aroma / Appearance - Lemons, lime, grass, wheat and a general fruitiness dominate the nose. In addition, there is a hoppy spruce/pine vibe which only becomes obvious when you don’t concentrate. The beautifully poured body was bronze, semi-opaque and possessed a nice but brief clean white head.

Flavor / Palate - Strong hoppiness is the first thing to become obvious. After that comes the ’taste’ of freshly mowed grass, watermelon and lemon-lime. It comes close to the unique tropical taste of Dreadnaught but can’t quite bridge the gap. Bitter and smooth at the same time, it went down very smoothly. Very balanced throughout, this was a nice and solid IPA.

Tap @ GTMW 2006. Semi-translucent and copper in color with a sudsy, creamy grey head. Sweet grapefruit pulp abates the nose. Apricot and clementines aid the orangey, citric nose consummation along with mild orange broth on the back end. Wholesome and bitter clementines give hot piney drips of flavor. Grapefruit exasperates the sharper tenements of the grapefruit shocked shavings. Medium-bodied with tallow tropical traits, moving through the minorly sweet production. Middle cleave to the tongue reveals additional bittering elements. Piney topicalities follow through the finish with ruby red grapefruit and dried apricot pieces.

On tap at the Great Taste of the Midwest... opposite Dreadnaught. Poured a clear, caramelly-golden with a short cap of white head. Juicy grapefruit and other light fruits pair with sweet caramel and pine in the very pleasant nose. The flavor carried a heavy, yet well-balanced bitter presence (pine, grapefruit, and grass) around the palate and through the finish... sweet caramel and toffee provided a sticky and adequate base. Dried, bitter finish. Very well done!

copper pour thick off white head great lace. Sweet citrus grapefruit passion fruit hop flower aroma w/ a malty balance. Palate is oily well coated and lightly creamy. Bitter grass hop dominates a tropical fruit & sweet base w/ a dry pine finish. Very good IPA.