Three Floyds Alpha King

Brewed by Three Floyds Brewing Company
Style: American Pale Ale
Munster, Indiana USA

Thanks to theisti for this great bottle. Great pale ale color with perfect little white head. Nose is big and hoppy...citrus as well. Much more like a good IPA than a Pale. Taste is fantastic and has a great mouthfeel. Pine, hops, ripe citrus and a good malt balance. Finishes clean and flavorful....this is great. Thanks T.

On tap. Hops, Hops, Hops!!! This is not a beer to start out a newbie. A deep breath reveals pine, hops, herbs, citrus. A walk through deep pine forests, one inhales and a bitter menthol type aroma but instead of cool and mellow like a pine forest... one is transported to a remote island, grapefruit is growing from the pine trees. You take a taste, sweet, sour, piney, herbal. This brew will cure what ales ya! Thick, balanced, there is a bit of an acidic bite that can get a little out of control if you continue to drink this, but otherwise the perfect beer to sip, over and over and over again! I would highly recommend.

Thanks Gregis!!! This has a nice medium brown/copper color. The aroma is fantastic, full of hops. I could smell this all day. This has more grapefruit taste than I thougt it would but not over the top. Very drinkable. Next time I am in an area where they have this I will pick plenty up.

Nice looking pour with bubbly head. Very citrusy (in particular grapefruit) aroma screams HOPS at you without even taking a sip. Flavor is very strong hops from beginning to finish. Some light caramel malts try to stand up to the intense hops, but didn’t have quite enough backbone to stand up; flavor was enjoyable nevertheless. Bitterness lasts long after the drink is over. This beer was incredible on the palate...unlike any other Pale Ale I’ve ever consumed. I would consider this a very good drink, but not excellent (but I’m not really a true hophead). As a side note, the hop bitterness loses a bit of its edginess with a bit of warming...

I have the honor of entering the 1000th rating of this highly regarded American pale. Bottle purchased at Crown #15 in Fishers, IN. It pours a deep copper with a few floaties and a thin, creamy, beige head that leaves behind patchy lacing. The nose is sublime: a perfect balance of big citrus, light pine and earthy hops along with a solid, sweet malt backing that smells of candy sugar. Quite nice. The mouthfeel is medium-full bodied and slick with a controlled bitter hop finish. The flavor is big piny, citric and resinous hops along with a solid, moderately sweet malt backing. While lingeringly bitter at the finish, the malt backing is such a perfect match that the balance of flavors is seamless. This is an amazingly flavorful beer for one so quaffable. Each sip compels you to take another. I can see myself drinking these one after another until I go blind, pass out, or see God. If I lived in Indiana or the Chicagoland area, this would be, without question, my staple beer.

stong hoppy intese nose of beautiful cascade flowers. nice citrus grapefruit cut grass feel on the pallate. smooth and silky. a solid pale ale probably almost more of an american ipa.

The second or third time I’ve had this and, boy, have I changed my mind. The super-aggressive hops are pretty unpleasant. The citrus in palate is more like bitter pith. I’d have to be in the right mood for this one to go down.

Bottle thanks to drewbeerme. Poured a deep amber color with a nice off-white head. Aroma of grapefruit and hops. The balance on this beer is spot on. A nice, spicey malt backbone greets you and leads you into a fruity hop hit that tingles your tongue. Very smooth beer. My first Three Floyds beer, and hopefully not my last. Very good.