Three Floyds Alpha Klaus Christmas Porter

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

Bottle. Pours a deep, intensely dark burgundy. Head is beige and creates some decent lacing. Tinges of piney hops are very noticeable to the nose at first. As you get past the initial hops, the more malty aromas appear. Roasted coffee is pretty dominant with toffee and a dry cocoa as its complement. The mouthfeel is strangely very juicy. The flavour is of pine and juicy, sweet apple mixed with some chocolate, molasses, and lightly roasted coffee. The lasting sweetness seems to be a blend of a fruit-like sweetness and molasses. Coffee and cocoa flavours escalate towards the moderately dry and bitter finish. However, the sweet fruitiness continues to be somewhat dominant. This is very tasty, though, I was hoping to see more coffee and cocoa.

Bottle. Dark brown pour, a little orange, and a thin brown head thanks to alexanderj. Aroma is chocolate, light roast and very english porter-like. The flavor is the same, good chocolate and bittering hops in the finish. I remember trying this a couple years ago and not liking it too much, but now I think it’s one of the best tasting porters out there.

Blankboys bottle, shared with Tupalev, HogTownHarry and Blankboy: App: Deep black, huge frothy head. Aroma: Chocolate, Pine, malt and espresso. Flavour: Pine and chocolate, (cheap chocolate) a little ’dusty’ but yet malty! Not too shabby, but not my favourite :-(

Damn another one from Eithcubes. One day I will have all these ratings in here for all the retarded beer this guy sent me. Big flavor and sweetness as expected from FFF but not necessarily as expected from a porter. Roasted malt and chocolate flavors. Slightly chalky texture. Big porter leaves a sweetness that lasts a while. Big nice aroma of roasted malt and coffee.

Pours deep brown, larg pillowy tan head on top. Smells exactly like a "christmas porter" should! Pine needles, chocolate, pie crust, and licorice in the bouquet. Flavor is great as well. Initially hoppy and bitter, giving way to a warm chocolate section, mild tobacco notes, some slight charcoal flavor, and an excellent and long bitter finish. Very excellent. I would like to try to homebrew a version of this with slightlly less hop presence in the middle. Thanks to Pantanap for this bottle!

Dark brown pour with a nice tan head. Aromas of bitter chocolate, roast, and some hop bitterness. Nice bitter chocolate in the flavor is paired with a pleasant sweetness from the sugar. Nice earthy floral hops come in the finish. A nice porter.

Pours brownish/black with thick tan head. Aroma of chocolate and roasted malts. Taste of chocolate, hops, and roasted malt. Thick mouthfeel. Nice bite of alcohol. One of the top 2 porters I’ve ever had. Not a big porter fan and this was very good. Great beer.

Shared by Big Bruce the infamous canuck! Another good beer by 3F. Bottle about three years old. Even though porters are not my favorite this beer kicked butt. Dark in color with a big head. Taste was super intense roasted malt. Nice touch of chocolate, it lacked on the hops but I think that was due to its age. Medium texture, overall very enjoyable! Thanks again Bruce for sharing!