Three Floyds Alpha Klaus Christmas Porter

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

Nice, refreshing, yet satisfying porter. A gift giving nose, along with a slight warm and fuzzy feeling upon completion. Not quite a Kung Fu, but a solid Marble Madness for NES freaks.

Bomber courtesy after4ever. Pours hazy blackish brown with a thick and lacy tan head. Aroma tending to chocolate, with some coffee along for company. Sweet full roasty taste. Espresso, pine and burnt toast finish. A rather STOUT porter.

22. Thanks, Sprinkle! Black. Thick, sudsy, rocky burnt tan head. Big roast and chocolate nose. Thick, chewy body with plenty of carb. Acres of sweet and roasty notes on the mid-palate: thick and grainy, complex satisfying. Long bitter char finish.

In short: Excellent highly roasted stout/porter
How: Mtl-crew beer-and-spagatt tasting. Bottle from me acquired through dmac621. Thanks a lot Dave.
The look: Brown-black body with a small tan head.
In long: Dryness reaches your nose before your lips can touch the beer. This is indeed a very roasted stout/porter bordering ashes. A light smoke impression may be simply due to the high roastiness level. Some roasted black chocolate flavour if that means anything. Then comes the cool twist. Citrusy/grapefuity hops with a nice juicy bitterness. The mix of both worlds really work here. Overall very dry. That’s a bold and true Chrismas Porter, not like those politically correct Holliday Season Porters.

Really nice blend of chocolate, coffee, citrus and other flavors. Carbonation was just right and very nice on the palate. Excellent!

A nice rich chocolaty hoppy aroma. Flavor is also characteried with a nice rich chocolate flavor. Hop finishb and doesn’t come off very thick or thin. Quite nice.

Dark brown body with a light brown head. Nutty chocolate and grapefruit aroma. Rich, almost full bodied. Bitter, roasted malts mingle with citrusy grapefruit hops. Plenty of nutty chocolate. An excellent porter with a substantial hops presence.

Date: May 04, 2005
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting
Appearance: dark brown, scant head
Aroma: light sweet piney aroma
Flavor: dark malt flavor balanced with good earthy hops, nice bitter finish

Date: August 27, 2006
Source: tasting
Score: iii to ii+
Appearance: nice lace
Flavor: huge cascade hop flavor well blended with the roasted malts, long bitterness

Date: September 01, 2006
Mode: bottle
Appearance: black, thin fine brown head, lots of lace
Aroma: roasted grapefruit aroma
Body: creamy body
Flavor: lots of bitterness in the flavor, some of which is from the roasted malts
Overall: very similar to the Black Sun by mixing the roasted with the grapefruit, needs more chocolate to be a porter

Date: December 11, 2006
Mode: bottle
richer chocolate and none of the bitter roasted malts, the hops are well balanced with the chocolate malts to make a nice hoppy porter,

Date: May 25, 2007
Mode: bottle
Source: cellar stock
big citrus hops and chocolate malts, still none of the astrengent malt bitterness

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 8/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+/4