Three Floyds Alpha Klaus Christmas Porter

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

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

From a 22oz Bottle. Bottle received in a trade with brewblackhole 1/2007. Pours a dark tannic brown color with shades of transparent rust, topped with a huge layer of uneven, fizzy tan head. Aroma of teething biscuits couple with coffee, pale cocoa, and a bold whiff of white grapefruit hops. Spicy hops and burned bread crusts. Medium bodied, fizzy mouthfeel. Carbonation level is a bit high and has a sharp feeling on the tongue. Out of the tingling carbonation comes flavors of dark chocolate and piney hops. As the carbonation fades, some french roast coffee, dry black chocolate, and sprucy hops are left lingering on the tongue. The mouthfeel is the worst part; the flavors are bold and right on, but the sharp carbonation seems to clash. Thanks, Tom!

Very dark brown-black with a rich dark brown head that has good lasting power. Nice even lacing. Aroma was mainly the strong hop componant with some medium roasted and bittersweet chocolate notes. Flavors were rich chocolate and some coffee. Hoppy here as well. Nice smooth and soft carbonation level. Very interesting twist on the style.

Poured black with big brown head. Aroma of coffee and chocolate. Smelled soooo good. Big coffee flavor with chocolate hints throughout. Kind of a hop bitterness in the finish. Very smooth and complex.

Thick brown head atop a darker than dark brown pour. Roasted coffee all over the nosw. Like a shot of espresso up front that talils off to a nice rich chocolate middle. Just a kiss of hops to make you come back for more! Thanks to AllAboutStout for pour.

22oz bomber via trade with someone a long time ago, thank you mystery man. Shared with my pal Ethan. Pours black with a 3 finger light brown head that is receding in a strange way that elicits a little mound in the middle of the head, I haven’t seen this happen very often. The nose has a coffee punch, a bit of chocolate and a malty roastiness. The taste is really big, but at the same time fleeting. Lots of malt, chocolate, and coffee flavors with some hops that are present but not very strongly detectable. Overall very good, but has the general problem I’ve had with porters lately that the taste is inviting but the mouthfeel doesn’t follow through. Can’t complain about the sytle too much though. Good Work FFF.

2006 Bottle. Pours a deep lack body with nice head. Aroma is of cocoa-chocolate, light coffee, sweet malt, and some faded hops. Flavor is lightly sugared with roasted malt, light chocolate, and some subtle hops. A light coffee and cream taste. This is a good Porter, very smooth. This may be better consumed fresh.