Three Floyds Alpha Klaus Christmas Porter

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

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.

Bomber; Nose of chocolate, coffee, , and toasted rye bread; very dark brown with a huge long lasting tan head; flavor of roasted coffee, dark chocolate, and whole grains. Has a medium body and a prickly mouthfeel on the tongue and little hop bitterness in the finish.

Bomber, courtesy of Adrian910ss (thanks!), pours a very dark brown/black with an enormous foamy head and good lacing. Aroma of dark roast malts, chocolate, light espresso, and some nuttiness. Taste is heavy on the roasted malts, light chocolate and some mild espresso; slight hoppiness. Palate is predictably a bit overcarbonated based on the pour, which is distracting, lighter mouthfeel, medium body. A nice porter, but there’s better out there.

So I happened across a bottle of this and figured I better pick it up considering it’s 3 Floyd’s and I love porter and I forgot to purchase one in the "holiday" season. Pours a dark burnt brown with an enourmous fizzy off tan head with significant lacing. Main smells of choclate and oats with a little vanilla lingering way back in the background. Very smooth porter with good roasted choclate malt, very oaty and grainy mouthfeel but not necessarily in a off way. I don’t know this beer has left me a tad dissapointed. Not a bad brew at all but for the price many other beers are around to be taken. This beer lacks in complexity and mouthfeel. Still not bad

22oz bottle. Pours black with a medium tan head that leaves decent lacing. The aroma is dark chocolate, roasted malts, and a touch of coffee. The flavor begins with a burst of the dark chocolate and hints of roasted coffee. This gives way to a hoppy finish. All of the different sensations work weel together. It is sweet, but also bitter. It drinks creamy smooth, but finishes a bit dry. I enjoyed this quite a bit and look forward to having this with more age.