Three Floyds Alpha Klaus Christmas Porter

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

Really really really dark brown, almost black but not quite. The aroma is of light roasted malts with some coffee notes and bit of chocolate. The flavour has a bitterish roast flavour when cold, it gets more coffee like and chocolatey when it warms. It’s tastey and good, yet not very complex and full of flvours.

Pours a black color with a brown head. Aroma is of roasted malts, chocolate, coffee, caramel, and plenty of citrus hops. Flavor starts of with the roasted malts, chocolate and a hint of coffee but finishes bitter with the citrus hops. A decent blend of hops and roasted malts on this one. A decent porter but I still like the porters that have more of a roasted flavor to it.

NorCal tasting Feb 07 - Interesting brew to say the least. A really nice hop blast in the nose, with everything else taking a back seat. Appearance is a rich, dark chocolately brown color with a nice head. Mouthfeel was watery and thin though. Flavor was all floral hops, with a decent sweet malt backbone. This really had me confused. It was a nice IPA (albeit dark as hell) but a porter? Let’s just call it good and move on. Interesting stuff!

Acquired via trade with Viggo. This is a beer with a lot going on. Holy crap! Unbelievable hop nose to this beer- just like an IPA. Not what I expected for a porter. I can also smell chocolate and a little smoke. Decent initial head that fades away quickly. Color is dark rich porter. First sip is of oily hops with a chocolate background. This is as oily as some of the larger barelywines I’ve had. That’s a real feat for a 7.5% porter! Even though there’s a shitload of hops here- they are not out of place. NOt overly astringent, just a flavourable balance with the sweetness of the malt. The malt is very rich and reminds me somewhat of a impy stout moreso than a traditional porter. no matter- it is delicious. At first I thought this would be a real slow sipper, but I really gained speed plowing through this treat. First rate brew- hope to try again one day.

Pours a dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma is very intense with HOPS, roasted malts and chocolate. Flavor is loaded with fresh hops, coffee and hints of chocolate. Light to medium body, to hoppy for me for a porter.

Very dark brown with big brown head. I loved the big hop in the aroma. Flavor was also nice and hoppy with big chocolate malts. A rich hop/malt explosion. Very good stuff.

When first opened, this smelled like an IPA. This made me very hesitant because I usually don’t enjoy a lot of hops except for IPA’s. But this beer was an exception. Great taste of roast, malt and main flavor was chocolate. The flavors blend very well and play off one another nicely. The only thing that put me off (just a little) was a very bitter ending of the beer. I mean the ending of each sip is very bitter---think dark chocolate taste. Still very nice and balanced beer.

Bottle. ( Thanks Marsiblursi ! ) Dark brown color with a brown head. Roasted with notes of juniper, coffee and chocolate. High carbonation. Medium to full body with a bitter-sweet finish.