Three Floyds Alpha Kong

Brewed by Three Floyds Brewing Company
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Munster, Indiana USA

Bottle thanks to bman1113vr. Hazy amber body with a white head. Aroma of yeast, bananas, dark fruits and alcohol. Taste is dirt, dark fruits, and some sweetness. Alcohol flavor is fairly strong.

Bottle thanks to hopdog. Pours with a small, rocky white head over a hazed amber body. Aroma of dark fruits, toffee, apricots, alcohol, dirt, caramel, cotton candy, light banana esters and nail polish remover, Taste is toffee, earth, brandy, chocolate, pineapple, burnt brown sugar, and dried fruits. Syrupy mouthfeel, light carbonation, very warming and alcohol evident.

It’s just too much. I appreciate what they’re trying to do here, and it’s kinda cute to call it a sextuple (sex, teehee), but Belgians are one thing that imperializing just doesn’t work for in my opinion.

Bottle shared by dchmela. Pours clear copper color with no head. Big fruity aroma. Sweet, syrupy candy flavor with bananas and booze. Medium body with minimal carbonation and a syrupy mouthfeel. A bit over the top sweetness.

Thanks to dchmela. The nose gives off some sweet sugar, bubble gum and dates. The flavor is very sweet, with more dark fruits.

22oz bomber thanks to Sprinkle from a free beer thread. Thanks to Solan for passing it on to me. Pours golden orange, with little to no head, a thin collar stays throughout. Aromas of sweet sugar candi, honey, and booze. Flavors are sweet sugary malts, and candi sugar. This is a bit too cloying for my likes.

22oz bottle. thanks to the brother in law for gifting this.... brandy-esque meadlike pour, orange copper brown with a thin quickly dissipating head.... sweet liquer, honey, and candied sugar with strong boozy phenols... flavors of cloyingly sweet and syrupy brown sugar, orange, honey, and dried fruit. medium carbonation and somewhat boozy overall. did not go down all that smoothly.

Courtesy dchmela. This one had to be at least a year and a half old, probably older. Pours lightly hazy, burnt orange to red in color. There’s virtually no head or lacing of note. The aroma shows like a sweetly glazed banana bread with sweet dough, dark candy sugar, toffee, and nutmeg spice. It’s still quite boozy, even at this age. Flavors are ultra sweet, drinking more like a banana liquor with caramelized sugar than an ale. Dark, fruity, and hot from the alcohol. The massive body feels overly attenuated, sticky, and searing, with very little carbonation. This brew is just too big and overdone. Not my style.