Alpha Kong
3 Floyds Brewing Company in Munster, Indiana, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Rotating|
Score
7.17
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A very complex Belgian sextuple, sweet with caramel notes.
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7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 6
Overall 8
2026 edition @ Beer on the Wall, Parkridge IL. Cloudy dark yellow-orange with a foamy beige head, earthy malt aroma, adequate carbonation, medium bitter lightly caramelized malt taste with vegetal flavors, alcohol undertones and bitterness towards the end, smooth body, long finish with some alcohol burn. Quite drinkable despite the ABV.
Tried
on 08 Jul 2026
at 16:46
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
From Mar 2008
I got this in a trade with joe1510. Thanks Joe!
This pours a clear amber with a very small head of foam that leaves the scene rather quickly.
The smell...yeah...lots of dark fruit, caramel malt, bubble gum, clove, banana, and alcohol.
The taste on first sip and man, I'm getting a lot of candy sugar along with notes of banana, clove, apple, dark fruit, caramel, some yeast, and some alcohol. Very warming but no surprise there but this will do me for the night, me thinks. ;^)
The mouthfeel is medium though at times, it seems to border on syrupy, the carbonation is light, and it finishes with a slight tartness that lingers on through the aftertaste. Wow.
I love how the sweet part of this brew mixes so well with the tartness from the apple and dark fruit. To me, this one definitely taste like a Belgian and my hat's off to Three Floyd's. Very very nice brew!
I got this in a trade with joe1510. Thanks Joe!
This pours a clear amber with a very small head of foam that leaves the scene rather quickly.
The smell...yeah...lots of dark fruit, caramel malt, bubble gum, clove, banana, and alcohol.
The taste on first sip and man, I'm getting a lot of candy sugar along with notes of banana, clove, apple, dark fruit, caramel, some yeast, and some alcohol. Very warming but no surprise there but this will do me for the night, me thinks. ;^)
The mouthfeel is medium though at times, it seems to border on syrupy, the carbonation is light, and it finishes with a slight tartness that lingers on through the aftertaste. Wow.
I love how the sweet part of this brew mixes so well with the tartness from the apple and dark fruit. To me, this one definitely taste like a Belgian and my hat's off to Three Floyd's. Very very nice brew!
Tried
from Can
on 06 Nov 2017
at 13:44
5.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle courtesy of rlgk. Pours hazy burnt orange with a frothy reddish offwhite head that leaves some thick sticky lacing on the glass while dissipating. Smell is heavy spicy with caramel, biscuits, red pears, dill, hay, dry soil, ginger, cloves, nutmeg, lemon zest and hints of alcohol. Taste is sweet, bitter, floral and spicy. Mouthfeel is soft, round, tiny astringent, tiny boozy and medium bodied. Finish is sweet and bitter with caramel, biscuits, honey, spices, hay, dry soil and hints of alcohol. Too spicy and with heavy floral honey that doesn’t add anything to the beer. Very much not my beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Feb 2016
at 17:14
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle pours with a hazy deep gold body that supports a thin off white head. The aroma offers up spicy yeast, spicy licorice, light butterscotch and then some booze at the end of the draw. The taste delivers some malt sweetened apricot and peach to go along with spicy yeast and apple nuanced spicy black licorice. Pretty nice where the massive ABV is hardly noticed.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Dec 2015
at 14:56
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle shared. Pours hazy orange brown with a small off white head. Aroma of herbs, cardomon, toffee, basil, booze, caramel, toffee and light yeasty notes. Flavour is light heavy sweet and light to moderate bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Aug 2015
at 16:05
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle shared by Kermis. Slight hazy amber with nice off white head. Lots of herbs and spices, French herbs, basil, light dry sausage, garlic, grass, sweet malts and some nuts, curry. Medium sweet with alcoholic and herbal bitter finish. Over medium bodied with nice fitting carbonation. Decent stuff, slightly too much alcohol but nice aroma. A LOT of herbs though.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Aug 2015
at 15:56