Alpha Klaus
(has 1 batch)
3 Floyds Brewing Company in Munster, Indiana, United States 🇺🇸
Porter Winter|
Score
7.65
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Alpha King's festive cousin. A big American Xmas Porter brewed with English chocolate malt, Mexican sugar and, of course, tons of strange American hops.
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8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Black, medium tan head. Aroma of smoke and chocolate. Bitter smoky finish, like a stout. Interesting.
Tried
on 10 Dec 2008
at 22:19
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle at the Angry Fist of Santa tasting at Chris_o’s. Thanks Harry. Black, dark ruby edges. Thin tan head. Lovely choc, good hop. Slipped down really well. Smooth and utterly drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Oct 2008
at 12:43
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle thanks to zathrus13. Pours with a large, light brown, creamy tight head with a black or extremely cloudy dark brown body, with awesome lacing and good retention. Aroma has nice alcohol, creamy chocolate, light coffee grounds and some ripe fruits. Taste is chocolaty and toasty with roasty coffee notes, slightly flowery and fruity aswell (similar to Duck-Rabbit Baltic Porter). Mouthfeel is lightly creamy with somewhat lively carbonation. Some light coconut flavor appears when it warms, well hopped. Very smooth taste, which is better than the harsh coffee grounds of a normal porter, but not quite as decadent as the other Imperial porters I have had (Black Butte XX and Decadence 2007).
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Oct 2008
at 01:36
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
2 or 3 yr old vintage courtesy of tpd975. Pours dark brown with garnet edges and thin tan head. The aroma is crystal malts then turning dark to burnt malts, a bit of dark chocolate along with some pine hops. The taste feels thin with some highly roasted to burnt malts, sweet malty to caramel-ness and a river of muted pine hops running out in the back. Into the finish the roasty malts and burnt malts linger deep into the after taste.
Tried
on 15 Jul 2008
at 22:29
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bouteille 650ml, courtoisie de Hogtownharry. De couleur noire et opaque. Nez de malt rĂ´ti, moyen de cafĂ© et de chocolat noir, de houblon herbeux aux notes rĂ©sineuses et florales, lĂ©ger de chocolat au lait et avec des notes d’Ă©pices (cannelle) ainsi que des traces de fruits (cerises noires). Moyennement ronde en bouche avec un pĂ©tillement moyen et une texture crĂ©meuse et aux notes huileuses. LĂ©ger goĂ»t de chocolat au lait accompagnĂ© de notes fruitĂ©es (cerises noires, traces de cassis et de mĂ»res) et Ă©picĂ©es (cannelle) ainsi que des traces de fumĂ©e de bois lors de l’entrĂ©e en bouche auquel se rajoute rapidement un goĂ»t de malt assez rĂ´ti (petites notes brĂ»lĂ©es), un goĂ»t de chocolat noir sucrĂ©, des notes de mĂ©lasse sucrĂ©e ainsi que des traces de sucre brun. Parallèlement, l’on retrouve une amertume assĂ©chante de houblon herbeux aux notes rĂ©sineuses, terreuses et florales jusqu’en finale (plus rĂ©sineuse et terreuse en finale) accompagnĂ© d’un goĂ»t de cafĂ© noir ainsi que de notes d’alcool. Post-goĂ»t long et moyen-sec, plutĂ´t amer de rĂ´ti, de cafĂ©, de houblon herbeux et lĂ©gèrement rĂ©sineux, lĂ©ger de chocolat et avec des notes d’alcool.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Jul 2008
at 22:21
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle at home ... Thanks to tjthresh for this ... Deep red black ... rich smokey sugery roast malt nose ... loads of Chocolate ... loads of roast malts ... some alcohol ... quite a dry finnish with a coffee linger... Quite nice... bit bitter in linger. bottle at home ... deep black ... soft roast ... light coffee chocolate nose ... little amaerican something that im not so fond of ... ligth milk sugers ... Nice ... 3.7
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 May 2008
at 12:59
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
You just never know about these Christmas beers. Bomber pours a translucent, deep, dark brown with a thin white head that fades fast. Aroma is nutty with chocolate, slight coffee with some nice, citrusy hops rounding out the aroma. Flavor had plenty of chocolate and reminded me a bit of DFH’s Chicory Stout in that way, some spicy sugar, roasted malts, nuts and a dash of biscuit. Finish was dry and a little creamy with some lasting roasted and hop bitterness. One of the better "Christmas" beers I’ve had and a very nice offering from FFF.
Tried
on 29 Apr 2008
at 08:36
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
22 oz. bottle from tjthresh. Pour is deep brown, almost black. Nice layering, with a three inch khaki head. Aroma of roasted malt, and bright pine hoppiness. Taste is initially quite roasty - bordering on coffee with a great hop bite / bitterness in the finish. Really nice porter, where hops enhance, rather than detract, from the flavor. Thanks fro this one Tom.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Dec 2007
at 12:48
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
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.
Tried
on 30 Jul 2007
at 00:37
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
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.
Tried
on 27 Jun 2007
at 14:44