Barrel Aged Alpha Klaus With Cherries
3 Floyds Brewing Co.

Barrel Aged Alpha Klaus With CherriesBarrel Aged Alpha Klaus With Cherries
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From:
3 Floyds Brewing Co.
 
Indiana, United States
Style:
American Porter
ABV:
10%
Score:
87
Avg:
3.89 | pDev: 15.42%
Reviews:
11
Ratings:
55
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Jan 03, 2017
Added:
Mar 18, 2012
Wants:
  35
Gots:
  23
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Rated: 3.98 by cd34 from Illinois

Jan 03, 2017
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Reviewed by mynie from Maryland

4.34/5  rDev +11.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Christmastime treat, on tap at the pub.

Alpha Klaus is an excellent base beer for barrel aging, though its relatively light ABV might disappoint some. But the lack of super intense nodes make it so the cherries are easier to discern than they would be in a BA Russian Imperial.

Aroma is sharp and somewhat chocolatey with some cherry cordial nodes becoming prominent as it warms. Very ripe, organic-smelling cherries: none of the Robotussin nodes that drag down many other cherry stouts and porters.

Tastes like it smells, but richer and more rounded. Rough porter grained smoothed out by barrel aging, but little burn or burniness were imparted. The cherries come in near the middle, and like I said they're easy enough to pick out, but they never become the beer's defining feature.
Dec 27, 2016
 
Rated: 3.03 by BubbleBobble from New York

Dec 23, 2016
 
Rated: 3.61 by CPAles from Illinois

Dec 23, 2016
 
Rated: 4.06 by AngEo from Texas

Dec 22, 2016
 
Rated: 3.74 by ScottJWing from Ohio

Dec 26, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by EDubLovesBeer from California

Nov 20, 2014
 
Rated: 3.7 by tectactoe from Michigan

Oct 27, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by kristougher from North Carolina

Sep 03, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by jplopez21 from Illinois

Aug 20, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by Invictus from Pennsylvania

May 03, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by wesside89 from Illinois

Feb 12, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by CraftEyeDoc from North Carolina

Jan 17, 2014
 
Rated: 4.5 by cyrushire from Florida

Jan 01, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by RMelyon from Illinois

Dec 25, 2013
 
Rated: 2.75 by thegerm87 from Massachusetts

Dec 25, 2013
 
Rated: 4 by BUNZILLA from Indiana

Oct 07, 2013
 
Rated: 2.75 by CityofBals from Illinois

Sep 12, 2013
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Reviewed by SpeedwayJim from New York

4.08/5  rDev +4.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
#351/400. 750ml waxed and capped bottle into a Founders snifter. Shared by schen9303.

Pours a 1.5 finger foamy mocha colored head with low retention. Beer is moderately thin but pitch black. Lacing is stringy and sparse with moderate stick. Big legs. Very good.

Nose is chocolate, coffee, cocoa, booze, peat and rotting red fruit. Sweet and robust. Very aromatic. Enticingly good.

Opens chocolate, cocoa and roasted malt. Red fruit floats in and out of the background, sweetening the experience. Boozy throughout. Fudge. Some leather, wood and molasses at the end. Finishes sweet with a hot aftertaste. Nice complexity. Real deep.

Medium to full bodied with moderate carbonation. Foamy and smooth in the mouth and goes down boozy and thick. Messy finish with a surprisingly clean aftertaste. Pretty nice. A touch carbonated.

I'm surprised at the low ratings of this one. There's nice complexity here and this beer really grew on me quickly. The flavors, although they're a little weird at first, combines nicely as this one warms. Worth seeking out.
Aug 24, 2013
 
Rated: 5 by CadetGCBD from Georgia

Jun 07, 2013
Barrel Aged Alpha Klaus With Cherries from 3 Floyds Brewing Co.
Beer rating: 87 out of 100 with 55 ratings