Easygoing yellow-cleared cumulous-headed blonde provides spry yellow grapefruit-seeded lemon spritz and wispy lime zesting for grassy hop stead over caramelized pale malt spicing. Crisply clean sedation.
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CLOWN SHOES ROYAL STANDARD WEE HEAVY ALE
Sweet peated malts and earthen truffle dewing secure mild nutty dried fruiting of wee heavy Scotch ale. Desiccated orange, fig and date ride alongside sweet butternut-chestnut conflux and herbal tea respite above cereal-grained Golden Promise barley malting.
CLOWN SHOES REINDEER GAMES BAVARIAN IPA
Slightly offbeat IPA relies on pasty Bavarian malt spicing and earthen Noble hops to engage caramelized dried fruiting (pear-apricot-fig), leaving dryer-than-expected grapefruit and orange influence and resinous pine tones in the lurch. Rich German IPA at Christmastime anyone?
CLOWN SHOES MANGO FARM IPA
Bright mango salted bittering outdoes any sweet tropical fruited influence as brisk lemony orange-peeled yellow grapefruit zesting and mild passionfruit-guava souring reach dry piney bottom. Could use sturdier mango thrust at the sharp citric-spiced finish.
CLOWN SHOES SPACE CUPCAKE INDIA PALE ALE
Mild Mosiac-hopped lemony orange-grapefruit tang turns dry as pasty pale malt sugaring brings gluey paper starching to floral-daubed pine resin.
CLOWN SHOES GALACTICAKE DOUBLE IPA
Mildly embittered grapefruit-peeled orange pith dryness lingers above pasty pale malt spicing as subtle vanilla creaming soaks up ethyl vodka whir. Tertiary pineapple, mango and peach illusions serenade the delicate citrus finish.
CLOWN SHOES ONE HOLIDAY BELGIAN-STYLE QUADRUPEL
Just a tad underwhelming taste-wise. Subtle candi-sugared raisin, plum and fig sweetness receives lightly creamed molasses toffee buttering, spiced orange snip and wispy white peppered herbage in dewy tobacco-roasted peat setting.
CLOWN SHOES THE EXORCIST DRY-HOPPED STOUT
Frothy coffee-roasted Blackstrap molasses bittering picks up tarry pine-charred hop sear to reinforce dry cocoa center contrasting less intense burnt caramel sugaring. Mild espresso, walnut, cola and tobacco chaw illusions surface latently.
CLOWN SHOES ADVENT PARTY CRASHER IMPERIAL STOUT
Undead Party Crasher Stout given subtle mandarin orange twist outpaced by caramel coffee goodness. Java sway gains light vanilla influence as well as walnut, pecan and honey nut smidge nudging tarry-hopped peaty compost bottom.
CLOWN SHOES THE BALLAD OF MINNIE QUAY OLD ALE AGED IN PORT AND WHISKEY
Adventurous brandy-port aged ‘old ale’ reverberates convincingly with lavish liquor luster. Lovely cherry-bruised cognac warmth guides rum-buttered whiskey nip and orange-candied Grand Marnier snip in creamily caramelized vanilla setting. It spiced brandy flourish lightens the acrid fusel esters consuming the port-wined bourbon finish.
CLOWN SHOES MOCHA SOMBRERO MEXICAN-STYLED CHOCOLATE STOUT W/ COFFEE AND VANILLA
On tap at Hoover’s, delightful Mexican-styled stout lets dark chocolate malting gain subtle coffee and vanilla influence. Cocoa-powdered dark chocolate bittering sweetened at midst by toasted cinnamon spicing, wispy marshmallow sugaring and restricted chili pepper burn.
CLOWN SHOES / SHMALTZ SHOEBELATION ALE AGED IN BOURBON BARRELS
“Epic” high octane collaboration combines Wild Turkey bourbon-barreled Clown Shoes Billionaire Barleywine with Shmaltz Jewbelation 11. Eager bourbon-spiced dried fruiting contacts molasses-sugared vanilla sweetness in a sinewy mix. Loud fig, raisin and prune illusions pick up a light alcohol burn that dries out the cognac-licked dry whiskey finish. 