Clown Shoes Miracle IPA

I ordered a glass of Clown Shoes Miracle IPA while at Al’s of Hampden. The beer pours a copper color with a bubbly white head. The aroma consists of grapefruit, tangerine, candy, and orange. The taste is dry and bitter with orange, grapefruit, and tangerine citrus flavors. There is a light sugar finish with candy-like properties. The alcohol content is 5.5% ABV. This was a flavorful India Pale Ale with plenty of citrus coming forward. I thought it was a little sweet and candy-like and although that may not be a terrible thing, it wasn’t what I was looking for in a beer that night. I will probably order this beer again since I know what to expect from now on.

Clown Shoes Lubrication Black Ale

While in Ithaca, I picked up a bottle of Clown Shoes Lubrication Black Ale. The beer pours a black color with a frothy tan colored head that leaves a thin lacing on the glass. The aroma consists of chocolate, toasted malts, grass, spruce, and pepper. The taste is light and milk chocolate with plenty of caramel and toasted malts. The finish has a bit of pepper and pine bite to it. The after taste is dry and has a hint of lemon as well. The alcohol content is 6.0% ABV. This was a rather easy drinking beer with a load of flavors including strong toasted malts, chocolate, and caramel. I would absolutely pick up another bottle of this beer, and recommend you do the same.

Clown Shoes Blaecorn Unidragon

I picked up a bottle of Clown Shoes Blaecorn Unidragon while I was in Ithaca New York. The beer pours a black color with a frothy tan head that laces nicely on the glass. The aroma consists of dark chocolate, vanilla, toasted malts, and caramel. The taste is big and bold with lots of dark chocolate and robust coffee flavor. There is a great toasted malt background with a vanilla finish. The after taste is dry with a hint of smoke and it really dries out the mouth. The alcohol content is 12.5% ABV. This was a wonderful Russian Imperial Stout with great chocolate, coffee, and vanilla flavors. The finish was smoky and dry and stuck around for a long time.

Clown Shoes Chocolate Sombrero

I went to TJ’s in Paoli for dinner after a day in Philadelphia for training and I ordered a glass of Clown Shoes Chocolate Sombrero. The beer pours a black color with a bubbly tan head that leaves a film on the glass. The aroma is noticeable from a foot away and consists of dark chocolate, roasted malts, spicy chili pepper, and chipotle. The taste is bold with chocolate with a nice spice, a little bit of kick from pepper, and finishes with toasted malts. The toasted malts actually help accentuate the pepper spice, so the beer really blends well. The alcohol content is 9.0% ABV. I thought this was one of the more solid pepper-infused beers that I have had. It had a nice chocolate based that sees itself through the spicy kick all the way to the toasted malt finish.

Clown Shoes Eagle Claw Fish Imperial Amber Ale

I picked up a bottle of Clown Shoes Eagle Claw Fist Imperial Amber Ale from Al’s of Hampden. The beer pours a dark amber color with a frothy beige colored head that leaves some lacing on the glass. The aroma consists of caramel, tangerine, orange, passion fruit, and pineapple. The taste is bitter with tangerine, passion fruit, and pineapple. There is a toasted toffee flavor with caramel accents underneath it all. A bit of pine and pepper burn the back of the throat on the way down. The alcohol content is 8.0% ABV. This was a decent Imperial Amber Ale with plenty of bitter citrus flavors. It may have erred on the sweet side, hurting it a bit, but was a bit redeemed by the finish and lingering flavor.

Clown Shoes Supa Hero India Pale Ale

I picked up a bottle of Clown Shoes Supa Hero India Pale Ale from Al’s of Hampden. The beer pours an amber color with a lofty and frothy off-white colored head that leaves plenty of lacing on the glass. The aroma consists of tangerine, orange, grapefruit, passion fruit, and pepper. The taste is bitter and dry with lots of citrus flavors including tangerine, grapefruit, passion fruit, and orange. An undertone of caramel peeks through before plenty of pepper and lemon hops come out on the finish with some hop oils that leaves some film on the tongue. The alcohol content is 8.0% ABV. This was solid dry and citrusy IPA with a nice bitterness and hop oils presence. I was quite impressed with this as an IPA and would definitely drink it again.

Clown Shoes Vampire Slayer

One of the Clown Shoes beers that I picked up at Al’s of Hampden was the Vampire Slayer, an Imperial American Stout. The beer pours a black color with a frothy tan head that leaves a faint lacing on the glass. The aroma consists of chocolate, toasted malts, cream, caramel, and toffee. The taste is smooth and chocolaty with lots of coffee and toasted malts. Cream and sugar accents the flavors with a roasty finish. There are hints of pine hops in the background. The alcohol content is 10.0% ABV.This was a smooth and easy drinking beer that had plenty of chocolate and coffee flavors, with a great finish. It definitely is one of the better Imperial American Stouts that I have had. Make sure you check this beer out if you have the chance.

Clown Shoes Hoppy Feet

I picked up a bottle of Clown Shoes Hoppy Feet, a Black IPA, from Al’s of Hampden. The beer pours a black color with a frothy tan colored head that leaves a remnant of a lacing on the glass. The aroma consists of toasted malts, caramel, coffee, chocolate, and pine. The taste is toasty and malty with plenty of caramel and roasted malt flavor. The finish has a dry lemon and pepper flavor. The alcohol content is 7.0% ABV. This beer hit the solid notes of a Black IPA that I like, and it definitely had a large roasted malt profile.

Clown Shoes Muffin Top

Another one of the beers I picked up from Al’s of Hampden was the Clown Shoes Muffin Top, A Belgian-style Tripel India Pale Ale. The beer pours a golden color with a frothy off-white colored head that leaves speckles of lacing on the glass. The aroma consists of lemon, orange, passion fruit, pineapple, and tangerine. The taste is large on passion fruit on the front end with some pineapple and mixed fruit cup. Bit of tangerine and orange peek through, and the hops are accented mostly by grass and a hint of pepper. The alcohol content is 10.0% ABV. This was a rather interesting beer and had plenty of passion fruit flavors on the front end. The yeast was very present, and had an overall great mouth feel.

Clown Shoes Tramp Stamp

I picked up the six bottles of Clown Shoes beers, and the first one I tried was Tramp Stamp, a Belgian-style India Pale Ale. The beer pours a orange-amber color with a frothy white colored head. The aroma consists of orange, tangerine, passion fruit, pineapple, and banana. The taste light but dry with a grass forward flavor, banana, and pepper. Some orange and tangerine adds plenty of bitterness on the finish. A light banana undertone compliments the beer nicely and also helps bring out an earthiness. The alcohol content is 7.0% ABV. I was quite impressed with this Belgian IPA, as it was much more bitter than most in the style that I have tried. It mixed earthiness very well with citrus flavors and spicy pepper and grass.