Clown Shoes Brown Angel

Clown Shoes Beer
Brewed at Ipswich Ale Brewery
Style: Brown Ale
Ipswich, Massachusetts USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Shaker

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Poured from bombers at Lunar Brewing Co.’s "Evening with Clown Shoes Beer", and my personal favorite of all the offerings. Displayed a brown tone with ruby highlights, light tan, bubbles & cream head, and clingy spots and streaks of lacing. The nose was roasty, and more expressive coffee and cocoa notes as it warmed. Some nuttiness and brown sugar sweetness were also present. The flavor added strong hop bitterness as all of the other beers, but not as aggressively, and so balanced well with the smooth malt. With a medium+ body, this hopped up Brown Ale also finished with the signature dryness in a very flavorful fashion.

Pours dark brown, with a nice compact off white head. Aroma was rather like a smooth coffee with cream, no sugar. Flavor was nutty malts, fairly big in the mouth, with a citric and floral hop finish. Tasty. Perhaps on the outer edge of the brown ale interpretation, heading squarely into American Strong territory.

22oz. Bottle. Cloudy brown pour with amber highlights and a sticky tan head. Nose of pot brownies and coffee with a nice nutty/earthy edge. Fairly hoppy brown on the palate with a big roasted character and bitter finish that lingers nicely.

Poured into a mug. Bottled March 2011. Big thanks to Hojaminbag for this. 4.5 A: Clear (I think) dark brown color. Initially three fingers of creamy beige head. The first two fingers falls at an average pace, while the last finger sticks around for a long time. Good amount of irregular lacing as well. 4.0 S: Quite interesting. This is the second brew I’ve ever had that reminded me of unfermented wort (the other was Brooklyn Local 1), though obviously not as sweet. Specifically, it smells like a well hopped wort. Beyond that initial impression, I’m picking up a solid amount of nuts and toffee with caramel underneath. Pithy toastiness, if that makes sense. Raw, resiny hops. I think the wort smell works pretty well with the style. 2.5 T: Unfortunately, the wort element is also in the taste and it doesn’t work too well. My other gripe is that it’s a bit too bitter for my tastes. The positive is that the nuttiness returns in a big way with toffee and caramel playing second fiddle. A good amount of toastiness with earthy hop flavor. 3.5 M: Medium body. Good moderate carbonation. Reasonably creamy. Bitter aftertaste. 3.0 D: Definitely a big of a strange brew. Not necessarily bad, but I’d really have to be in the mood for that worty taste for me to want to drink that. I usually get my fill of that, however, from sampling homebrew at various stages in the process. Serving type: bottle Reviewed on: 06-05-2011 22:30:21

Deep brown pour little murky off white beige head ... aroma is nutty and roasted with a caramel malt .... nice roasted and caramel malt taste with a nice bitter hop bite little citrusy ... roasted and malty dry earthy finish not a bad brew thanks Shueyy for sharing!!

22 oz. Bottle bought near Boston. Calling the tan head does not do it justice. Massive and gushing are better. A nice nose of dark fruit and rich malt. Flavor is cocoa to begin and then dark fruit blends with it. At the finish some soft floral hop notes emerge and the finish is more sour and citrusy. A nice brown.

I really like this beer. I’m not a huge brown ale guy but, I do enjoy them. This one is special because it’s essentially and IBA - India Brown Ale. All the best qualities of a brown ale, and the hoppiness of a great IPA. Bottle. Aroma has lots of chocolate and coffee notes. Taste is the same but, with a big old taste of citrus hops. Just a wonderful mix of the two. Nice hoppy finish with a taste of chocolate on your tongue making you wanting more. I’ve had the style before but, this is a standout. I’d get it again in a minute!

Herber und hopfig-malziger Antrunk. Im Mittelteil führt die Malzigkeit, die frisch würzig und hintergründig schokoladig ist. Herb-schokoladiger Abgang mit deutlichem Hopfenanteil, gut! 11/11/10/11/9/11

22oz bottle thanks to cavie. The beer pours dark brown with a soapy beige head. Earthy hop, chocolate, and slightly nutty aromas. Flavor is very malty with a slight bitterness in the finish.

Thanks to Blankboy for picking this up for me in Buffalo. Appearance: Pretty black, small white head. Aroma: woody and nutty, rye bread, a hint of nutella too. Nice. Flavour: Malty, lots of smoke and nuts, quite wood like again, tons of hops with a good floral feel to it, lots of carbonation with a hoppy malt finish. Quite nice.