Clown Shoes Genghis Pecan Pie Porter

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

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Bottle from Total Wine. Pours a viscous ebony body with a thumbnail of brown head that diminishes fast. Lush and velvety on the nose with a scent reminiscent of a chocolate malted milk shake. Flavors include caramel, cocoa bean, toasted nuts, bread, and subtle pine in the finish. Medium/full body and full carbonation. This is a nice porter with good flavor without being overbearing.

This is a very good beer with the pecan taste met with the maltiness of the porter. Enjoyed very much. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

bomber split wth Tomaz @ home. Brune foncée, col moyen, moka, fin doré au verre. Arôme donne ce bouquet agréable de noix de pécan quoique ce dernier reste discret. Le tout indique une petite rondeur de sucre caramélisé suivi d’une pointe d’amertume/citronné. Palais est malté, caramel grillé avec ce petit côté noisette-pécan. Le tout est assez discret, et je déplore ici ce profil sucré-sucre brun qui domine toute la bière la rendant trop douce. Le tout est sec et une effervescence moyenne-haute. Au final, bière agréable mais dont j’attendais plus. J’avoue avoir acheté cette dernière sur base de l’étiquette, très sympa. Clown Shoes reste solide comme brasserie.

Bottled. Pours deep brown, nearly black with a medium sizedcreamy, tan head. Aroma of chocolate, brown sugar, toasted pecans and caramel. Sweet flavor that ends up more dry. Medium to full bodied, oily texture and soft carbonation. A very nice and interesting porter.

If all this beer does is teach people how to say pecan properly (yes, it rhymes with Khan), then it is a success. Black pour with a large, brown head that recedes somewhat quickly. Nose is pecan, clove, spice, cinnamon, light earth, faint roast. Flavor is cinnamon, pecan pie, pecans, clove, vanilla, earth, roast. Full mouthfeel, with an ashy tasting medium bitter finish. I like how the smoke plays more of a back end note than a dominant up front flavor.

Sweet roasty aroma. Pours dark almost black with a dark tan head which fades relatively quickly leaving lots of lacing. Sweet, nutty, roasted malt. Medium bodied. Very nice.

22oz bomber pours with a mahogany colored body that briefly supports a weak dark tan head. The aroma offers up muted aged cinnamon spice, ginger and a sweet orange hard candy note. At the edges of the aroma might be dusty dry nuttiness but it is so light it could be something else. The taste begins with sweet malts and some sweet nuttiness and then moves into a sort of cinnamon spice to roasted malt sort of mixture. It’s not really gelling for me.

Solid porter, hints of nuttiness, roaste notes, a solid beer, the brewery is growing on me.

Bottle shared by b3shine. Poured dark reddish brown color with an average frothy tan head that was mostly lasting with good lacing. Moderate roasted chocolate malt, coffee and nuts aroma. Medium to full body and smooth texture and flat carbonation. Medium to heavy sweet flavor with a medium to heavy complex sweet finish of moderate to long duration. This beer met my expectations.

From a bomber. Pours very dark brown with thin light brown head. Tastes like chocolate, caramel, roasted, nutty and sweet. Smells like pecans and toffee. Medium body and medium carbonation.