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Clown Shoes in Boston, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Brewed at/by: Ipswich Ale BreweryIPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Regular Out of Production
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Score
6.91
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Lube? Hey, get your mind out of the gutter. Social lubrication, people coming together to unwind, is what we are talking about. This American Black Ale has a dark body, medium bitterness, balanced with West Coast hops and sweet orange peel.
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7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Almost black with a beige head. Aroma is sweet, malty, roasted malt, chocolate and rather hoppy - pine needles. Flavor is quite sweet and rather bitter. Dry and rather bitter finish. 280112
Tried
on 28 Jan 2012
at 05:21
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Nice head with good duration. Color is black. Aroma and taste are roast malt, chocolate, coffee, hops and flowers.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jan 2012
at 05:20
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle from Liz. Pours black with a 3.5 finger creamy tan head. Aroma of chocolate and resin. Med body. Flavor is roasty dark malt with some light pine. There might be some zest in here. There is certainly a lot of intense flavor. So it’s complex of course!
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jan 2012
at 17:41
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
22 fl oz bottle. Pours dark brown to black with a small tan head. Aroma is yeasty, orange fruity and dark roasted malty. Dark roasted malt, light chemical, solid hoppy. Bitter and dry malty finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jan 2012
at 06:57
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 65 cl. Pours an opaque black with a dense and frothy shaving foam style beige head. Cocoa dominates the nose. Medium body, plenty of bitter chocolate, subdued roast, while the hops don’t appear all that distainct - other than bitter. Appears mostly like a bitter Porter. 311211
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jan 2012
at 09:22
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottled. A black beer with a brown head. The aroma has notes of hops, grass, and citrus fruits. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, dusty hops, and fruits, leading to a very roasted finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Dec 2011
at 11:33
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
bottle at ølbutikken. Clear very dark brown, smooth light brown head4 herbal and hoppy aroma, hint of roasted malts. Too herbal 6 flavor is roasted malty as well as qute hoppy. Hoppy herbal note, great roasted malty bitternes in the end. 7
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Dec 2011
at 07:51
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Black, large brown head with moderate retention and solid lacing. Aroma of grass-laced brownies, light coffee. Taste is coffe grounds, pine resin, bitter finish. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Nov 2011
at 15:49
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle shared with Steve and co. Forgot who brought this, but thanks! Black appearance with a light brown head. Fairly roasty, chocolate malty, moderately citrusy/piney hoppy aroma. Pretty easy drinking flavor with notes of char, chocolate, light smoke, piney, and citrus.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Nov 2011
at 17:58
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
5oz pour at Pizzeria Paradiso in Alexandria VA. Poured a dark brown, almost black color with a very small wispy deep tan head. Aroma is roasted notes through and through. Solid dark chocolate grains, with hint of hoppy notes. Flavor is a pretty decent balance between the roasted malts and the hops. Pretty solid, prototypical, "how a Black IPA should be made" brew.
Tried
on 11 Nov 2011
at 21:10