Clown Shoes Hoppy Feet 1.5 Double Black IPA

Hoppy Feet 1.5 Double Black IPA

 

Clown Shoes in Boston, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸

  IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Special Out of Production
Score
7.60
ABV: 10.0% IBU: - Ticks: 63
This is a BIG beer. We basically took the Hoppy Feet recipe and multiplied everything by 1.5. This created a wonderfully unique beer that has a deeper malt balance, bolder hop profile, and an extremely fresh aroma. When comparing to regular Hoppy Feet you will notice much sweeter malt notes mixed in with a more pronounced chocolate and dark fruit flavor. The malt flavors are balanced off with strong pine and citrus notes from the addition of A LOT of hops. This beer was actually dry-hopped not once but TWICE with each of the hop varieties (Columbus, Cascade, and Amarillo).
 

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8.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

22oz bottle thanks to demmbonz
Appearance: Pours black with a big frothy tan head and lots of sticky lacing
Aroma: Citrus and pine resin
Taste: Roasty, sweet caramel, rich chocolate, citrus, finishes with bitter pine resin
Wow, I could drink this every night. Well balanced and hoppy. This is 10%, I wouldn’t have guessed that if it wasn’t on the bottle. Nice.

Tried from Bottle on 25 Mar 2013 at 17:06


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

27th May 2012
Opaque black beer. Good pale tan head. Palate is smooth and a little dry. Crispy. Slightly roasty dark malt, a little salty. Strong pine hops, bitter. Trace of red berry fruits. Smooth semi dry finish. Manages to be both smooth and harsh at the same time.

Tried on 23 Feb 2013 at 09:55


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle shared by a friend. The beer pours nearly black with a medium foamy tan head that dissipates steadily. Stringy lacing. Aroma of hops, pine and roasted malt. Full-bodied with flavors of resiny hops, roasted malt and a touch of chocolate. The finish is moderately bitter with a lingering hoppy aftertaste. Solid Black IPA overall.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Jan 2013 at 17:40


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Sampled @ Beer Temple. Pitch black color, medium sized light brown head. Smell malts, hops, roastyness, chocolate, some citrus, grapefruit, and lightly alcohol. Taste sweetness and bitterness, malts, roastyness, a hint of chocolate, citrus, grapefruit. Oily texture, medium to full body, medium carbonation.

Tried on 29 Oct 2012 at 01:22


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

From a 22 oz bottle shared at home Pours almost black with big frothy head. Hop and raisin nose. Hints of black cherries with a massive hop finish.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Oct 2012 at 17:27


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Tap. Pours clear deep black red with a small beige head and decent lacing. Aroma is caramel and coffee dominated, with notes of dark roasted malt, citrus, grapefruit, and pine. Flavor is the same, medium sweet with a medium bitter finish, staying strong into the far finish. A bit of warming on the finish, but the ABV hidden well otherwise. Medium body.

Tried from Draft on 24 Oct 2012 at 00:37


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle 22fl.oz.ABV: 10.0%. Clear dark red brown colour with a average to large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, light beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, moderate to heavy hoppy, citrus, grapefruit, orange - citrus, light alcohol. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long long duration, roasted - chocolate, citrus - grapefruit, bitter bitter. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel light to light moderate alcoholic. [20120817]

Tried from Bottle on 14 Oct 2012 at 06:16


8
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Very nice beer. Pours a thick, dark black with massive head that grows and grows (keeps spilling over the lip of my glass, actually). Aroma has hints of chocolate and licorice. Flavor is quite complex: sweet, spicy, almost peppery at first taste. Big licorice, some malt sweetness, hop/citrus bite, toasty grain. Very smooth finish. A keeper.

Tried on 11 Oct 2012 at 16:51


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

650ml bottle. Pitch black colour with average, frothy, minimally lacing, off-white head. Dark malty, roasty aroma with decent notes of liquorice, intense grassy hop overtones, a touch of citrus. Taste is peppery with notes of green onions, roasty dark malty, dry, grassy hoppy. Well balanced, well hidden alcohol.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Aug 2012 at 04:40


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottled@vPBF (thanks veliempoiot). Quite much pitch black colour, small off-white head. Aroma is roasted malts, peppery and some some hops and liquorice. Flavour is rather much the same in a good balance.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Aug 2012 at 17:51