Hoppy Feet 1.5 Double Black IPA
Clown Shoes in Boston, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Special Out of Production|
Score
7.62
|
|
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).
Sign up to add a tick or review
6.9/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle @ The 5th Danish Summer Gathering Ulborg, 2012. Pours nearly black with a small head. Caramel, toffee and lots of piney hops. Extremely bitter, one dimensional and unbalanced.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Aug 2012
at 04:15
7.8/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle 650ml @ fonefan
Pours dark brown with a tan head. Aroma has notes of malt, citrus, grass, floral, pine and orange. Taste is medium sweet and heavy bitter with a long piney bitter finish. Body is full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Pours dark brown with a tan head. Aroma has notes of malt, citrus, grass, floral, pine and orange. Taste is medium sweet and heavy bitter with a long piney bitter finish. Body is full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Aug 2012
at 00:50
7.6/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
65 cl bottle @ home, bottled on 12/2011
Aroma has cocoa, resin, some chocolate and vanilla. Flavour is rather hoppy with resin, cocoa, grapefruit, some chocolate and gooseberry bush. Also some spices, biscuits and ash. Hides the ABV very well, the alcohol just warms here. Lots of hoppy burps afterwards.
Aroma has cocoa, resin, some chocolate and vanilla. Flavour is rather hoppy with resin, cocoa, grapefruit, some chocolate and gooseberry bush. Also some spices, biscuits and ash. Hides the ABV very well, the alcohol just warms here. Lots of hoppy burps afterwards.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Aug 2012
at 05:06
8.2/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
660ml bottle from Høkeren, Copenhagen
Bottled 12/2011 - Pours pitch black with a small white head. Nice aroma of roasted malts, chocolate, dark ripe fruits, some spices and hints of smoke. Taste is roasty with a lot of dark ripe fruits, some grassy hops, floral notes and chocolate. Finish is smooth and slightly roasty with some hoppy fruity notes. Alcohol is well hidden. Great, tasty and well balanced black IPA.
Bottled 12/2011 - Pours pitch black with a small white head. Nice aroma of roasted malts, chocolate, dark ripe fruits, some spices and hints of smoke. Taste is roasty with a lot of dark ripe fruits, some grassy hops, floral notes and chocolate. Finish is smooth and slightly roasty with some hoppy fruity notes. Alcohol is well hidden. Great, tasty and well balanced black IPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Aug 2012
at 04:57
7.8/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Nice head with good duration. Color is dark brown. Aroma and taste are rich hops, roast malt, notes of chocolate, fruits and caramel, notes. Nice long bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Aug 2012
at 02:19
7.8/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle, 10% @ FOneFan, Pre-Danish Ratebeer Summer Gathering 2012. Very dark brown with small beige head. Aroma is light roasted malts, hops, pine and grapefruit. Flavour is light roasted malts, chocolate, hops, grapefruit, pine and quite bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Aug 2012
at 02:07
7.2/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle, 22oz. It pours a brown body, clear, and with a beige head on top. Roasted, piney and citrus-peel-ish aroma. A little bit of alcohol too. The alcohol is more present in the mouth, giving a fine warmth. Roasted malts, lots of citrus peel and pine cones too. Full-bodied and pleasantly carbonated. Really long finish with roasted malts and lots of hoppy bitterness and flavors. Overall, a bit too rough, but a pleasant one anyway. 120817
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Aug 2012
at 17:21
7.8/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle @ pre-TFODRBSG, Ulfborg. Hazy very dark brown with a beige head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt and moderate hoppy - pine. Flavor is quite sweet and very bitter. Dry and very bitter finish. 170812
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Aug 2012
at 17:13
7.4/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Shared bottle at local tasting, as Clown Shoes First Anniversary Ale Hoppy Feet 1.5 Double Black India Pale Ale. ABV is 10%. Black colour, moderate beige head. Strong and pleasant hoppy aroma, some mild roasty notes in the background. Distinct and powerful piney / hoppy flavour, fairly dry, moderate roasty notes. Massive bitterness in the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Aug 2012
at 11:14
8/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
66cl bomber, 10%, @ Delirium Hoppy Loft, Brussels. Brune foncée, col léger beige. Arôme est malté grillé avec une bouffée de houblon arrivant juste derrière alternant pin et fruité avec un malt caramel agréable. Palais malté sur note de chocolat, caramel avec une note épaisse, léger huileux avec une pointe fine de torréfié. Houblon reste plus en retrait donnant un profile houblonné amer léger, citronné avec un bon coup de forêt de sapins. Alcool malgré les 10% reste bien dissimulée.
Tried
on 29 Jun 2012
at 17:01