Clown Shoes Crunkle Sam

Crunkle Sam
(has 5 batches)

 

Clown Shoes in Boston, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸

  Barley Wine - Barley Regular
Score
7.48
ABV: 10.0% IBU: - Ticks (all batches): 74
Maybe you’ve seen him. Maybe you’ve only heard about him. He’s tricky like that, dear old Crunkle Sam. But a good time seems to follow him wherever it goes, also a bad ass bald eagle.

Crunkle Sam is our American Barleywine that we revisit every so often. This year we chose to bring it back, bourbon barrel-aged and in a big, beautiful 19.2oz can. The legend continues…
 

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7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
How: Bottle.
Where: SMÖF 2014.
Appearance: Amber colour with a beige head.
Aroma: Sweet malt, caramel, citrus, dried fruit.
Body: Full body, medium carbonation.
Flavour: Caramel, sweet malt, citrus, hops, fruit.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Nov 2014 at 22:30

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle. Dark amber/brown with medium tan head. Aroma is malt, craamel, dark fruits, toasted, oak, hop and wood. Flavour is malt, caramel, toasted, dark fruits, oak, wood, medium sweet, hop and medium bitter.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Oct 2014 at 23:30

7.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle shared at the Midland Meet on 24th Aug 2014. Liquid and alcoholic marmalade with attitude! Poured a cloudy orange, weak beige head; heavy tropical fruit aroma, with oranges to the fore. The taste is also orange flavoured with a caramel sweetness. The alcohol is noticeable and adds a bite to the sweetness. The beer tries to have a dry finish, but fails: I liked it.
Tried from Bottle on 03 Sep 2014 at 03:49

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle at Midlands Tasting Group via Mikkeller online shop; cloudy orange pour with a tiny beige head, very tropical hop aroma, taste has citrus, tangerine, pineapple, mango backed up with some caramel sweetness.
Tried from Bottle on 25 Aug 2014 at 05:46

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
650 ml bottle. Pours a clear mahogany color with moderate head of big bubbles. Aromas of toffee, brown sugar, malt extract, and a hint of piney hops. Flavors are similar, though the hops are a lot more pronounced, and come out as grass and pine in the finish. Quite hot.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Aug 2014 at 20:08

8/10
Tried on 19 Jul 2014 at 22:29

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle shared at the DSH tasting thanks to sic1314. Pours hazy amber with a small off white head. Aroma of caramel malt, overripe fruit, light grapefruit, toffee and booze. Flavour is light heavy sweet and moderate bitter. Medium to full bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried from Bottle on 18 Jul 2014 at 14:16

7.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
bottle shared @July THT. No head or carbonation (but the bottle seal had been broken). hazy amber pour. A really smooth barley wine. Very good
Tried from Bottle on 18 Jul 2014 at 14:13

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
650ml bottle Pours dark orange with a white bubbly head. Aroma of malts, caramel, toffee and faint hints of hops. Taste is malty, sweet and sticky with some grassy bitterness, syrupy toffee and berries. Finish is sweet, malty and boozy with some toffee, bitterness and sticky syrup. Quite generic and boring US barley wine.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Jul 2014 at 08:34

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
65 cl bottle @ home, no BBE info
Aroma has caramel, woody tones, some toffee, hints of resin and vanilla. Feels heavy. Flavour has sweet caramel malt, toffee, ripe fruits and some hops with grapefruit. Also some berry juice in the finish. Creamy palate. Quite typical American BW – nothing disturbing (except the sweetness) but nothing special either.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Jul 2014 at 08:32