Gargoyle Love Song
Clown Shoes in Boston, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.73
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jgb9348 (11828) reviewed Gargoyle Love Song (2018) from Clown Shoes 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Super deep dark brown coloured body with a thinnish, single centimetre tall lighter brown head that covers the top ever so slightly, above the 90 per cent opaque brown body. Aroma of vanilla, lactose, earth, roasted malts, oatmeal, grain, light figs, nuts, earth and a lot of molasses and brown sugars - very nice on the nose with some bitterness of course, noticeable. Medium to Full-bodied; Strong rich malty flavours dominate with a ton of vanilla, earth, figs and pitted fruits with creamy lactose right behind and a big hit of oatmeal and nuts that provide some bitterness and depth, but still show some sweetness, with the pitted fruits and vanilla much stronger. Overall, a very nice, well-rounded, robust and earthy beer while still showing a lot of character from the oatmeal and grain, but the sweetness and vanilla notes make this good throughout with some light oaky quality with some pungency towards the end, but this has definitely mellowed out in the five years since bottling! I sampled this 65 cL bottle, purchased from Knightly Spirits in Orlando (Williamsburg), Florida on 29-December-2022 for US$13,99 sampled a day later here in my hotel room here on 30-December-2022 with my wife and three kids, nearly 5 years after purchase.
KevinReddirt (2121) reviewed Gargoyle Love Song from Clown Shoes 6 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Clown Shoes rarely disappoints with its imperial stouts. I have this one to try to see if that continues. The bomber came by way of The Cellar in Odessa with a bottling date on the bottle saying 11/17/17. The glass tonight is my Buffalo Bayou snifter, used often for Imperial stouts. Just because. The pour is pitch black finished by a minimal skim of mahogany foam. I take a full smell, chocolate, sour dough bread and berries. And now a drink. Oh my, quite fine. I get strawberry, dark sweet chocolate, vanilla, some oakiness and a taste of the liquor. Another winner from Clown Shoes.
jtclockwork (20061) reviewed Gargoyle Love Song from Clown Shoes 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle - pours dark brown tan head - nose and taste of vanilla, coffee, toasted chocolate malt - medium bodied.
superspak (10160) reviewed Gargoyle Love Song from Clown Shoes 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
22 ounce bottle into snifter, bottled on 11/17/2017. Pours dense pitch black color with a 1-2 finger dense and rocky tan head with amazing retention, that reduces to a large cap that lasts. Thick soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big milk/dark chocolate, nutty medium roast coffee, caramel, brown sugar, vanilla, toffee, bourbon, coconut, toasted oak, and dark/brown bread; with lighter notes of molasses, licorice, dark fruit, peat smoke, leather, tobacco, herbal, and roast/toast/oaky earthiness. Very slight booze in the aromas as it warmed. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/roast/bready/light smoked malts, vanilla, coffee, and bourbon barrel notes; with big strength. Taste of big milk/dark chocolate, nutty medium roast coffee, caramel, brown sugar, vanilla, toffee, bourbon, coconut, toasted oak, and dark/brown bread; with lighter notes of molasses, licorice, dark fruit, peat smoke, leather, tobacco, herbal, and roast/toast/oaky earthiness. Very mild herbal/roast/char bitterness and bourbon/oak tannin spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of milk/dark chocolate, nutty coffee, caramel, brown sugar, vanilla, toffee, bourbon, coconut, toasted oak, dark/brown bread, light dark molasses/dark fruit/smoke, leather, tobacco, herbal, and roast/toast/oaky earthiness on the finish for a while. Amazing complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready/light smoked malts, vanilla, coffee, and bourbon barrel flavors; with a great roasted bitter/sweet, and bourbon/oak spiciness balance; with no cloying/acrid flavors after the finish. Slightly increasing dryness from lingering hop/char bitterness and bourbon/oak spiciness. Light-medium carbonation and fairly full body; with a very smooth, creamy, silky, and velvety mouthfeel that is fantastic. Slight sticky hops, chalky char/roast, and bourbon/oak tannins. Mildly increasing warmth of 12%, with zero barrel booziness lingering after the finish. Overall this is an amazing barrel aged flavored imperial stout! All around incredible complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready/light smoked malts, vanilla, coffee, and bourbon barrel flavors; very smooth and dangerously easy to sip on for the huge ABV, with the mildly bitter/tannic/drying finish. Not as smokey as expected given the base beer, but solid presence. Insanely balanced rich malts, vanilla, and fruity/nutty coffee complexity; with perfect barrel integration. Not boozy/tannic on barrels, or overly bitter/charred on malts. A highly amazing offering, they really nailed this one.
tsd08460 (2358) reviewed Gargoyle Love Song (2018) from Clown Shoes 7 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9
Bottle from Total Wine & More in Reston, VA Aroma: vanilla, roasty, chocolate, bourbon, wood Appearance: black with a tan head Taste: medium sweetness, medium bitterness, Palate: full body, creamy, average carbonation, long finish, Delicious
djd07 (28882) reviewed Gargoyle Love Song (2015) from Clown Shoes 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle thanks to Rainer. Pours black with tan head that lasts. The aroma is vanilla bean, roast, cocoa, bourbon, wood. Medium mouth, roasted malt, vanilla, bourbon, wood, very good.