Muffin Top
(has 3 batches)
Clown Shoes in Boston, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Belgian Regular|
Score
7.17
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Muffin Top combines the attributes of a Belgian Tripel with a huge burst of American hops. Intense flavors from the Belgian yeast, reminiscent of candied fruits, mix with the hop bitterness and sweet orange peel to create a unique take on a Belgian-Style ale.
Disclaimer: No muffin tops were harmed in the production of this label.
Disclaimer: No muffin tops were harmed in the production of this label.
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6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle courtesy of Marsiblursi. Pours clear deep golden with a frothy and fizzy white head that is rather quick to dissipate while leaving a small trace on the glass. Smell is sweet with caramel, pineapple, candi sugar, mango, orange peal, alcohol, mandarin oranges, pine, grass, uncooked green vegetables, white pepper, sweet bread, wood, pears and hints of dry soil and hay. Taste is sweet, slightly bitter and very tiny sour with green peas, pineapple, mango, dark bread, candi sugar, alcohol, wood, pine, freshly cut grass, orange juice, orange peal, lemon balm, apricots, hay, boiled broccoli, toffee and resin. Mouthfeel is smooth, round, boozy and medium to full bodied. Finish is slightly sweet and bitter with grass, lemon balm, orange peal, green peas, broccoli and bread.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jun 2012
at 13:57
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Pour is a clear orange with a small white head. Aroma is sugary, Belgain yeast and a citrus fruit. Flavor is the same a nice overall Belgain yeast with a little grassy hop and citrus fruit. Almost the same as the beer "tramp stamp" by this brewer but equally tasty.
Tried
on 28 Apr 2012
at 18:25
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Cloudy golden brown color, small but thick white head, solid lacing. Aroma of bready and very slightly sour caramel. Taste is malty, yeasty, brown bread, light spice, bitter finish. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Apr 2012
at 18:24
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Pours cloudy orange with off white head. Nose/taste of oranges and clementines with peels and skin, tropical fruits, bready malts and yeast. Medium body. Dry clementine peel finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Apr 2012
at 16:03
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottles from multiple trades. Marked as bottled 12/2011. Pours with a murky orange hue and a large, just off-white head. Aromas are of citrus, zesty, perfume, kumquats, air freshener/potpourri, medium esters, light tropical fruit, pine, resin. Flavors are nutty, mildly astringent/tannic malt, medium bitterness, dry, citrusy, zesty, apricot esters. Medium hop and stone fruit. Light phenols. Lively bubbles, dry and mildly warming.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Mar 2012
at 11:41
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bomber from Liz. Pours hazy dark orange with an off-white head. Aromas of zest and yeast/spice with some light stone fruit. Full bodied. It’s spicy/yeasty, with a hint of kandi, some roast malt well submerged, and a large amount of citrus/floral hop. Heck, maybe earthy hop. This stuff is fairly earthy. It’s even somewhat astringent. Extremely tasty.
Tried
on 15 Feb 2012
at 16:42
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
22oz bomber pours clear copper with thick gold edges and near tight light tan head. The aroma pushes up various malt sweetened mango with a modest level of Belgian yeastiness. As it warms the spicy Belgian like yeast notes get a bit stronger. The taste has bold yet basically equal levels of malt sweetened grapefruit, tangelo and orange peel mixing with yeasty spices that seem to be coriander and clove like. In the end the Belgian yeast notes outshine the formidable citrus hops notes. I actually prefer the opposite but this is still tasty nonetheless.
Tried
on 01 Feb 2012
at 20:16
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Pours cloudy golden orange color with white head. Aromas of dough and spices with floral hops and caramel. Lots of spiciness flavors with dough and a little sweetness. Moderate bitterness. Medium body with lovely carbonation.
Tried
on 10 Dec 2011
at 15:32
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6
Bomber. Pours a cloudy orange gold with a small creamy of white head leaving sticky lacing along the glass. The aroma is citrus yeast and pepper. Medium mouthfeel with a flavor of orange peel and lingering bitter finish. A decent Belgian strong ale from Clown Shoes.
Tried
on 03 Dec 2011
at 01:45
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Pours deep gold into a tulip. Off-white head with medium retention recedes to hug rim. Tropical fruit and resin aromas. Dried apricots and peach upfront turning to yeast in the lasting hot finish.
Tried
on 02 Oct 2011
at 15:48