Clown Shoes

Client Brewer in Boston, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Owned by Barrel One Collective

Established in 2009

Contact
306 Northern Avenue, Boston, MA, United States
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Description
Founded in December 2009 by beer lovers trying to make work fun again, Clown Shoes has been redefining what craft beer should be. We strive to add our own little creative twists on under-represented styles and styles in need of change.

In late 2017, Clown Shoes joined Mass. Bay Brewing Company, makers of Harpoon and UFO. With the greater resources and capabilities, we have expanded our special release and barrel aging programs with over 25 one-off beers in 2018 alone. Clown Shoes continues to grow and innovate, while keeping our own personality and style to bring you interesting and unique beers.

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10/10
Well then!!! Quite delicious for a number of reasons: 1) strong hint on orange, 2) lovely odor and 3) nice finish. God, it's good.
Tried on 13 Dec 2024 at 16:53

8/10
Tried on 13 Dec 2024 at 16:52

9/10
Tried on 13 Dec 2024 at 16:52

6.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Can@SBWF2022. Hazy orangeish brown colour with a small off-white head. Aroma is caramel, some spices, alcohol and mild nutty and wooden tones. Flavour is pretty much following the pattern of the aroma. Smooth, but nothing that special.
Tried from Can on 16 Nov 2024 at 11:34

8.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 10 Overall 8
(Bottle) Dark brown colour, almost black, with brief beige head. Malty, roasted nose with notes of dark bread, maple syrup, coffee, dark chocolate, spices (cinnamon), tobacco, oak wood, bourbon and vanilla. Malty, roasted, sweetish taste with dark bread, maple syrup, coffee, dark chocolate, cinnamon, nutmeg, treacle, tobacco, liquorice, oak wood, bourbon, vanilla and a gentle roasty bitterness in a warming, vinous finish. More than medium body, sweet. Rich and tasty, fairly well balanced for its strength. Very nice.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Oct 2024 at 19:51

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Tapster: sort if hazy with white head. Even though on draught tastes and smells old. Malty. Weirdly fruity. Or maybe it was the terpenes. Meh.
Tried from Draft on 19 Sep 2024 at 20:19

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Sample (thanks omhper!). Hazy yellow colour, mediumsized white head. Aroma is fruity, floral, some nectary and mild wooden tones. Flavour is floral, herbal, grassy and some slight yeasty tones with a wee bit cellary tones.
Tried on 04 Sep 2024 at 18:52

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Can from The Davis Beer Shoppe. Pours dark brn/blk with a large foamy tan head. Aroma is strongly maple. Overall suggests French Toast. Med body. Flavor is strongly maple with some bourbon and light wood astringency. Not at all dry. There is some bitterness from something. Heat is hard to find, but it's there. Maple maple maple.
Tried from Can on 26 Aug 2024 at 01:10

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Sampled from the tap at Red Cow North Loop. Pours a clear deep gold with a copper hue and an off white head that dissipates slowly to the edges. Aroma pine and some earthy resin with a bit of grain and bread backing. Flavor has dank pine and resin with some earthy grass and grains coming through.
Tried from Draft on 25 Aug 2024 at 15:57

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Sample (thanks omhper!). Black colour, small beigeish brown head. Aroma is liqiuorice, some toffee and mild chocolaty and some roasted tones. Flavour is liquorice, some alcohol sweetness, chocolaty, nutty and mild roasted tones. Quite smooth, nice roasted, but sweet aftertaste.
Tried on 13 Aug 2024 at 19:25