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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7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Tried from Bottle on 23 Jul 2025 at 18:45

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bomber (2018 bottle) shared with Caesar @ Mancave Bunnik. Opaque black color, small off-white to beige head. Aroma is malts, soft dusty, earthy slightly, nutty a bit, cocoa powder, sweetish, softly bitter, lightly liquor. Decent to medium body, smooth mouthfeel. Good.
Tried on 04 Jul 2025 at 17:57

6/10
Poured from can into can. Sweet malts, corn, limey etc. Does the job you'd expect
Tried from Can on 20 May 2025 at 02:13

7/10
Canned. Poured dark, lots of cinnamon allspice and dark fruits, dark malts. Pretty good
Tried from Can on 20 May 2025 at 02:13

8/10
Big can from total wine. Deep black brown pour vanilla, dark chocolate, spice at the end. Pretty good
Tried from Can on 20 May 2025 at 02:10

7/10
Deep brown pour foamy head from can. Cinnamon brown sugar spice. Malted milk.
Tried from Can on 20 May 2025 at 02:04

7/10
Big bottle. Brown pour tannish head. Sweet wine and malts. Toasty and hoppy. Goood
Tried from Bottle on 20 May 2025 at 02:03

6/10
Canned. Deep brown black pour. Some coconut, chile spice, malt. Ok but nothing special here
Tried from Can on 20 May 2025 at 02:03

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Canned from streets awhile back. Cloudy hazy amber yellow pour. Lots of pineabpple in this one, pretty decent stuff
Tried from Can on 20 May 2025 at 02:03

6/10
Canned from streets. Cloudy yellow pour. Citrus, i guess pineapple or something. Basically fine
Tried from Can on 20 May 2025 at 02:02