Clown Shoes
Microbrewery
in Boston,
Massachusetts,
United States 🇺🇸
Owned by
Harpoon Brewery
Established in 2009
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.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Can. Very dark brown, with a two finger head. Aroma is mainly maple and burnt grains. Taste is maple and burnt grains.
tnkw01 (4059) reviewed Zen Garden from Clown Shoes 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Can. Very cloudy gold in color with a small head. Aroma is mostly hoppy sweet. Taste is also hoppy sweet.
tnkw01 (4059) reviewed Bubble Farm from Clown Shoes 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Can. Gold in color. Three fingers head. Kind of a plain jane IPA. Nothing special.
tnkw01 (4059) reviewed Lil’ Crispy from Clown Shoes 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Can. Cloudy gold in color with a four finger head. Aroma is to the hoppy side. Taste is also tp the hoppy side. Kind of like a pale ale.
Robinvboyer (8037) reviewed Archdruid from Clown Shoes 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Hazy brown pour, small off white head. Aroma is quite woody, and and has a solid tangy tartness. Reminds me alot of a Flemish red, with some big barrel aging. Lots of wood, hints of vanilla and a strong scotch flavour at the end. Barrel isn’t in your face at the beginning, but I wasn’t expecting this tartness. The barrel really comes through in the finish and goes well with the fruity malts. Nice stuff.
Robinvboyer (8037) reviewed Blaecorn Unidragon from Clown Shoes 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Quite the pour, viscous and jet black with a very dark brown head. Intense Aroma if charred malts, charred coffee, loads of smoke and soy with some strong pine resin and hints if over ripe fruit. Viscous, oily mouth feel with a soft, yet bubbly carb. Intense bitter finish, strong, astringent resinous hope flavour, and a long lasting, strong coffee, charred malt. Quite the big beer alcohol is hidden well, a real sipper.
Robinvboyer (8037) reviewed Brown Angel from Clown Shoes 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Brown pour, large off white head. Great pine Aroma, soft soapy Aroma, some subtle citrus, and some decent herby cereals. Good mouth feel, solid carb. Finish is nutty, with some subtle pine aromas and carnage cereals. A quality brown ale.
bb (18428) reviewed Snow on the Maple Tree from Clown Shoes 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9
Can. Black beer with a tan head. Chocolate and maple aroma with bourbon. Maple and chocolate flavor with bourbon and caramel. Medium-plus bodied. Maple and chocolate linger with bourbon, caramel, and light dark fruits.
Leighton (34941) reviewed Space Cake (2015) from Clown Shoes 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Not sure of the vintage but this seems like the correct entry/ABV. Moderate sweetness, sun-baked pale malts, oily pine, orange peel, a little spicy cedar, pepper. Great stuff, nice old-school vibes.
tricksta_p (13664) reviewed Chocolate Sombrero from Clown Shoes 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle at home. Aroma is roasted malt, vanilla, chocolate, mild chili, cocoa, dark fruits, prunes, plenty of liquorice in the finish, touch of roasty coffee and soy sauce. Flavour is medium sweet and light to moderate bitter with some chili burn in the throat. Flavour is medium to full. A bit heavier on the liquorice than I’d expected. Not top tier Imperial Stout but good, nice vanilla chocolate and subtle chili notes.