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Genghis Pecan (2012)
Clown Shoes
- From:
- Clown Shoes
- Massachusetts, United States
- Style:
- American Porter
- ABV:
- 7%
- Score:
- 82
- Avg:
- 3.63 | pDev: 11.02%
- Reviews:
- 48
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Sep 01, 2015
- Added:
- Oct 27, 2012
- Wants:
- 9
- Gots:
- 13
No description / notes.
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Ratings by asaharyev:
Reviewed by asaharyev from Massachusetts
3.44/5 rDev -5.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.44/5 rDev -5.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
22oz bomber poured into a pint glass 9/1/13, bottled 11/13/12.
Pour: Dark brown, with a decent foamy head, though that disappears rather quickly.
Aroma: Nice dark malt notes; baker's chocolate, vanilla, a touch of coffee, and a little bit of bitterness that seems to attach to the chocolate.
Taste: Matches the aroma, with big chocolate flavors right up front, but the bitterness attached has a slight hint of hop flavor as well. There's also a good amount of vanilla flavoring, and sweet pecan in the background.
Overall: At first, this beer is spectacular, but as it warms, it adds no complexity, and perhaps loses some flavor, fading into a mouthful of baker's chocolate and little else. Still, worth the venture.
I wish I had also had one of these last November for comparison.
Sep 01, 2013Pour: Dark brown, with a decent foamy head, though that disappears rather quickly.
Aroma: Nice dark malt notes; baker's chocolate, vanilla, a touch of coffee, and a little bit of bitterness that seems to attach to the chocolate.
Taste: Matches the aroma, with big chocolate flavors right up front, but the bitterness attached has a slight hint of hop flavor as well. There's also a good amount of vanilla flavoring, and sweet pecan in the background.
Overall: At first, this beer is spectacular, but as it warms, it adds no complexity, and perhaps loses some flavor, fading into a mouthful of baker's chocolate and little else. Still, worth the venture.
I wish I had also had one of these last November for comparison.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by bmwats from Louisiana
3.46/5 rDev -4.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.46/5 rDev -4.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Poured from a 650 ml bottle into a footed tulip.
A: Black. Pours a half finger, bubbly, brown head. Settles pretty quickly. Very slight lacing mostly retreats into the body of the brew.
S: Roasted espresso, dark chocolate, licorice, molasses, and pecan... I guess.
T: Roasted coffee is prominent. Pecans are also very prominent. Subtle inklings of other accentuates available in the nose.
M: Roasty and hearty. Syrupy, and a little boozy. Slightly bitter, liquory aftertaste lingers on the palate.
D: Sip and enjoy.
Atmosphere is pretty good. Slight head and very little lacing. Nose is roasted coffee, chocolate, licorice, and molasses mostly. The pecans come out in the flavor along with the coffee, but very little of the other components are evident. Overall, this is a pretty good quaff.
Dec 22, 2013A: Black. Pours a half finger, bubbly, brown head. Settles pretty quickly. Very slight lacing mostly retreats into the body of the brew.
S: Roasted espresso, dark chocolate, licorice, molasses, and pecan... I guess.
T: Roasted coffee is prominent. Pecans are also very prominent. Subtle inklings of other accentuates available in the nose.
M: Roasty and hearty. Syrupy, and a little boozy. Slightly bitter, liquory aftertaste lingers on the palate.
D: Sip and enjoy.
Atmosphere is pretty good. Slight head and very little lacing. Nose is roasted coffee, chocolate, licorice, and molasses mostly. The pecans come out in the flavor along with the coffee, but very little of the other components are evident. Overall, this is a pretty good quaff.
Reviewed by beerdrinker123 from Delaware
4.19/5 rDev +15.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.19/5 rDev +15.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
This beer pours an opaque black with a nice amount of dark tan head, leaves a little bit of lacing, looks solid.
On the nose you can pick up on a sweet and nutty pecan pie aroma, its got way more sweetness than I would have expected, no hops or boozyness detected.
Flavor wise its got a nice sweet start and a really roasty and nutty finish.. I can pick up on a little bit of bready malt somewhere in the middle. Has a smokey aftertaste that lingers on the tongue inbetween sips
Its substantially thick for a porter, which I really like.
Overall, exactly what I expected from clown shoes, a solid offering, really interesting porter.
Dec 13, 2013On the nose you can pick up on a sweet and nutty pecan pie aroma, its got way more sweetness than I would have expected, no hops or boozyness detected.
Flavor wise its got a nice sweet start and a really roasty and nutty finish.. I can pick up on a little bit of bready malt somewhere in the middle. Has a smokey aftertaste that lingers on the tongue inbetween sips
Its substantially thick for a porter, which I really like.
Overall, exactly what I expected from clown shoes, a solid offering, really interesting porter.
Genghis Pecan (2012) from Clown Shoes
Beer rating:
82 out of
100 with
206 ratings
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