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Clown Shoes
- From:
- Clown Shoes
- Massachusetts, United States
- Style:
- Fruit and Field Beer
- ABV:
- 4.8%
- Score:
- 82
- Avg:
- 3.52 | pDev: 7.95%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 6
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jul 08, 2020
- Added:
- Mar 16, 2018
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 0
SCORE
82
Good
82
Good
Summer ale brewed with passion fruit and pineapple puree.
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Rated by Jugs_McGhee from Texas
2.89/5 rDev -17.9%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
2.89/5 rDev -17.9%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
CAN: Ran me $1.99 on sale. 16 fl oz pull-tab with a busy label design.
C / AVERAGE
Feb 13, 2019C / AVERAGE
Reviewed by MattinHouston from Texas
3.29/5 rDev -6.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.29/5 rDev -6.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Smells fruity. Tastes kind of like a craft weak beer that attempted to be different. After 4 it doesn't taste bad. Kind of a tangy light beer, a little fruit flavor. Before that I'd say flavor is so so. Got it 1/2 off otherwise wouldn't have tried it. Clown Shoes is good for high ABV stouts etc. this isn't their style. I'd say don't search out this one you aren't missing anything.
Dec 21, 2018
Reviewed by NotAlcoholicJustAHobby from Vermont
3.67/5 rDev +4.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.67/5 rDev +4.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
canned 07/06/18
L-The beer pours a just slightly hazy yellow with a 2 plus finger white head. The head receds to a thin film leaving specks of lacing here and there.
S-The nose is sweet with pineapple. There is some malt with a few faint floral hops. When swirled the beer releases more of the sweet pineapple. If there is passionfruit there it is covered and melded with the pineapple.
T-On the palate the beer is less sweet than the nose. The can gives a non descript summer ale, but it feels like a witbier base. There is some yeastiness to it. Pineapple is mostly noticeable at the end of the sip as it lingers a little longer than the yeasts contribution. Not overly complicated, but pleasant.
F-Mouthfeel overall is on the lighter side. Carbonation is restrained which helps out.
O- As a light hot weather summer ale, the beer does what it's supposed to. The fruit addition is very mild with the exception of the pineapple in the nose. Pleasant enough to drink, but not something you need to seek out.
Sep 30, 2018L-The beer pours a just slightly hazy yellow with a 2 plus finger white head. The head receds to a thin film leaving specks of lacing here and there.
S-The nose is sweet with pineapple. There is some malt with a few faint floral hops. When swirled the beer releases more of the sweet pineapple. If there is passionfruit there it is covered and melded with the pineapple.
T-On the palate the beer is less sweet than the nose. The can gives a non descript summer ale, but it feels like a witbier base. There is some yeastiness to it. Pineapple is mostly noticeable at the end of the sip as it lingers a little longer than the yeasts contribution. Not overly complicated, but pleasant.
F-Mouthfeel overall is on the lighter side. Carbonation is restrained which helps out.
O- As a light hot weather summer ale, the beer does what it's supposed to. The fruit addition is very mild with the exception of the pineapple in the nose. Pleasant enough to drink, but not something you need to seek out.
Reviewed by depechemode1983 from Texas
3.05/5 rDev -13.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
3.05/5 rDev -13.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
Pours a hazy light amber color. Head is white with minimal retention and lacing.
The nose is very light. Some faint bitter pineapple but no passion fruit. Get some grains through the middle.
The taste is sort of bland. Mild sweet pineapple. A bit of lemon. And a light hops bit. Not horrible but underwhelming.
The mouthfeel is light and clean with nice carbonation.
Jun 21, 2018The nose is very light. Some faint bitter pineapple but no passion fruit. Get some grains through the middle.
The taste is sort of bland. Mild sweet pineapple. A bit of lemon. And a light hops bit. Not horrible but underwhelming.
The mouthfeel is light and clean with nice carbonation.
Reviewed by russpowell from Arkansas
3.28/5 rDev -6.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.28/5 rDev -6.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
Pours an effervescent gold with 2 fingers of pearl colored head. Okay head retention & lacing
S: Pears, a little citrus
T: Pineapple, dryness, a little pear, plus a little passion fruit up front. Dryness, a little grainyness, hints of pineapple as this warms. Finishes a little grassy, dry with a little white grape
MF: Medium body, fairly firm carbonation
Easy to drink, but also easy to forget, a rare miss from these guys, wanted way more fruit than this delivers
Jun 17, 2018S: Pears, a little citrus
T: Pineapple, dryness, a little pear, plus a little passion fruit up front. Dryness, a little grainyness, hints of pineapple as this warms. Finishes a little grassy, dry with a little white grape
MF: Medium body, fairly firm carbonation
Easy to drink, but also easy to forget, a rare miss from these guys, wanted way more fruit than this delivers
Reviewed by jvgoor3786 from Arkansas
3.5/5 rDev -0.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -0.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Pours a pale yellow with a tall, soapy head that lingers leaving thick lacing.
The smell is bready crackers and some tropical fruits.
The taste is a basic pale ale, some breadiness, a bit of tropical hops, with lingering finish. The passion fruit and pineapple come through on the finish.
The mouthfeel is thin and a bit watery.
This is ok. The fruit doesn't come through until the end. I can see this being good by the pool.
Jun 04, 2018The smell is bready crackers and some tropical fruits.
The taste is a basic pale ale, some breadiness, a bit of tropical hops, with lingering finish. The passion fruit and pineapple come through on the finish.
The mouthfeel is thin and a bit watery.
This is ok. The fruit doesn't come through until the end. I can see this being good by the pool.
Reviewed by darktronica from Indiana
3.88/5 rDev +10.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.88/5 rDev +10.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pours from the pint can as a mostly-transparent golden with a slight haze and a full finger of head. The passion fruit is lightly detectable on the nose but not prominent, as the beer mostly smells nondescript, reminiscent of a canned fruit cocktail in syrup. Pineapple and pear come through on the palate, with suggestions of a saison yeast, maybe some pilsner malts. I'm not really sure. Moderately dry finish.
May 28, 2018
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