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Tropical Blender
Clown Shoes
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- From:
- Clown Shoes
- Massachusetts, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 7%
- Score:
- 86
- Avg:
- 3.74 | pDev: 11.5%
- Reviews:
- 4
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Feb 16, 2021
- Added:
- Jan 18, 2020
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
SCORE
86
Very Good
86
Very Good
Notes:
Smoothie IPA with guava, pineapple, and mango purees, and lactose.
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Ratings by Mleblanc25:
Rated by Mleblanc25 from Massachusetts
4/5 rDev +7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Mar 01, 2020
4/5 rDev +7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Mar 01, 2020
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by TonyLema1 from South Carolina
3.83/5 rDev +2.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.83/5 rDev +2.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
L: light orange, cloudy, nice white head and lacing
S: lots of tropical and citrus fruits
T: similar to the nose, not as juicy as I was expecting
F: a little astringent, not as creamy as I hoped
O: this one may have been past it’s prime, but it’s nothing special
Jan 17, 2021S: lots of tropical and citrus fruits
T: similar to the nose, not as juicy as I was expecting
F: a little astringent, not as creamy as I hoped
O: this one may have been past it’s prime, but it’s nothing special
Reviewed by chum_husk from Minnesota
3.27/5 rDev -12.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 4
3.27/5 rDev -12.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 4
16oz pour at New Bohemia
Very creamy feel, tropical notes for days. This is like eating a hop nugget encased in melted-down pineapple hard candies. Delicious
Top-tier milkshake IPA
Sep 13, 2020Very creamy feel, tropical notes for days. This is like eating a hop nugget encased in melted-down pineapple hard candies. Delicious
Top-tier milkshake IPA
Reviewed by Rug from Massachusetts
2.93/5 rDev -21.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
2.93/5 rDev -21.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
Canned 1/2/20
Pours a lightly cloudy dark orange with 3 fingers of white head that slowly reduces to about a finger cap, decent lacing
Definitely heavy mango in the aroma but it feels generic, some light bitter hop that's not very aromatic, not picking up the pineapple
Taste is sadly most of the same, with just more in your face hops. Disappointing, it's neither a bold ipa or bold in fruit flavor, just bland
Almost no carbonation but at least it drinks light, finishes too sweet. Would be at least a little better if it had a crisp finish
I know it's 3+ months old, but fuck, hops shouldn't fade this fast. Just a disappointment that got worse as it went on, would be better as a sour ipa, which would even then be mediocre at best
Apr 15, 2020Pours a lightly cloudy dark orange with 3 fingers of white head that slowly reduces to about a finger cap, decent lacing
Definitely heavy mango in the aroma but it feels generic, some light bitter hop that's not very aromatic, not picking up the pineapple
Taste is sadly most of the same, with just more in your face hops. Disappointing, it's neither a bold ipa or bold in fruit flavor, just bland
Almost no carbonation but at least it drinks light, finishes too sweet. Would be at least a little better if it had a crisp finish
I know it's 3+ months old, but fuck, hops shouldn't fade this fast. Just a disappointment that got worse as it went on, would be better as a sour ipa, which would even then be mediocre at best
Reviewed by smcolw from Massachusetts
3.9/5 rDev +4.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.9/5 rDev +4.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Cloudy light amber color. Rich head which never fully dissipates. Moderate blanketing of lace.
Straight up bittering hop aroma. Rather nondescript. There's a nice base pale malt that seems to linger throughout the smell.
Relatively thin with an elevated carbonation level. The malt holds up...in the background. The bitterness is stronger but also nondescript. This is a decently well balanced IPA with enough complexity to keep it interesting. Still, it's rather run-of-the-mill for the style.
Jan 18, 2020Straight up bittering hop aroma. Rather nondescript. There's a nice base pale malt that seems to linger throughout the smell.
Relatively thin with an elevated carbonation level. The malt holds up...in the background. The bitterness is stronger but also nondescript. This is a decently well balanced IPA with enough complexity to keep it interesting. Still, it's rather run-of-the-mill for the style.
Tropical Blender from Clown Shoes
Beer rating:
86 out of
100 with
11 ratings
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