Josh The Boss Hog
Clown Shoes

 

 

 

19.2 ounce can, packaged 8/31/20. Served in a snifter, the beer pours a hazy dark gold/amber color with not quite an inch off-white head. Head retention and lacing are both good. Aroma is nice, the brew smells like rye whiskey, plum, bready malt, caramel and earthiness. I think the taste is similar to the aroma, but with the addition of vanilla, oak and raisins. Rye spice has a nice bite here! Mouthfeel/body is medium/full, it's a bit chewy and coating with a moderate amount of carbonation. I thought this was a good rye barrel aged brew, and the plum is a nice addition here. Worth picking up if you come across some!

It pours out a very nice dark amber color, extremely hazy and covered with a thick creamy head. The head thins out but continues to cover most of the open face and forms a full ring around the glass.
Dark and spicy fruits smells make this a very inviting drink. I do pick up some raisins, clover, fig and currants followed by alcohol and mild earthy grass tones.
It has a very welcoming taste, thick with raisins, figs and ripe dates followed by mild resins, hops and plum; there is a peppery mix in there too almost like a mixture of honey and pepper followed by the crisp dryness of stronger alcohol, not necessarily whiskey.
It has a heavy body that really warms your mouth followed by a semi dry crispness that really excites your tongue. The peppers really come out as you swallow.
A very pleasant beer overall, very flavorful and aromatic, don't pass this one up if you see it!

 

A slightly hazy cherry amber color. One-finger off-white head that dissipates quickly.
Aroma of rye, sweet fruit, malt, booze, and vanilla.
This mishmash translates to a taste of plum, rye whiskey, pepper, caramel, and vanilla.
A unique (to me) barleywine. Will try it again.

 

Very strange brew.. I don't dislike it but then again I don't care for it at the same time

Look:
Smell: fruity peach/plum, tart, old (is that a smell?)
Taste: strong boozy plum, also tangy funk, bitterness on the backend. Interesting and unique for sure
Feel: full bodied for sure
Overall: interesting, but in not sure I would really want to try it again. Not bad, but not particularly good

 

Hazy, cloudy cider-color, medium body, fairly decent head/ lacing.
Nose is actually like the antique furniture of a sour or saison. But there’s also a nice caramel sweet note and...no alcohol.
Taste is oaky and with apple/ plum. In a complex way. You’ll have to try it to see. It’s sweet, but zero approach to being a cloy-bomb. The whiskey barrel does wonders with the plum....to me it’s really a cider-like, zesty-finishing, somewhat dry-finishing barley wine with notes of lemon/ orchard citrus fruit and light caramel sweetness with complexity throughout and a balanced finish. Something tasty and drinkable here. Whiskey barrel adds an end bite that warms slightly, but really...the alcohol is about hidden here.
Feel is medium creamy, nicely not sticky- crisp finish. Slightly lingering citrus acid. Leathery fall orchard to me. A balanced act.

Look: It pours cloudy amber dark yellow with an off white head. It has very good head retention. Up front aromas of caramel and plum.

Smell: There are some spicy rye notes and light butter.

Taste: The flavor is a bit more balanced between the caramel, plum, and the rye. The alcohol is noticeable. There is a bit of dried cherry and a touch of floral.

Feel: It has a full, chewy body with strong, but pleasant alcohol warming.

Overall, quite a powerful barleywine with the alcohol being pleasant and not burning. The flavors are balanced between the main three elements with a decent amount of complexity with the other elements.

Nice head production; decent retention for the high ABV and barrel treatment. Nice lacing. Color is a dirty dark blonde, almost like a blonde barleywine, touched with the color of plum flesh.

Nose strongly features the rye whiskey, along with tones of coconut and oak. The barleywine influence is inescapable as well, although there isn't a ton of hoppiness proclaiming it as an American BW. Some dark fruit on the nose, but plum doesn't particularly stand out.

The plum is quite noticeable on the palate, and along with the rye whiskey booziness, makes the entire product come across like a very strong Belgian, like a barrel aged Tripel. It makes for a very unique experience, and doesn't resemble a barleywine all that much - save for the massive malt base and huge ABV. Blind, this would be an incredibly confusing beer.

Big bodied, massive, bold, but not aggressive. It's a slow sipper, but it's not harsh.

 

Pours into a stemmed glass a murky/hazy tea color with a nice full one finger somewhat creamy head atop,the murkiness isn't the best to look at but the head was spot on.Spicy rye and toast oak in the nose,the rye is no joke....Wich is cool with me.Pretty chewy in the mouth,thick and creamy,best part of the beer for me.The rye whisky is the dominant force on the palate with underlying vanilla and toast wich all comes from the rye whisky barrel.It's spicy and quite hot,Iam a rye whiky fan but I half to say I would have like more beer with my whisky here.All in all it's good,not great....In my opinion.

 

Bought this on a whim with a bit of a yearning for a good barleywine.

Poured from a can into a tulip glass. Slightly cloudy yellowish brown color with a good initial head and good lacing. Distinct plum and booze smell and taste. A bit of black pepper from the rye barrel. Lemon and some cinnamon. Booziness is not strong.

This is a pretty good beer but I doubt I would buy again.

 

Diabolically bad.

Clown shoes is fairly hit or miss but never terrible. A $5.79 22oz rye barrel aged barleywine? How is this possible i wondered? Two sips in and I've realized I wasted $5.51 because the other 21.5oz are going down the fucking drain.