Pimp | Clown Shoes
Brewed by:
Clown Shoes
Massachusetts, United States
clownshoesbeer.com
Style: American Brown Ale
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 10.00%
Availability: Limited (brewed once)
Notes / Commercial Description:
Got them fancy clothes. Got that big car, suicide doors, 8 track stereo, color TV's. Livin' the American dream, now you've got a brew as smooth as chorus from Al Green. Brash Brewing and Clown Shoes each made a brown ale at Mercury, then blended them. You don't have to have solid gold pants to enjoy... but it helps.
"When life's a bitch, be a pimp"
-unknown
Added by Dope on 05-31-2012
This beer is retired; no longer brewed.
Ratings: 162 | Reviews: 56
3/5 rDev -24.6%
velcrogrip, Jun 27, 2014
3.25/5 rDev -18.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25
Poured from a 22 oz brown bomber into a clear glass snifter. Bottled on 6/2012 on bottom corner of label. Purchased at Total Wine (Norwalk, CT) for $7.99.
A: Pleasing chestnut brown with staunch 1-2 finger sof tightly bubbled, cola-like light beige head with decent retention and some scraps of lace.
S: Subtle chocolate and coffee grounds aroma mix with light caramel bready almost doughy malt qualities. Not much but mild earthy hopping. No real alcohol aspect.
T: The flavor is not well-integrated and has a heavy alcohol/booze that muddies the flavor further. The chocolate and coffee in the nose, mild to begin with, are even more masked by a cardboardy, slightly metallic alcohol -like, chemical flavor. The nuttiness is very strong too and really doesn't mesh with the alcohol and the other malt flavors. This would be a lot better beer at 8% -- to me the alcohol is too forward and blunts any subtleties that might be there. The finish has a little finesse with a little more chocolate presence, but overall I think this one misses with me: it just lands like a big thud on your palate.
M: The mouthfeel is somewhat better with a smooth creaminess, but the booziness does hamper this aspect a little bit as well. Carbonation is low and well-done. Pretty chewy overall.
O: Not really what I was expecting -- the flavors don't really work well together and it is way to boozy for me, which gets in the way of the flavors that should come through in a very big brown ale.
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look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25
Poured from a 22 oz brown bomber into a clear glass snifter. Bottled on 6/2012 on bottom corner of label. Purchased at Total Wine (Norwalk, CT) for $7.99.
A: Pleasing chestnut brown with staunch 1-2 finger sof tightly bubbled, cola-like light beige head with decent retention and some scraps of lace.
S: Subtle chocolate and coffee grounds aroma mix with light caramel bready almost doughy malt qualities. Not much but mild earthy hopping. No real alcohol aspect.
T: The flavor is not well-integrated and has a heavy alcohol/booze that muddies the flavor further. The chocolate and coffee in the nose, mild to begin with, are even more masked by a cardboardy, slightly metallic alcohol -like, chemical flavor. The nuttiness is very strong too and really doesn't mesh with the alcohol and the other malt flavors. This would be a lot better beer at 8% -- to me the alcohol is too forward and blunts any subtleties that might be there. The finish has a little finesse with a little more chocolate presence, but overall I think this one misses with me: it just lands like a big thud on your palate.
M: The mouthfeel is somewhat better with a smooth creaminess, but the booziness does hamper this aspect a little bit as well. Carbonation is low and well-done. Pretty chewy overall.
O: Not really what I was expecting -- the flavors don't really work well together and it is way to boozy for me, which gets in the way of the flavors that should come through in a very big brown ale.
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3.45/5 rDev -13.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
This is a big, boozy beer. Tastes more like a stout or a porter. I've noticed that the last few dark beers from Clown Shoes have tasted like slight variations of the same beer- Hoppy Feet 1.5, Blaecorn Unidragon, and Pimp all taste the same to me. It's like the Simpsons joke at the Duff brewery there are 4 spouts coming out of the same barrel filling 4 different bottles. A virtual brewer doesn't need to make 13 beers year round in my humble opinion.
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look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
This is a big, boozy beer. Tastes more like a stout or a porter. I've noticed that the last few dark beers from Clown Shoes have tasted like slight variations of the same beer- Hoppy Feet 1.5, Blaecorn Unidragon, and Pimp all taste the same to me. It's like the Simpsons joke at the Duff brewery there are 4 spouts coming out of the same barrel filling 4 different bottles. A virtual brewer doesn't need to make 13 beers year round in my humble opinion.
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3.5/5 rDev -12.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.51/5 rDev -11.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
appearance: Quite dark brown with some cola highlights. big messy mocha head.
smell: A bit of cocoa but mostly, not much happening.
taste: A lot richer than the nose. Nice combo of nutty chocolate and a little hoppy bitterness.
mouthfeel: noticeable carbonation.
overall: not bad, not great.
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look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
appearance: Quite dark brown with some cola highlights. big messy mocha head.
smell: A bit of cocoa but mostly, not much happening.
taste: A lot richer than the nose. Nice combo of nutty chocolate and a little hoppy bitterness.
mouthfeel: noticeable carbonation.
overall: not bad, not great.
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3.62/5 rDev -9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Tastes more like a stout than a brown. Good but not great.
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look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Tastes more like a stout than a brown. Good but not great.
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3.63/5 rDev -8.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
First had: on tap at Iron Abbey, Horsham, PA
Served in a tulip glass, an opaque, dark brown-black with a thin cap of beige head. Surprisingly stout-like in appearance for a brown ale. Roasty, nutty aroma, with a balancing dark malt sweetness, hints of coffee and cocoa. Similar taste, roasty dark malts up front, nutty, dark sugar sweetness--caramel, toffee--coffee and dark chocolate, root beer, with a bit of alcohol burn. Smooth mouthfeel, thinner bodied than you might expect before remembering that this is supposed to be a brown ale, not a stout, though it seems to bear semblance to both. Almost comes off like they were trying to make a stout, but it wasn't full enough so they called it an imperial brown ale. Regardless, still a pretty good beer overall.
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look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
First had: on tap at Iron Abbey, Horsham, PA
Served in a tulip glass, an opaque, dark brown-black with a thin cap of beige head. Surprisingly stout-like in appearance for a brown ale. Roasty, nutty aroma, with a balancing dark malt sweetness, hints of coffee and cocoa. Similar taste, roasty dark malts up front, nutty, dark sugar sweetness--caramel, toffee--coffee and dark chocolate, root beer, with a bit of alcohol burn. Smooth mouthfeel, thinner bodied than you might expect before remembering that this is supposed to be a brown ale, not a stout, though it seems to bear semblance to both. Almost comes off like they were trying to make a stout, but it wasn't full enough so they called it an imperial brown ale. Regardless, still a pretty good beer overall.
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3.68/5 rDev -7.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Bottle opened on 8.19.12.
A - Pours a very dark brown with a light brown head. Good retention.
S - Nutty and dull coffee.
T - Nice roasted malt and again some dull coffee.
D - Decent carbonation with a nice medium body. Finish with some nice smokey tones.
O - Coffee, nuts and smoke. Solid, but nothing special.
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look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Bottle opened on 8.19.12.
A - Pours a very dark brown with a light brown head. Good retention.
S - Nutty and dull coffee.
T - Nice roasted malt and again some dull coffee.
D - Decent carbonation with a nice medium body. Finish with some nice smokey tones.
O - Coffee, nuts and smoke. Solid, but nothing special.
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3.73/5 rDev -6.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
On-tap at Prime 16.
A: Black with red-brown highlights. Nice, solid, fine light-brown head. Good retention, spotty lace. Nice.
S: Powerfully malty, nutty, chocolatey, spicy, roasty. Ok, but a little ashy.
T: Follows the nose - sweet, roasty, malty up front; bitter, malty, ashy on the finish. Not too much booze. Tasty.
M: Creamy, moderate carbonation; a bit thin on body, though.
O: Above average and generally enjoyable, but nothing special.
Cheers!
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look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
On-tap at Prime 16.
A: Black with red-brown highlights. Nice, solid, fine light-brown head. Good retention, spotty lace. Nice.
S: Powerfully malty, nutty, chocolatey, spicy, roasty. Ok, but a little ashy.
T: Follows the nose - sweet, roasty, malty up front; bitter, malty, ashy on the finish. Not too much booze. Tasty.
M: Creamy, moderate carbonation; a bit thin on body, though.
O: Above average and generally enjoyable, but nothing special.
Cheers!
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Pimp from Clown Shoes
3.98
out of 5
based on 162 ratings.