Luchador En Fuego
Clown Shoes

 

2016 Vintage. 22 oz bottle.

 

 

Purchased this mammoth can in port charlotte Florida on vacation. Poured the whole thing into the biggest ass snifter I’ve ever done seen. Man did that dark brown sap bubble up into a furious foam more than an inch thick crawling up the center of the glass. High marks for scent. It’s chocolate, it’s coffee, it’s cinnamon, it’s a bit spicy too. The taste is quite bitter and I’m getting the same notes on a swallow. Bittersweet chocolate, coffee, cinnamon, and just the faintest hints of chipotle peppers as advertised on the can. The taste doesn’t quench, it doesn’t have the depth of some stouts I’ve had. It’s a bit two dimensional, but bubbles up nicely in a medium bodied finish. Overall it’s decent, but that’s the strongest word I can use for it. It does everything right, but somehow lacks a bit of a spirit. It’s like a musician who can play all the right notes impressively, yet lacks soul in their playing. But hey I’m not complaining. Technically, it’s quite good.

 

Pitch black with a minimal head that dissolved into a patch of suds bubbles. Sweet aroma: chocolate, caramel & brown sugar. Sweet with some bitter & a hint of salty. A fairly complex flavor profile with dark chocolate at the fore, cinnamon, vanilla, bourbon, oak, chart, Mexican hot chocolate. A bit thin for a stout. It’s lack of of carbonation is made up with a lingering mild heat. A Mexican hot chocolate with bourbon.

22oz bottle poured into a tulip

A- pours black in color with a one-finger foamy khaki head that has short retention

S- smells of oaky bourbon barrel up front, along with aromas of chocolate, mocha, cinnamon, vanilla cream and brownie batter. A hint of pepper on the nose

T- the barrel is bold up front, with notes of barrel juice, oak and caramel. Mid-palate brings out a chocolate note that is complimented by cinnamon and some green pepper. The finish gives more chocolate, some fig, bourbon and a hint of vanilla

M- medium-heavy body with moderate carbonation leads to a foamy mouthfeel that turns creamy into the finish

Notes of rich dark chocolate, cinnamon, vanilla, dark fruits, ancho chili pepper, chipotle pepper, roasted malts, coffee, dark caramel, toffee, brown sugar, some bourbon, oak barrel, with earthy piney hops

 

 

Didn't get much of anything from this brew except mild bourbon and stout. I hint of cinnamon as it warmed up. It was fine enough but I think it was just a tad too old. Probably sitting on a shelf too long.

 

Look: barely o head, deep brown with a little bit of red tint around the edges
Smell: oak, rich, chocolate
Taste: chololate, vanilla, some spice I cant place (has to be the peppers, rich, does not taste boozy at all
Feel: full body
Overall: like most clown shoes, rich complex flavour that is delicious!

Dark black with a quickly fading head. Smells like cinnamon, vanilla, bourbon, chocolate and peppers. Tastes the same as the aromas. Sweet and medium bodied. Great beer.

 

I don't know what was wrong with this, but instead of getting spices on the nose and in the taste, I got aluminum.

I dunno. Certainly looked decent and had an okay mouthfeel but if what I smelled and tasted was a manifestation of the spices they used, they need to alter the recipe. There was no bite, no fire, no hint of cinnamon or nutmeg. I really don't know what they were doing.