Eagle Claw Fist - Clown Shoes

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310 Ratings

rAvg: 3.81
pDev: 13.65%
Reviews: 171
Hads: 139

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Clown Shoes

Massachusetts, United States

Style | ABV
American Amber / Red Ale | 8.00% ABV

Availability: Year-round. bottle (153), on-tap (16), growler (1), cask (1).

Notes:
This beer is retired; no longer brewed.

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Reviews by scruffwhor:

scruffwhor

Illinois

3.58/5 rDev -6%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Bronze and a little ruby coloring with a soft tan head that does not retain very well.

Citric hop resin hits the sniffer with grapefruit rinds and cut flowers. Just a little hint of toasted pretzel bread mizexs with the hoppy nose.

Grapefruit and flowers smash the palate with resiny bitterness from start to finsh. The middle lets some toasted malts shine through, but then back to the citrisy, resiny, floral hop bitterness. The finish has a tinny twang that doesn't last long, but the bitterness does. The alcohol seems to help the twinge along.

Maybe the most bitter beer I've had so far, in the way of IBU's that is.

Serving type: bottle

04-29-2011 01:10:18 | More by scruffwhor

More User Reviews:

megamass

New Jersey

3.5/5 rDev -8.1%

05-18-2013 04:29:53 | More by megamass

blknikon

Massachusetts

3.5/5 rDev -8.1%

05-07-2013 22:40:19 | More by blknikon

sparx1100

Minnesota

3.5/5 rDev -8.1%

05-07-2013 03:48:51 | More by sparx1100

jayhunter357

Massachusetts

3.5/5 rDev -8.1%

05-06-2013 02:35:01 | More by jayhunter357

BigBarley

Texas

2.85/5 rDev -25.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 2 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3

Pours a muddy amber, with a cap of white foam floating atop

Aroma is sweet, fresh tropical fruits, pineapple, mango, and grapefruit. Nice aroma with some nice caramel hidden way way beneath for balance.

Unfortunately the hops and tropical fruit from the nose are covered up by a complete messy execution. The hops are there, and they're bitter, but they don't blend well, and the malt tastes like barrel-aged RIS minus ALL the flavor... just that after burn of odd oaky madness. This beer is weird and disappointing and that makes me sad. I don't think it held up very well but it's lacking a bottling date, so... this kinda sucks!

Mouthfeel is decent but not enough to save it.

Believe me, if you find it fresh, try it. But uh... yeah, I think the older bottles taste awful by this point.

Serving type: bottle

05-05-2013 08:52:45 | More by BigBarley

Kelp

New Hampshire

3.75/5 rDev -1.6%

04-29-2013 05:48:55 | More by Kelp

Keith_R

Georgia

3.75/5 rDev -1.6%

04-08-2013 01:39:33 | More by Keith_R

Zach136

Georgia

3.75/5 rDev -1.6%

04-08-2013 01:31:53 | More by Zach136

animal69

Louisiana

4/5 rDev +5%

04-06-2013 04:05:24 | More by animal69

bluerabbit

Massachusetts

3/5 rDev -21.3%

04-01-2013 21:26:36 | More by bluerabbit

lovindahops

New York

4/5 rDev +5%

03-31-2013 21:17:51 | More by lovindahops

RickDeLucio

Illinois

3.25/5 rDev -14.7%

03-31-2013 00:42:27 | More by RickDeLucio

barefoot71

Texas

3.75/5 rDev -1.6%

03-25-2013 22:28:52 | More by barefoot71

ejimhof

Pennsylvania

3/5 rDev -21.3%

03-23-2013 17:48:51 | More by ejimhof

Ted

Texas

4/5 rDev +5%

03-23-2013 01:43:02 | More by Ted

match1112

Illinois

3.25/5 rDev -14.7%

03-17-2013 16:01:52 | More by match1112

JackieTH

Minnesota

4.03/5 rDev +5.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Amber red pour with a khaki foam that dissipates to a quarter inch of very persistent head, copious lacing. Malty and earthy nose, light caramel. Taste, similarly, is earthy, caramel, spicy, astringent, moderately bitter..grapefruit, grass, floral. Medium body creamy mouthfeel. This red ale brings on the rye and hop. Good stuff.

Serving type: bottle

03-17-2013 03:47:58 | More by JackieTH