Mildly embittered grapefruit-peeled orange pith dryness lingers above pasty pale malt spicing as subtle vanilla creaming soaks up ethyl vodka whir. Tertiary pineapple, mango and peach illusions serenade the delicate citrus finish.
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CLOWN SHOES ONE MAN HOLIDAY BELGIAN-STYLE QUADRUPEL
Just a tad underwhelming taste-wise. Subtle candi-sugared raisin, plum and fig sweetness plus glazed pecan nuttiness receive lightly creamed molasses toffee buttering as spiced orange snip and wispy white peppered herbage stay back in dewy tobacco-roasted peat setting.
CLOWN SHOES THE EXORCIST DRY-HOPPED STOUT
Frothy coffee-roasted Blackstrap molasses bittering picks up tarry pine-charred hop sear to reinforce dry cocoa center contrasting less intense burnt caramel sugaring. Mild espresso, walnut, cola and tobacco chaw illusions surface latently.
CLOWN SHOES ADVENT PARTY CRASHER IMPERIAL STOUT
Undead Party Crasher Stout given subtle mandarin orange twist outpaced by caramel coffee goodness. Java sway gains light vanilla influence as well as walnut, pecan and honey nut smidge nudging tarry-hopped peaty compost bottom.
CLOWN SHOES THE BALLAD OF MINNIE QUAY OLD ALE AGED IN PORT AND WHISKEY
Adventurous brandy-port aged ‘old ale’ reverberates convincingly with lavish liquor luster. Lovely cherry-bruised cognac warmth guides rum-buttered whiskey nip and orange-candied Grand Marnier snip in creamily caramelized vanilla setting. It spiced brandy flourish lightens the acrid fusel esters consuming the port-wined bourbon finish.
CLOWN SHOES MOCHA SOMBRERO MEXICAN-STYLED CHOCOLATE STOUT W/ COFFEE AND VANILLA
On tap at Hoover’s, delightful Mexican-styled stout lets dark chocolate malting gain subtle coffee and vanilla influence. Cocoa-powdered dark chocolate bittering sweetened at midst by toasted cinnamon spicing, wispy marshmallow sugaring and restricted chili pepper burn.
CLOWN SHOES / SHMALTZ SHOEBELATION ALE AGED IN BOURBON BARRELS
“Epic” high octane collaboration combines Wild Turkey bourbon-barreled Clown Shoes Billionaire Barleywine with Shmaltz Jewbelation 11. Eager bourbon-spiced dried fruiting contacts molasses-sugared vanilla sweetness in a sinewy mix. Loud fig, raisin and prune illusions pick up a light alcohol burn that dries out the cognac-licked dry whiskey finish. 
CLOWN SHOES MANGO KOLSCH
On tap at The Oath, rapturous mango juicing lacquers sour lemon twang and syrupy peach sweetness. Mildly creamed full-tilt mango adjunct gains floral-perfumed papaya, guava and nectarine tang. Mild herbal hop oiling reinforces honeyed mango stickiness.
CLOWN SHOES GALACTICA INDIA PALE ALE
On tap at Tiff’s, cocksure Galaxy hop-dried IPA enriches lemony grapefruit-orange bittering and sweet floral accents with honeyed pale malting. Resinous pine sapping picks up minor aspirin-like astringency. Subsidiary peach, pineapple, mango, tangerine and nectarine tang sweetens the back end.
CLOWN SHOES EVIL CRAWFISH IMPERIAL RED INDIA RED ALE
Up in Ipswich, Massachusetts, a few fantastic East Coast India Pale Ales call home. One, Ipswich IPA, has been a well-received full body since the ’90s, clearly inspiring the other two, Clown Shoes’ Evil Crawfish Imperial Red Ale and Space Cake Double IPA. Despite its similar name, the ’16 version of Evil Crawfish Imperial Red IPA neatly dupes the Space Cake instead. A well-balanced update placing creamy cookie dough pastry cake sugaring and sweet peach-cherry-mango-nectarine-tangerine tang against rearranged Citra-Simcoe-Mosiac-Nelson Sauvin hop-embittered floral perfuming and sharp orange-peeled grapefruit and pineapple bittering, its depth and richness cannot be denied. Piney spruce sapping works its way into cereal-honeyed citric finish.
CLOWN SHOES LUCHADOR EN FUEGO
“Majestic” 3rd anniversary Imperial Stout (2016), aged in Heaven Hill and Wild Turkey bourbon barrels, drapes Mexican-styled chocolate malting and mild chipotle peppering over rum-spiced bourbon vanilla warmth. Mild coconut-toasted cinnamon, black cherry and almond illusions sweetly contrast light pepper heat below the mocha surface. A perfect nightcap.
CLOWN SHOES THE BARISTA BREAKFAST BROWN WITH ESPRESSO
On tap at Ambulance, heavenly espresso-flavored brown ale takes brewers’ Brown Angel on a milk-sugared cold brewed coffee journey. Dry black coffee bittering contrasts sugar-creamed espresso frontage and brown-sugared oatmeal bottom. Tertiary vanilla, caramel latte, cappuccino and hazelnut sweeten the back end. A delightful breakfast alternative.
