Clown Shoes Brewing

Beer Gives Back: Clown Shoes & Animal Rescue

A portion of Clown Shoes Miracle IPA were earmarked for the brewery’s Minor Miracle Fund. Miracle Mike isis a real person — Mike Pettengill, one of the brewery’s delivery drivers.

Clown Shoes Tests Batches of “Date Night” Saison

Date Night, a saison brewed with one or a mixture of rose hips, rose water, rose petals, and rose extract could but a Valentine’s release for Clown Shoes Brewing (Ipswich, MA).

Style: Saison (w/ Roses)

Potential Release: Early 2013

Smoke & Bourbon: Clown Shoes Porcine Unidragon

What happens when you take the Clown Shoes mythical beast Unidragon and smoke and bourbon? Porcine Unidragon. Based on Blaecorn Unidragon, this edition has Beechwood smoked malt before taking a run at bourbon barrels.

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Beer Gives Back: Clown Shoes & Animal Rescue

A portion of Clown Shoes Miracle IPA were earmarked for the brewery’s Minor Miracle Fund. Miracle Mike isis a real person — Mike Pettengill, one of the brewery’s delivery drivers.

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Clown Shoes Celebrates America with Crunkle Sam

Clown Shoes Crunkle Sam

Big, strong, and boozy. That’s a beer you celebrate America with. Clown Shoe’s (Ipswich, MA) Crunkle Sam raises a pimp cup to one of, if not THE best brewing country in the world.

We brewed Crunkle Sam, an American Barleywine Ale dry hopped with Citra hops, to celebrate America. America, we love you: thank you for allowing Clown Shoes to set off a few fireworks in the craft beer world.

Style: Barleywine
Availability: 22oz bombers
Arrival: TBA

11% ABV

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Clown Shoes Looks To Ship To Colorado & California in 2013

Clown Shoes Beer (Ipswich, MA) added Georgia, Wisconsin, Alabama, and Minnesota (to name a few) to their distribution footprint. In 2013, the brewery is aiming to add Colorado and California. No distributors have been chosen yet. Look for the brewery’s 3rd Anniversary release Luchador El Fuego a 100% barrel aged beer this December.

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Clown Shoes Tests Batches of “Date Night” Saison

Date Night, a saison brewed with one or a mixture of rose hips, rose water, rose petals, and rose extract could but a Valentine’s release for Clown Shoes Brewing (Ipswich, MA).

Style: Saison (w/ Roses)

Potential Release: Early 2013

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Clown Shoes Celebrates 3 Years with Luchador El Fuego

Clown Shoes Luchador El Fuego

Clown Shoes (Ipswich, MA) celebrates 3 years with Luchador El Fuego. The beer is a 100% barrel aged edition of they brewery’s Chocolate Sombrero with a couple of extra editions. Wrestle with this: the beer is chocolate imperial stout, brewed with Ancho chili powder, vanilla extract, and cinnamon. For this edition, they added extra ancho chilies and chipotle peppers. Then aged it Wild Turkey and Heaven Hill barrels.

Our third anniversary beer up sizes Chocolate Sombrero, using extra ancho chili and adding chipotle peppers. We aged the brew 100% in Wild Turkey and Heaven Hill barrels. May it leap onto your palate majestically, like a luchador who flies into the ring from atop the highest rope.

Style: Imperial Stout (w/ Vanilla, Chipotle & Ancho Chilis, Cocoa, Barrel Aged)
Availability: 22oz bombers
Arrival: Mid-Late December, 2012

11% ABV

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Smoke & Bourbon: Clown Shoes Porcine Unidragon

What happens when you take the Clown Shoes mythical beast Unidragon and smoke and bourbon? Porcine Unidragon. Based on Blaecorn Unidragon, this edition has Beechwood smoked malt before taking a run at bourbon barrels.

This Blaecorn Unidragon made with Beechwood Smoked malt, which adds a natural meaty note (there is no actual meat in the brew). Aged 100% in bourbon barrels. Little piggies run, squeal to the heavens: Clown Shoes wishes you luck. 

Style: Imperial Stout (Barrel-Aged, Smoked)
Availability: 750 ml bottles
Arrival: TBA

12.5% ABV 

porcine: adjective of, affecting, or resembling a pig or pigs.  

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Clown Shoes & Three Heads Offer You A Third Party Candidate

Clown Shoes Three Heads Third Party Candidate

Clown Shoes (Ipswich, MA) and Three Heads Brewing (Rochester, NY) offering you a Third Party Candidate for this upcoming election.  The collaboration is a 50%/50% fence sitting blend of Eagle Claw Fist Imperial Amber Ale (from Clown) and Loopy Oatmeal Red Ale (Three Heads).

This collaborative brew honors Geoff Dale: Man Child, Mother Bired, Minister of Mayhem, future president of the United States. A massive, hoppy imperial amber, Third Party candidate goes down nicely after you chant: Vote Geoff Dale! Vote Geoff Dale! Geoff Dale!

Style: Imperial Red Ale
Availability: 22 oz bombers
Arrival: TBA

10% ABV 

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