The modern beer marketed as Alexander Keith’s IPA is only 5% alcohol, that is light in color but not light in flavor. This beer is an essential part of the east coast culture and is the beer that people in the east coast take great pride in this beer ( Keith’s.ca). Clown Shoes seems to have a knack for taking styles popular in the US and tweaking them in their own unique way.Alexander Keith’s is one of Canada’s most recognized and classic beers, that has been raised in Nova Scotia since 1820. I enjoy this beer alot as it adds another dimension to the sometimes overworked Imperial Stout. Overall, a very smooth and rich stout with a robust profile and spice blend. In the aftertaste the chile makes another appearance adding heat to the bitterness akin to fighting fire with fire. Rich and smooth mouthfeel with a thick oily body the finish is heavy with roasted malt bitterness. The spice remains well hidden and reserved until the finish. A bit sweet in the mid palate with a dessert like flavour of chocolate malts and frosting. As the beer opens up a subtle spice aroma presents it self with the chiles and spices coming through the barrier of roasted malts.
At first the aroma is heavily laden with smoky roasted malts, espresso and vanilla beans and dark chocolate.
The concoction of spice and heat with roasted malts and robust espresso and chocolate notes is a pairing used often in beers nowadays to acclaim.Ĭracking open the Chocolate Sombrero the pour is a deeply opaque brown nearing black with a thin layer of dark tan head tightly coiled on top. Chocolate Sombrero is a Mexican Style Chocolate Stout brewed with ancho chiles and cinnamon to an ABV of 9%. Most of all Clown Shoes has taken risks in making unique and obsure styles steeped in humour. in Ipswich, Massachusetts and has recently been named one of the Top 100 Brewers in the World by RateBeer. The beer is contract brewed out of Mercury Brewing Co. Clown Shoes Brewing has rapidly become one of my favourite American craft brewers to hit the shelves in Alberta stores.
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