Lubrication

Beer Name: Lubrication
Brewery: Clown Shoes
ABV: 6%
Serving method: 22-oz bottle in a pint glass
Born/Bottled/Shipped on:

While I was reading up on this beer, I found a link about people who thought that it looked like there was a wang on the label because the robot on the label is holding a gasoline nozzle at its waist. Which reminds me that people are stupid and I hate them. So much...

Lubrication is a very dark beer. In the glass, it's basically solid black, but as it pours, you can pick out some ruby highlights if the light is right. It had a finger of fairly thick head that faded away in a few minutes, leaving a moderate lacing pattern behind. The aroma is roasted hops, which is an odd combination. It's probably more likely roasted malts behind the hops, but the only part of the malt I'm getting is the roasted part. This could be because I am brewing beer right now, and the malts in that one are super roasted smelling. Or possibly I burnt them. The point is, there is a serious roasted aroma going on right now.

The first sip is very good, and then the rest start going downhill. At first, there is a nice balance between the hops and the malt, and it's nice. Then the hop flavor sort of disappears, and the malt takes over. Normally this wouldn't be a major issue, but the malt flavor is a little too smokey, and it really dominates everything else. And not in a good way. The beer has light-to-moderate carbonation, and it finishes with a little bitterness. In a strange twist, the hops that disappeared earlier show up very faintly in the aftertaste.

Final thought - It starts off well, but all good things come to an end I suppose. This would be a good beer at a brewers' festival, as I think a few ounces would be delightful.

-Jon