Received: Clown Shoes Rainbows Are Real Hazy IPA
Arrived late last week from Clown Shoes Beer: Rainbows Are Real Hazy IPA, the Boston-based brewery’s first IPA brewed with terpenes. According to the press release, it’s one of the first terpene-infused beers to hit the market, and:
Few things create wonder like a giant rainbow, but the latest beer from Clown Shoes comes close. Clown Shoes announced today its first-ever beer made with terpene additions, Rainbows Are Real. Terpenes are aromatic oils that are found in natural botanical sources including cannabis and hops. They are said to have therapeutic benefits.
Rainbows Are Real, a vibrant IPA, is hazy and brewed with the terpenes Linalool and Beta-Pinene. The terpenes enhance floral and pine notes and supplement sweet, citrusy hops. The aromatic compounds, derived from natural botanical sources, are used to elevate the beer’s aroma. In this case, their floral and piney flavors supplement the sweet malt backbone and juicy mix of Azacca, Citra, and Mosaic hops. This allows Rainbows are Real to shine in a new way.
The brewery released it for Pride Month, and said: “$1 per 4-pack of Rainbows Are Real and Clementine (Clown Shoes’ Belgian style White Ale) sold at Harpoon’s beer halls in Boston and Vermont will be donated to PRIDE.” Good on them.