This week we have Hop Nosh Tangerine IPA from Uinta (YOU-INTA) Brewing from Salt Lake City, UT
Style: IPA
Container: 12oz Can
Glassware: 13oz snifters
Notes:A play on our flagship IPA, this beer features an aromatic menagerie of tropical hops and tangerine zest. Wraps up with a crisp, bitter finish. (7.3%)
Rating: 3.5/5
MORPH MORPH MORPH MORPH….MORPH!
Style: IPA
Container: 16oz Can
Glassware: Night Shift Flutes
Notes:This batch features Motueka, Cascade, and Topaz hops; fresh juicy orange and white grape aromas, giving way to resinous pine flavors and a lingering bitter finish (6.1%)
Rating: 4.5/5
Another rotating IPA series from Night Shift! This particular one is called One Hop This Time and each batch is brewed with just a single hop variety!
Style: IPA
Container: 16oz Can
Glassware: Night Shift Flutes
Notes: (From Website) Sipping with apricot, lime, and orange notes(6%)
Rating: 3.25/5
Shaun brought this fresh crowler back from a recent trip to Greensboro, North Carolina!
Style: Oatmeal Pale Ale
Container: 32oz Crowler
Glassware: 13oz snifters
Notes: (From Website)Medium bodied American pale ale with citrus hops and a creamy oatmeal finish. 5.7% ABV
Rating: 3.75/5
New batch of Morph!!
Style: IPA
Container: 16oz Can
Glassware: Night Shift Flutes
Notes:Topaz, Cascade, and Simcoe hops; big, dank notes of apricot, citrus, and grapefruit (6.0%)
Rating: 3.25/5
Mike’s cousin sent him a care package from Russian River. We got a bottle of Temptation!
Style: Sour Blonde Ale Aged in Chardonnay Barrels
Container: 750ml
Glassware: Teku Glasses
Notes: (From Website)Blonde Ale aged in used Chardonnay barrels from local Sonoma County wineries. It is aged for about 9 to 15 months (depending on the age of the barrel) with lots of brettanomyces, lactobacillus, and pediococcus added to each barrel. Medium bodied with hints of oak and Chardonnay, funky brett characteristics, with a nice, long sour finish. (7.5%)
Rating: 4.5/5
We’ve got Reid back with us this week to review another one of the beers I brought back from my Chicago trip a few weeks back.
Style: Barrel Aged Milk Stout
Container: 22oz Bomber
Glassware: Flutes
Notes: (From Website) The sweetness of the base beer lends balance to the otherwise prominent barrel character, mellowing the harsh. A marriage of all things dark, sweet and woody. (9.7%)
Rating: 4.75/5
This is the latest offering in Night Shift’s Presidential DIPA series! Is it relaunch of the series since there was a large gap between their last one and Roosevelt? Would Truman technically be considered #2 in the relaunch? Eh, it’s beer…so we drink it!
Style: Double IPA
Container: 16oz Can
Glassware: 2016 Barrel Society Snifters
Notes: (From Website) Loaded with Idaho 7, Simcoe, and El Dorado hops, this 8.0% DIPA has piney, resinous character with a dank, orange pith finish.(8%)
Rating: 4.5/5
Another very sought Vermont DIPA
Style: Double IPA
Container: 12oz Can
Glassware: 16oz Tulips
Notes: (From Website) BIG juicy tropical hop aroma, smooth finish, and a bright brilliant color.(8.1%)
Rating: 3.5/5
Our livers made it to Episode 50!
We chose to release Night Shifts Krakatoa for our 50th episode for a couple of reasons.
It’s no secret we love Night Shift, so we thought this would be a great beer to commemorate our 50th Nerdsense Drinks episode.
Look out for more reviews of Night Shifts 2016 Barrel Society releases!
We’ll be adding them to their own playlist as well so you and your friends can throw a viewing party once we release all 7!
We’ll also be dipping into the cellar here and there and making our way through the 2014 & 2015 releases!
Style: Baltic Porter
Container: 750ml Bottle
Glassware: Night Shift 2016 Barrel Society Snifters
Notes:Baltic porter brewed with Dutch cocoa and aged in bourbon barrels; pours the color of espresso with a thick, tan head; earth aromas of burnt chocolate and tobacco; rich flavors of cocoa, leather, molasses, and cherry; sips chewy and full, finishing with hints of anise, oak, and cigar. (9.6%)
Rating: 4.75/5
