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December 12, 2015 / 0 Comments

Nerdsense Drinks – Episode 2 – Sam Adams Rebel Raw

Wow! We did another video! I will say, editing audio is far easier than editing video.

Mike got his hands on the latest from Sam Adams. First off, this beer has definitely caused some conversations on the interwebz when it was first announced. When Sam Adams first announced this beer, it was pretty clear they were going after the Vermont IPAs you find in cans and are supposed to “Drink Fresh”

It’s pretty much what they did and for a company as large as Sam Adams they pretty much did just that. This is by far one of their best brews in years. It’s hoppy, it’s juicy, the nose is outstanding.

Give the video a watch to see what else we had to say.

Style: Double IPA
Container: 16oz Bomber
Glassware: Spiegelau IPA Glasses
Overall Nerdsense Rating: 4/5

Afterthought

After having this and the Grapefruit Rebel a few weeks back, I’m hoping Sam may start doing some more interesting brews.

May 14, 2012

Beer of the Month Club Batch #2

Lancaster Milk Stout
Brewery: Lancaster Brewing Co.
Style: Milk Stout
Glass: Guinness type pint glass
Look: Dark with a brownish creamy head
Smell: Chocolate, Malt, burnt and roasted coffee
Taste: Roasted coffee, toffee, little bit of a chocolate. Slight sour note. Carbonated
Aftertaste: that after cup of coffee taste

Really enjoyed this but as most of you may know, I really enjoy a good Stout. This really had that good burnt coffee and toffee flavor.
4/5 mugs

Duke of Wellington Pale Ale
Brewery: Granite City Food & Brewery
Style: English Indian Pale Ale
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Glass:Sam Adams perfect pint glass
Look:Amber light with a fizzy head
Smell:Malty, apricots, and almost alcohol like flavor
Taste: Caramel, malty and bitter
Didn’t really care for this beer. It was kind of bland but not in the good way you would expect from a English ale.
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Wolters Fest Beir
Brewery: Hofbrauhaus Wolters
Style: Marzen
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Glass:Pilsner Glass
Look: Very Translucent amber with decent head
Smell:German malts and honey
Taste:Caramel, malty,  end is kind of puckers lightly carbonated, sort of creamy

Easy to drink.  I enjoy a good OktoberfestMarzen. I would say I’m a little spoiled after sampling a lot while in Germany for 3 weeks last year. This was very drinkable but I wouldn’t say it’s anything special. I actually like Wolters Pilsner more and I’m not a big pilsner guy.
2.55
Wolters Pilsner
 Brewery: Hofbrauhaus Wolters
Style: German Pilsner
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Glass: Pilsner
Look: small head with a golden crisp carbonated look
Smell: malty with grassy notes. small amount of hops
Taste: very light and crisp. Almost sweet with just the perfect amount of carbonation. Great for a nice hot day

Now I’ve never been much of a Pilsner guy. I pretty much turned it down for a week straight while in Germany until one night we ran out of Marzen so we had to pop open the growler of Pils. Since then I have started to open up more to pilasters but haven’t really found any that caught my eye. I actually really enjoyed this one. I could see myself drinking a few of these on a warm day.
3.55


 

March 11, 2012 / 0 Comments

Beer of the Month Club Pre Review

As all 3 of my readers know, i love me some good beer. None of that piss water for this guy.

My girlfriend signed up up for the Beer of the Month club as a Christmas present this year. It’s good for 6 months. They send you 12 bottles of 4 different kinds of beers, both domestic and international each month. They also include a pretty nifty newsletter explaining each beerbrewery as well as advertising their other “monthly” clubs.

I figured this may be a good time to actually start using this blog again. So my idea is to do a new blog post for each set. The first should come at some point later today or this week. I’m actually already behind and still haven’t finished all of the first batch and the second is waiting to be tasted. So hopefully I can catch up and do this monthly.

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