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January 11, 2016 / 0 Comments

Episode 54 – No News means Beer News

It’s a slow news week in regards to nerdy things but that doesn’t stop Mike and Shaun from trekking through and discussing some upcoming beer fests and brewery tours. They scrape together a bit of nerd talk but for the most part this is a fairly beer centric conversation.

Sit back, pop open a cold one and hit play!

Stone & Sierra Nevada NXS

Style: Double IPA
Container: 22oz Bomber
Glassware: Firestone Walker Tulip and Tulip
Overall Nerdsense Rating: 3.75/5
Notes: Look – Golden, filtered. Nose – tropical, piny and malty. Not as exciting for something you’d expect from a Stone and Sierra collab. Taste – smooth, clean, juniper berry, bitter

Tomoka Brewing Oceanside White IPA

Style: IPA
Container: 12oz Can
Glassware: Firestone Walker Tulip and Tulip
Overall Nerdsense Rating: 4/5
Notes:Look – Golden, sort of unfiltered, good head retention Nose – Lemon and other citrus. Taste – sweet but still some good hop character with little bitterness

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January 4, 2016 / 0 Comments

Episode 53 – Drinking in the New Year

In the latest episode of Nerdsense, your hosts give a shout out to some of the highlights of the past year, talking about some of their favorite movies, video games and albums.

They also discuss the latest Deadpool trailer and finally get around to talking about the latest Mission Impossible film, Rogue Nation.

It’s a pretty informal conversation, and the boys definitely get their buzz on, but it’s lively and fun, with an over abundance of f-bombs courtesy of Mike. It’s the year end episode and they do not disappoint.

Beer

Laurel Wood Workhorse IPA

Style: IPA
Container: 22oz Bomber
Glassware: Spiegelau Pilsner Tulip
** Shameless Plug! You’ll have to wait and check out the VideoCast to hear about this one when it hits our YouTube channel!

Night Shift The 87

Style: Double IPA
Container: 16oz Can
Glassware: Firestone Walker Tulip and Spiegelau Pilsner Tulip
Overall Nerdsense Rating: 4/5
Notes: Great great DIPA from Night Shift. This has what we want. Juice, hops, super floral citrusy punch

Lawsons Sip of Sunshine

Style: IPA
Container: 16oz Can
Glassware: Spiegelau Pilsner Tulip
Overall Nerdsense Rating: 4.5/5
Notes: Unfortunately this can has been sitting in the fridge for awhile. While Sip of Sunshine is one of my favorite beers, this was muted and less than fresh. Granted it’s still tastier than alot of other IPAs!

Sam Adams Rebel Raw

Style: Double IPA
Container: 16oz Can
Glassware: Firestone Walker Tulip
Overall Nerdsense Rating: 4/5
Notes: Really hoppy, juicy and great malt balance.

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December 19, 2015 / 0 Comments

Episode 52 – The Nerdsense Awakens

We review Star Wars The Force Awakens!! Full on spoilers! If you haven’t seen the flick yet, turn back now, go see it then come back and listen.

Beer

Sierra Nevada Barrel Aged Narwall

Style: Barrel Aged Imperial Stout
Container: 22oz Bomber
Glassware: Firestone Walker Tulip and Tulip
Overall Nerdsense Rating: 5/5
Notes: Shameless Plug! You’ll have to wait and check out the VideoCast when it hits our YouTube Channel

Sierra Nevada Narwall

Style: Imperial Stout
Container: 12oz Bottle
Glassware: Firestone Walker Tulip and Tulip
Overall Nerdsense Rating: 4.5/5
Notes: Shameless Plug! You’ll have to wait and check out the VideoCast when it hits our YouTube Channel

Ecliptic Brewing Canopus IPA

Style: IPA
Container: 22oz Bomber
Glassware: Firestone Walker Tulip and Tulip
Overall Nerdsense Rating: 3.75/5
Notes: Shameless Plug! You’ll have to wait and check out the VideoCast when it hits our YouTube Channel

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Style: Stock Ale
Container: 12oz Bottle
Glassware: Firestone Walker Tulip and Tulip
Overall Nerdsense Rating: 3/5
Notes: We enjoy this much more than the Boston Lager. It definitely reminds me a english ale. Solid beer if nothing else is around

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December 15, 2015 / 0 Comments

Episode 51 – Christmas Special (AKA Bad Jason II )

Merry Christmas Everyone!! Are you ready for another in your face Nerdsense Holiday Special! Do you like watching 2/3 gift giving experiences?! If you do then you came to the right place!

Sit back relax and watch as our hosts give and receive and we know they love ot receive!

Stick around after to hear what the boys think of the Flash and Arrow midseason finales!

Below are the gifts we got. Not pictured are the gifts Jason got us as well as the Spiegelau glassware Mike got me because it’s already used

: Jasons gifts from Mike and Shaun

: Batmobile for Mike from Shaun

: Demons of the Hellmouth from Shaun to Mikex

: Avengers from Mike to Shaun

Also be sure to checkout the video of us exchanging since we did a really bad job at explaining on air.

Beer

Spencer Trappist Holiday Ale

Style: Belgian Strong Dark ale
Container: 22oz Bomber
Glassware: Firestone Walker Tulip and Night Shift Flute
Overall Nerdsense Rating: 4/5
Notes: Shameless Plug! You’ll have to wait and check out the VideoCast when it hits our YouTube Channel

Buoy Beer Company Buoy IPA

Style: IPA
Container: 22oz Bomber
Glassware: Firestone Walker Tulip and Night Shift Flute
Overall Nerdsense Rating: 3.75/5
Notes: Super smooth IPA. Not what we’re used to but not to much malt and just enough citrus to make it really drinkable. Wish I could get more of this

Sam Adams Old Fezziwig Ale

Style: Winter Warms
Container: 12oz Bottle
Glassware: Firestone Walker Tulip and Night Shift Flute
Overall Nerdsense Rating: 2.75/5
Notes: Sort of a let down this year compared to past years

Sam Adams Holiday Porter

Style: Porter
Container: 12oz Bottle
Glassware: Firestone Walker Tulip and Night Shift Flute
Overall Nerdsense Rating: 2.75/5
Notes: Drinkable. Light on the mouth feel. Malts are muted.

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December 8, 2015 / 0 Comments

Episode 50 – Nerdsense Episode 51

Shaun and Mike are back, and this time the slurring is minimal.

They are all over the controversial new trailer for Batman V. Superman, covering everything, including Jesse Eisenberg’s polarizing Lex Luthor, Affleck’s Bat-voice, and the film’s villain, Doomsday.

They also give their opinions on the recent Arrow/Flash two part crossover extravaganza, and have a more in depth discussion on the new Netflix series Jessica Jones.

Is Kilgrave the best MCU villain yet? Is Jessica Jones a better show than Daredevil? See what the guys think in the latest episode of Nerdsense.

Beers

El Segundo Power Plant Triple IPA

Style: Triple IPA
Container: 22oz Bomber
Glassware: Smuttynose Balloon Glasses
Overall Nerdsense Rating: 3.75/5
Notes: Shameless Plug! Check out our VideoCast Review of this brew to find out!

Stone Enjoy By 11/27/2015 Black IPA

Style: Black IPA
Container: 22oz Bomber
Glassware: Smuttynose Balloon Glasses
Overall Nerdsense Rating: 3.5/5
Notes: Very very black with fruit on the nose. Not as much hop profile as I was expecting but we did drink this a week after it’s “Enjoy By” date but overall still a great brew

Guinness Nitro IPA

Style: IPA?
Container: 12oz Can
Glassware: Smuttynose Balloon Glasses
Overall Nerdsense Rating: 1/5
Notes: Not very good at all. To be fair, Mike and I tried this on draft the day after it was marginally better. Still not something I’d drink on a regular basis

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November 30, 2015 / 0 Comments

Episode 49 – Fear and Loathing at Shaun’s Place

Marvel Things! We dive into the new Civil War trailer which shows our first quick look at Black Panther in action! Mike and I give our current thoughts on Jessica Jones. No Spoilers, don’t worry. That will be next weeks episode, so catch up now!

We’re joined this week by Jason where we touch on some often neglected videogame news! He also brought us a pretty special beer.

He brought us a sample bottle of Sam Adams Rebel Grapefruit IPA! Currently it’s only on draft with bottles and cans coming in 2016. From the sample, I’ll definitely be picking up a 6 pack of cans when they hit shelves! It’s definitely one of the more interesting new offerings from Sam in awhile.

And, as usual we go down the rabbit hole that is beer…

Beers

Rock Art Limited Access

Style: Double IPA
Container: 2 x 16oz Can
Glassware: Tulip and Snifter
Overall Nerdsense Rating: 3.5/5
Notes: Not as good as Rock Arts other offerings, the nose smells a lot better than the taste but it still beats out other non Vermont DIPA’s

Lawsons and Otter Creek Double or Nothing

Style: Barleywine
Container: 12oz Bottle
Glassware: Tulip and Snifter
Overall Nerdsense Rating: 3.5/5
Notes: Not as good as Rock Arts other offerings, the nose smells a lot better than the taste but it still beats out other non Vermont DIPA’s

Samuel Adams Rebel Grapefruit IPA

Style: Barleywine
Container: 12oz Bottle
Glassware: Tulip and Snifter
Overall Nerdsense Rating: 3.0/5
Notes: This isn’t Grapefruit Sculpin by any means. It’s surprisingly tasty though. For a Sam, you don’t get the normal “Sam Yeast” taste. The grapefruit probably over powers that. The hoppiness isn’t very big as that is also over powered by the grapefruit. Maybe it’s more of a shandy but I like the grapefruit flavor.

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November 16, 2015 / 0 Comments

Episode 48 – The Tale of the Beer Glass Proper

We have Josh join us this week as we discuss proper craft beer glassware.

This episode is a overview of all the different types of glassware for different beer styles.

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We’re going to continue this discussion in a future episode and actually sample beers in their proper glassware. This episode is just to familiarize people with glassware if they don’t already know much about the topic.

Beers

Trader Joes 2015 Vintage Ale

Style: Belgian Dark Ale
Container: 22oz corked Bomber
Glassware: Firestone Walker Tulip, Smuttynose Snifter, Night Shift Flute
Overall Nerdsense Rating: 4/5
Notes: Really great spiced beer. Perfect for the holidays. Would definitely age well in the cellar.

Kelsen Battle Axe IPA

Style: American IPA
Container: 22oz corked Bomber
Glassware: Firestone Walker Tulip, Smuttynose Snifter, Night Shift Flute
Overall Nerdsense Rating: 4/5
Notes: Really good malt to hop balance. Very citrusy and juicy with still some malt on the back. Great and very drinkable IPA

Revolution Eugene Porter

Style: Porter
Container: 12oz can
Glassware: Firestone Walker Tulip, Smuttynose Snifter, Night Shift Flute
Overall Nerdsense Rating: 4/5
Notes: Super drinkable porter. Big chocolate caramel and malty flavors. So glad this is in a can. Makes it easy and portable

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November 10, 2015 / 0 Comments

Episode 47 – Ain’t Nothing Like The Real Thing, Baby

It’s just Mike and I this week. Kicking it old school. We focus a lot on beer. Discussing an upcoming collaboration beer by El Segundo Brewing Co and Steve Austin. We also touch on some nerd news and the new Japanese Star Wars trailer which contains a lot of new footage!

Beer

Revolution Brewing Double Fist

Style: Double Pale Ale
Container: 22oz Bomber
Glassware: 2014 Night Shift Barrel Society Glass and Smutty Snifter
Overall Nerdsense Rating: 4.5/5
Notes: Delicious. Lot’s of hops with just enough malt that it stays juicy with a citrus burst

Samuel Adams Latitude 48

Style: American IPA
Container: 12oz Bottle
Glassware: 2014 Night Shift Barrel Society Glass and Smutty Snifter
Overall Nerdsense Rating: 3/5
Notes: Oh, you know, it’s a Sam. It’s definitely one of their better always available. Better out of the bottle vs glass for Shaun

North Coast Old Rapsutin

Style: Russian Imperial Stout
Container: 12oz Bottle
Glassware: 2014 Night Shift Barrel Society Glass and Smutty Snifter
Overall Nerdsense Rating: 4.5/5
Notes: We’ve had this on the show before. It never disappoints. It’s the best relatively easy to get stout in distribution right now.

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November 2, 2015 / 0 Comments

Episode 46 – All Hallows Eve: Return of the Mac

Our good buddy Dan is back with us this week for the Nerdsense Halloween Episode! Yeah, we probably should have put the episode out BEFORE Halloween but we at least recorded it the night before Halloween so there’s that.

Topics of discussion include horror movies and where we stand with our favorite films and series!

We also live broadcasted on YouTube. If you want to check out the video hit up the link below!

Beer

Ballast Point – The Commodore

Style: Stout
Container: 12oz Bottle
Glassware: 2015 Night Shift Barrel Society Glass and Hefe Pub Glass
Overall Nerdsense Rating: 3/5
Notes: Drinks smooth with roasty malt but a strange after taste is left on the palate

Ballast Point – Wahoo

Style: White Ale
Container: 12oz Can
Glassware: 2015 Night Shift Barrel Society Glass and Hefe Pub Glass
Overall Nerdsense Rating: 3.5/5
Notes: Really great witbier with refreshing citrus. The description says it all “A fresh, unfiltered brew perfect for lazy summer days.”

Brooklyn Brewing – Oktoberfest

Style: Marzen
Container: 12oz Bottle
Glassware: 2015 Night Shift Barrel Society Glass and Hefe Pub Glass
Overall Nerdsense Rating: 3/5
Notes: I remember really liking this last year but this years seems way to sweet for my taste buds

Finch’s Hardcore Chimera

Style: Imperial IPA
Container: 16oz Can
Glassware: 2015 Night Shift Barrel Society Glass and Hefe Pub Glass
Overall Nerdsense Rating: 4.5/5
Notes: This is a great Double IPA. This has a fantastic balance of malt and citrus juiciness to make it on of our new go to IPAs

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October 27, 2015 / 0 Comments

Episode 45 – Vermont Awakens

Shaun and Mike are joined by their brother-in-beer, Matt. They are sampling beer, talking about their respective introductions into drinking beer, the origins of their friendships, brewing and having a great time talking about one of their favorite subjects: Star Wars.

It’s a little nerdy, a little silly, and a little… umm… actually, it’s a lot of fun.