This is the last of the Portland beers. It was a sad day. This week we dive in to Alameda Brewing’s Yellow Wolf Imperial IPA! From Alameda’s site With over 100 IBUs Yellow Wolf has enough eye-popping intensity to satisfy even the most ardent hopheads. It has bright piney nose and light golden color. We […]
New batch of Morph is here! Checkout our thoughts! Beer Style: IPAContainer: 16oz Can Glassware: 2016 Night Shift Barrel Society snifters Notes: Idaho 7, Galaxy, and Simcoe hops that produce ripe honeydew melon aromas, complemented by biting tangerine and papaya flavors. (6.2%) (Night Shift tasting notes) Rating: 4.5/5
Whoa! Two Nerdsense Drinks in 2 days?! We have a fairly large back log of videos in the queue and this was a one off I did by myself on a snowy day. It’s just me doing a head to head of 2 Pale Ales from 2 different FANTASTIC Massachusetts breweries. I do a side […]
This week the boys review Pipeworks Brewing’s sought after Double IPA, Ninja vs Unicorn! Will the boys be caught up in the battle that has been going on for centuries or will they conquer both of these behemoths and banish them to their ever growing beer guts! Style: Double India Pale Ale Container: 16oz Tall Boy Glassware: Firestone […]
EXTRA EXTRA! NIGHT SHIFT RELEASES NEW MORPH!! Here is our review of the latest batch from Night Shifts rotating IPA series, Morph! This batch was canned on 02/02/2016! http://www.nightshiftbrewing.com/morph-batch-tasting-notes Style: IPA Container: 16oz Can Glassware: Night Shift Flute, Firestone Walker Tulip, Spiegelau Pilsner Tulip Notes: This recipe combines Azacca, Simcoe and Galaxy hops. Grassy lemon nose, notes of orange rind, […]
Whoa! We’re not having a beer?! That’s correct! Mike brought back from Mamajuana from his Punta Cana vacation! Here is the Mama Juana definition from Wikipedia Mama Juana is a drink from the Dominican Republic that is concocted by allowing rum, red wine, and honey to soak in a bottle with tree bark and herbs. […]
In this weeks Nerdsense Drinks Beer Review we run the Oskar Blues gauntlet! Our buddy Jonathan ended up scoring a 4 pack that included a can of Ten Fiddy from the last 4 years. So we work our way from 2015 to the 2012. We also want to thank Oskar Blues for sending us a […]
What?!?!! Two Nerdsense Drinks episodes in one week?! I know it’s crazy but we felt with Beer Advocate’s Extreme Beer Fest coming up this week, we would release two videos. In this episode of Nerdsense Drinks we review Breakside’s IPA. Breakside Brewery is out of Portland, OR and we can thank Mike’s good buddy Spencer […]
As promised, here is our review of the last batch from Night Shifts rotating IPA series, Morph! This batch was canned on 01/21/2016 and it’s delicious! Hopefully we can grab a 4 pack of the 02/02/2016 batch to review as well! Night Shift Morph – Batch 01/21/2016 Style: IPA Container: 16oz Can Glassware: Firestone Walker Tulip and Spiegelau Pilsner […]
Thanks to Larry for providing us with a new Florida brew to try! This is from Barley Mow Brewing and is their Unkindness Black Ale! Style: Black Ale Container: 12oz Can Glassware: Spiegelau Snifter and Firestone Walker Tulip Notes: Nose: Chocolate, berries and minor grapefruit, hops. Coffee is muted on the nose Taste: Burnt coffee, hop bitterness on the […]
