Nerdsense Drinks Reviews – #163 Trillium Dialed In (w/ Chardonnay & Gewürztraminer Juice)

Another variant of Dialed In makes its way to the table! Is it as good as the Sauvignon blanc we reviewed previously? Tune in to find out!

Style: Double IPA
Container: 16oz can
Glassware: 16oz Snifters
Notes: This iteration of Dialed In is a fresh, juicy Double IPA intensively dry hopped with Galaxy and Citra. Pouring a vibrant, hazy gold; aromas of white wine, tropical fruit, and citrus swirl around the nose. Upfront flavors of grassy hop, orange juice, and pineapple coincide with vinous notes from the mid-fermentation addition of Chardonnay and Gewurztraminer juice. Soft and creamy with moderate bitterness; Medium-Light bodied with a crisp, dry finish. (8.5%)
Rating: 4/5

Nerdsense Drinks Reviews – #162 Russian River Defenestration

Defenestration!!! A hoppy blonde from Russian River. Sounds like my kind of lady!

Style: Hoppy Blonde
Container: 375 mL bottle
Glassware: 16oz Snifters
Notes: This beer is not any particular style, just something Vinnie has been working on for a while. It’s VERY dry, bitter, hoppy, and full-bodied. (6.5%)
Rating: 4/5

Nerdsense Drinks Reviews – #161 Grimm Cloudbusting #4

It’s crowler time! We’re joined by Mike’s brother, Josh as we crush 32 ounces of delicious Grimm juice!

Style: DIPA
Container: 32oz Crowler
Glassware: 16oz Snifters
Notes: The beer has a soft mouthfeel, gorgeous yeast-free haze, some hop floaties, and some of the loveliest lacing and foam you’ve seen on a beer in your life. Cloudbusting #4 is brewed with Wai-iti, Waimea, and Motueka. (8%)
Rating: 4.5/5

Nerdsense Drinks Reviews – #160 Treehouse Curiosity Thirty Six

This is Curiosity 36! Our first in the Curiosity series. There are lots of rumors surrounding what this beer is and the rumors are true…it’s fucking delicious.

 

Style: DIPA
Container:64oz Growler
Glassware: 16oz Snifters
Notes: Fruit fucking salad in a glass (6.7%)
Rating: 4.75/5 (It’s a 5….we’re dumb)

Nerdsense Drinks Reviews – #159 Lone Pine Oh-J

When a Double IPA called OH-J is handed to us, you know we have to review with a little extra criticism. It’s a ballsy move to call something Oh-J given the New England juice bomb craze we’re currently. So does it stack up? Watch and find out!

Cheers to Corey for hooking us up!

Style: DIPA
Container: 16oz Can
Glassware: 8oz Flutes
Notes: A carefully selected arrangement of late-addition hops produce a pure citrus punch. 0% fruit. Fresh, never frozen. Not from concentrate. (8.1%)
Rating: 4.5/5

Nerdsense Drinks Reviews – #158 Hoof Hearted South of Eleven

We’ve got a Triple…I mean Double IPA from Hoof Hearted that is just “South of Eleven” percent…coming in at 10.2%! This drinks way to easy

 

Style: DIPA
Container: 16oz Can
Glassware: Stemmed Snifters
Notes: Pass the crumpets old boy and slather them in the finest tangerine marmalade. Sticky weed Jeeves! (10.2%)
Rating: 4.25/5

Nerdsense Drinks Reviews – #157 Trillium Amarillo Sunshower

“Super” Saison? Sure, we’ll try it.

Style: “Super” Saison
Container: 16oz Can
Glassware: Flutes
Notes: We allow the fermentation temperature to free-rise, resulting in a dry beer with strength and complexity. Layers of pepper and earthy characteristics that play nice with the crisp, smooth backbone of a pilsner and wheat malt bill. (8.5%)
Rating: 3.25/5

Nerdsense Drinks Reviews – #156 Hoof Hearted & The Answer Kokomo Drift

This is pineapple juice in can. It’s a collaboration between Ohio’s Hoof Hearted and Virginia’s The Answer!

Style: DIPA
Container: 16oz Can
Glassware: Nerdsense Snifters
Kokomo Drift, double dry-hopped DIPA, just for us and our friends. Come on over. My mom said it’s cool. (8.5%)
Rating: 4.5/5

Nerdsense Drinks Reviews -#155 Burial & Night Shift I Know For A Fact You Don’t Party

Oh…we party! This is a collaboration between two fantastic breweries. Burial from Asheville, NC and Night Shift from Everett, MA. Can they combine their forces to make a stout to end all states? Watch and find out!

Style: Imperial Stout
Container: 16oz Can
Glassware: 2017 Night Shift Barrel Society Glasses
Notes: Imperial Stout is brewed with Pilsner, pale chocolate, flaked barley, Blackprinz, honey, Beechwood Smoked, Cherrywood Smoked, Carared, and Double Roasted Crystal malt. Coconut sugar and brown sugar round out this heafty stout. (10%)
Rating: 4/5

Nerdsense Drinks – #154 Hoof Hearted Belloq

Corey is back for this review so they can dive into another delicious Stout with coffee!

Style: American Stout with Coffee and Vanilla
Container: 16oz Can
Glassware: Night Shift Flutes
Notes: Smooth caramel & chocolate notes get a massive coffee rogering. Competitively intellectual flavor that makes you feel smarter than you look. (7.5)
Rating: 3.75/5