Proclamation Ales out of Rhode Island are making some great singe hop beers. Just delicious
Style: IPA
Container: 16oz Can
Glassware: Nerdsense Snifters
Notes: Juicy, citrusy, tropical fruits. BOOM. (6%)
Rating: 4.5/5
Nerdsense – Episode 102
After a bit of a hiatus, Nerdsense is back. This return is marked by the return of the CWDCTVU, and we are here to talk all about the four shows and their content. We delve into the plots and our favorite, and not so favorite, parts.
Special guest Jonathan throws a wrench or two into the works, but your humble hosts persevere.
Cheers!
Beers
Sierra Nevada Single Hop Cascade
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Nerdsense Drinks Reviews – #106 Singlecut Jim is Working Hard
Singlecut is in cans and they’re expensive as fuck!
Style: Session IPA
Container: 16oz Can
Glassware: Nerdsense Snifters
Notes: JIWH features all PNW hop varieties (think classic citrus/pine/resin) delivered with present malt smoothness – punching much harder than it’s weight class would suggest. (4.6%)
Rating: 3.75/5
Nerdsense Drinks Reviews – #105 Trillium Double Dry Hopped A Street
Mike and I take a stroll down A Street…Double Dry Hopped to be exact! *Ba Dum Tss!*
Style: IPA
Container: 16oz Can
Glassware: Nerdsense Snifters
Notes: Same base grist as A Street IPA, but with a double dose of Amarillo in the dry hop. These Amarillo hops impart a powerful floral aroma with distinctive notes of citrus zest. The taste is bright, floral, and citrusy upfront, finishing with candied grapefruit and orange. (7.2%)
Rating: 4.25/5
Nerdsense Drinks Reviews – #104 Night Shift Morph 01/17/2017
First Morph of 2017!!!
Style: IPA
Container: 16oz Can
Glassware: Nerdsense Snifters
Notes: The first Morph of 2017 is crafted with Topaz, Citra, and Columbus hops; resinous and juicy. (5.2%)
Rating: 3.75/5
Nerdsense Drinks Reviews – #103 Parkway Brewing A Moment On the Lips
Style: Milk Stout
Container: 12oz Botte
Glassware: Snifters
Notes: From Website – his smooth, balanced milk stout with the tastes of the holidays brings on mouth-watering thoughts of chocolate covered orange slices. Brewed with sweet orange and cocoa it’s rich in holiday memories and anticipation! (7.0%)
Nerdsense Drinks Reviews – #102 Hermit Thrush Silly Friar
A Vermont brewed beer that isn’t an IPA?! Holy Moly! We’ve got a Sour Belgian Enkel from Hermit Thrush this week!
Style: Belgian Enkel
Container: 16oz Can
Glassware: Snifters
Notes: Silly Friar uses a hefty amount of European and aged hops, but focuses primarily on the malt profile; strong bready and cracker notes give way to a dry, super malty finish with a touch of yeast funk. Enjoy it with lunch, or on its own for a delicious, refreshing Belgian-inspired treat.(5.8%)
Rating: 4/5
Nerdsense Drinks Reviews – #101 Trillium and Lawson’s Pow Pow
Normally I’d put some sarcastic blurb about the beer but Trillium’s site has a pretty great description on how it came to be. So just read that. It’s better than what I’d write.
“The idea for Pow Pow was born when 2 very passionate individuals joined forces during the epic 2016 beer festival Beer Camp Across America. Devil’s Backbone, Dogfish Head, Sierra Nevada, Stoudt’s, Lawson’s Finest Liquids, and Trillium collaborated to create one of the festival’s signature beer Pat-Rye-Ot, a pale ale that pays tribute to America’s original homebrewers. During the process two brewers in particular were fascinated by a new hop product that was used in Pat-Rye-Ot. The product: lupulin powder. The fascinated brewers: Sean Lawson and JC Tetreault.
Lupulin powder is essentially a super concentrated hop product made by flash freezing and then shattering intact hop flowers. In early November, the team experimented with different ways of utilizing the lupulin powder in both the whirlpool and during the dry hop, taking into account beer and wort temperatures, contact time, lupulin powder temperatures, and consistency of the powder.”
http://www.trilliumbrewing.com/trillium-pow-pow
Style: Double IPA
Container: 16oz Can
Glassware: Snifters
Notes: Pow Pow is hazy, pale orange in appearance and emits aromatic qualities of orange zest, apricots and honeysuckle on the nose. Bright flavors of citrus pith, along with soft notes of melon are accentuated with a lasting and balanced bitterness. (7.7%)
Rating: 4/5
Nerdsense Drinks Reviews – #100 Oskar Blues Rum Barrel Aged Ten Fidy
We managed to get our grubby little hands on the brewery exclusive Rum Barrel Aged Ten Fidy by Oskar Blues!! Watch and see what we thought of it…
It’s a BEAST of a bear
Shout out to our good buddy Larry for sending this!
Style: American Imperial Stout aged in Rum Barreks
Container: 19.2oz Stovepipe Can
Glassware: Nerdsense Snifters
Notes: Ten Fidy Aged in fresh-as-hell Jamaican rum barrels for six months (14.2%)
Rating: Shaun – 4.5 Mike – 3.75
Nerdsense Drinks Reviews – #99 The Alchemist Beelzebub
Mike managed to initiate a trade (with one of my beers) for a beer we didn’t expect to get on the show for awhile. The Alchemist’s, American Imperial Stout, Beelzebub graces our table this week!
Style: American Imperial Stout
Container: 16oz Can
Glassware: Nerdsense Snifters
Notes:The intensely smooth and rich roasted flavor is complemented by the unmistakable presence of hops. The bitterness is held in check, preserving the flavors of dark chocolate. This ale is aggressively dry hopped with Citra to cut through it all. (8.0%)
Rating: Shaun – 3.25 Mike – 4