Night Shift has been around for 4 Years now and released a Stout and Double IPA to celebrate! Today we dive into the Oatmeal Stout!
Style: Oatmeal Stout
Container: 25.4oz Bomber
Glassware: 2016 Night Shift Barrel Society Tulips
Notes: Oatmeal stout fermented with maple syrup and aged in apple brandy barrels
Rating: 5/5
We have another Nerdsense Drinks audio only episode! Listen in as we try the last 4 years of Oskar Blues Ten Fidy!
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We’ve got another Massachusetts favorite this week! We got some Trillium Double Dry Hopped Melcher Street!
Style: IPA
Container: 22oz Bomber
Glassware: Snifter and Tulip
Notes: This amped up American IPA features a heavy dose of Mosaic hops. The spicy, resinous, herbal aroma bursts with nuances of tart citrus, tangerine, clementine, and subtle green onion. Bold flavors of under-ripe melon, cantaloupe rind, and pineapple are highlighted with gentle bitterness and delicate, biscuity malt character. (From website)
Rating: 4.75/5
New Morph is here!!
Style: IPA
Container: 16oz Can
Glassware: 2016 Night Shift Barrel Society snifters
Notes:Rye IPA featuring Ella and Azacca hops; ripe cantaloupe aroma, crisp rye spiciness and lingering resinous finish. (5.7%)(Night Shift tasting notes)
Rating: 4.5/5
Mike and I sit down to discuss the latest entry into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Captain America: Civil War! Which side will we take?! Team Cap or Team Crap!?
Night Shift 4 Year Double IPA
Black Cherry Seltzer
Chocolate Milk
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The boys pop open a bottle of one of their favorite Night Shift brews! This a double mash stout released as part of Night Shift’s Barrel Society program.
Night Shift Barrel Society 2015 #3 – Caravaggio
Style: Stout
Container: 22oz Bomber
Glassware: Night Shift 2015 Barrel Society
Notes: (From Site) Double-mash stout aged in bourbon barrels; powerful aromas of chocolate, walnut and tobacco lead to thick, rich flavors of molasses, charred oak, smokey bourbon, and dark roast coffee
Rating: 5/5
This week, your humble hosts do a retrospective on the Marvel Cinematic Universe, covering every film from Iron Man to Ant-Man, all in preparation for the upcoming Captain America 3: Civil War.
In addition, they cover a few news items, and Mike gets drunk off his ass, even though he keeps promising he won’t. It’s another crazy night in the Nerd Den.
Super Session #2 is designed to be a light and refreshing beer with low alcohol, yet the full hop character
This limited release Imperial Stout is a dry hopped stiffy, leading to an explosive finish at 9% ABV that is guaranteed to put a smile on your face.
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We managed to get some Hopslam and poured it right down our throats!
Style: Double IPA
Container: 12oz Can
Glassware: Snifters
Notes: (From Site) Selected specifically because of their aromatic qualities, these Pacific Northwest varieties contribute a pungent blend of grapefruit, stone fruit, and floral notes. A generous malt bill and a solid dollop of honey
Overall Nerdsense Rating: 4.75/5
Here we have another Nerdsense Drinks volume! We’ve compiled Nerdsense Drinks Episode 7 and Episode 8
Style: IPA
Container: 22oz Bomber
Glassware: Spiegelau Pilsner Tulip
Notes: Malty with hops on nose. Taste: Juicy, citrus, pine, great finish
Overall Nerdsense Rating: Nose: 4.75/5
Style: Strong Ale
Container: 22oz Bomber
Glassware: Spiegelau Snifter and Firestone Walker Tulip
Notes: Nose: Malty caramel with apricot, boozy. Mike got “sewage” or bad water” Taste: Better beers have come since this. Taste: Malt and caramel comes through as it did on the nose. There are hops for sure.
Overall Nerdsense Rating: 3.50/5 — We were thrown off by how much our tastes have changed given this was one of the craft beers that got us really loving it.
Style: Strong Ale
Container: 22oz Bomber
Glassware: Spiegelau Snifter and Firestone Walker Tulip
Notes: Nose: Oak (obviously), maple which adds sweetness on top of bourbon. Taste: Smooth and balanced. Sweetness and mellow compared to the normal Arrogant
Overall Nerdsense Rating: Nose: 4.25/5
**BLEND** (Shaun’s favorite part!) 4/5!
You lose the oak and it kind of makes the regular Arrogant a little more smooth and tasty
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New batch of Morph!!!
Style: IPA
Container: 16oz Can
Glassware: 2016 Night Shift Barrel Society snifters
Notes: Features Citra, Topaz, Cascade and Colombus hops; candied orange, lemon rind, and soft, lingering bitterness. (6.8%)(Night Shift tasting notes)
Rating: 4/5
