Nerdsense Drinks Reviews – #29 – Lawsons & Otter Creek Double or Nothing

This was the first video we recorded using the new setup. We’ve since released a few other videos before releasing this. The main reason was we wanted to get the Night Shift Morph reviews out while the current release was still on the shelf.

All of our old videos with the previous setup are in the wild now so please enjoy our new setup. We like it and hope you do as well!

 

Lawsons & Otter Creek Double or Nothing

Style: Barleywine
Container: 12oz bottle
Glassware: Snifters
Notes: (From website)Our second collaboration creation with Sean Lawson of Lawson’s Finest Liquids, Double or Nothing is a devilishly sweet Barley Wine that’s aged on maple wood and brewed with a heavenly dose of Vermont maple syrup.
Enjoy fresh or lay one down for future indulgence
Rating: 4.25/5

Nerdsense Drinks Reviews – #28 The Alchemist Heady Topper

HEADY TOPPER *MIC DROP*

The Alchemist Heady Topper

Style: Double IPA
Container: 2 x 16oz Can
Glassware: Small tasters for look only then drank from the can
Notes: (From website) Take a big sip of Heady and see what hop flavors you can pick out. Orange? Tropical Fruit? Pink Grapefruit? Pine? Spice? There is just enough malt to give this beer some backbone, but not enough to take the hops away from the center stage.
Rating: 5/5

Nerdsense Episode 68 – Revenge of the News

This week Mike and Shaun are buried under a massive amount of news. Most coming out Cinemacon. Strap in as loads of nerdy news are blown into your ear drums and listen as your hosts try to make Nerdsense out of it (see what I did there?)

Beer

Mystic\Redtone Liquors The Last and Final Judgement Belgian Quad – Look for our Video Review on Nerdsense Drinks soon!

Trillium Big Sprang

14th Star Brewing Tribute Double IPA

Revolution Anti-Hero IPA

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Nerdsense Drinks Reviews – #27 Arcade Brewing Grapefruit IPA

This was another pretty awesome beer I brought back from January trip to Chicago. Don’t worry, we made this video when it was only a few weeks old.

Arcade Brewing out of Chicago! IPA brewed with Grapefruit JUICE! Not grapefruit but grapefruit juice! This grew on us for sure. I want more. It now comes in 6 packs!

We had a problem with the mic audio on this one, so it’s a mixture of mixer and camera audio so you’ll notice the quality go from nice (mixer) to pretty good (camera) back to nice (mixer)

 

 

Arcade Brewing Grapefruit IPA

Style: Grapefruit IPA
Container: 22oz Bomber
Glassware: Tulips
Notes: (From Website) Arcade Brewery has crafted this very sessionable IPA featuring citrus hop aroma and the addition of grapefruit; creating an awesome balance between hop bitterness and the citrus bite. A fine balancing act of biscuit malts allows a long hop finish wont fatigue taste buds; allowing the second pint to build off the first. An immensely sessionable ale, [the] Grapefruit IPA will win over all drinkers and give IPA lovers a new take on the incredibly popular style.
Rating: 3.75/5

Nerdsense Episode 67 – Big Bang Clock

New episode featuring special guest and friend of the show, Matt. Matt brought us a growler of his latest Double IPA called Big Bang Clock.

Discussions include brewing beer, Guns N’ Roses, the Star Wars: Force Awakens home release, and the shocking new episode of Arrow.

Beer

Koda Brewing Big Bang Clock

Westbrook & Evil Twin Mini Growler Imperial Stout

Night Shift The 87

 

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Nerdsense Drinks Reviews – #26 Night Shift Morph Batch 04/01/2016

Another week and another fresh new batch of Morph!!! Do we really need to say anymore?

Style: IPA
Container: 16oz Can
Glassware: 2016 Night Shift Barrel Society snifters
Notes: Beastly heaping of Citra, Mosaic, Simcoe, and Topaz hops – saturated, juicy notes of orange, pine, and honeydew melon.  (6.2%) (Night Shift tasting notes)
Rating: 4.25/5

Nerdsense Drinks Reviews – #25 Spencer Imperial Trappist Stout

We dive into the 3rd offering from America’s first Trappist brewery! It’s Spencer Brewing out of Springfield, MA Imperial Trappist Stout!! Let this sucker warm up and you’ll be in for a tasty treat!!

Spencer Trappist Imperial Stout

Style: Russian Imperial Stout Stout
Container: 750mL corked bottle
Glassware: Spiegelau Stout Glasses
Notes: A massive, roasted, malt-forward American Trappist take on the Anglo-Russo Imperial Stout tradition.  Luxuriantly frothy foam, waves of coffee, chocolate and caramel sensations, a generous blend of dark fruit flavors.  Intense and robust.
Rating: 3.75/5

Nerdsense Drinks Reviews – #24 Night Shift Bennington

We got our very first growler! We’ve got a Oatmeal Stout from Night Shift called Bennington!

We recorded this episode back in February. I wish we released this sooner as Bennington is no longer available. Hopefully they’ll brew it again so you can grab a growler to try for yourself!

 

Night Shift Bennington

Style: Oatmeal Stout
Container: 32oz groweler
Glassware: Night Shift snifters
Notes: (From Website) Oatmeal stout aged with maple syrup. Notes of maple, toffee, and milk chocolate with a delicately roasty finish
Rating: 4/5

Nerdsense Episode 66 – Nerdsense Drinks Vol.2

Welcome to another Nerdsense Drinks compilation episode!! We’ve edited together Episodes 4 and Episode 5 which are Ecliptic Brewings Canopus IPA and a head to head battle between Sierra Nevada’s Narwhal Imperial Stout and their Barrel Aged Narwhal!

 

 

Style: IPA
Container: 22oz Bomber
Glassware: Firestone Walker Tulip and Tulip
Overall Nerdsense Rating: 3.75/5
Notes: Light and crisp. Awesome citrus malt balance. Super smooth. Floral and grapefruit on the nose

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: Nose – Bourbon (Duh!) Vanilla, sweeter aroma, caramel and chocolate makes the sweetness. Flavor – Chocolaty and much sweeter with less coffee than the regular Narwall. Lots and lots of bourbon

Sierra Nevada Narwall

Style: Imperial Stout
Container: 12oz Bottle
Glassware: Firestone Walker Tulip and Tulip
Overall Nerdsense Rating: 4.5/5
Notes: Smells mellow coffee, very boozy on the nose, cocoa. Taste is dark chocolate, coffee, boozy without a burn in the back

Narwall + Barrel Aged Narwall Blend 

Notes: Milkshake or Sweet Stout. This takes the harshness out and it’s extremely smooth. The smell isn’t much but the flavor is great!

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Nerdsense Drinks Reviews – #23 Trillium Free Rise Citra Dry Hopped Saison

This week the guys review Trillium’s Citra Dry Hopped Farmhouse Saison, Free Rise!

 

Trillium Brewing Free Rise Dry Hopped with Citra

Style: Farmhouse Saison
Container: 22oz Bomber
Glassware: Flute and Tulip
Overall Nerdsense Rating: 4.25/5
Notes: (From the website) This special edition of Free Rise, one of our signature farmhouse ales, highlights locally sourced Danko Rye from Valley Malt and Citra in the dry hop. A floral, citrus hop profile is balanced with subtle, nutty malt character and a delicate black pepper spice. Light in body, with a clean, bone-dry finish, Citra Dry Hopped Free Rise is a welcomed addition to our family of farmhouse ales.