With all the Night Shift reviews we’ve done, you’d think we’d have done one of their consistent flagship beers by now. I know Morph is one of their normal releases but it’s an ever changing recipe.
This week, Night Shifts Double IPA, The 87 makes it’s way to the table!
Style: DIPA
Container: 16oz Can
Glassware: Night Shift Flutes
Notes: Bright, beautiful DIPA hop bomb; clean malt bill that allows a refreshing blend of citrusy hops to burst through. (8.0%)
Rating: 4.5/5
So this was a fun review to make and by fun I mean we had to do it like 1.75 times. Stay tuned after the outro music to see a part of the 1st take…
Style: IPA
Container: 16oz Can
Glassware: Night Shift Flutes
Notes: This edition brings together Bravo, Vic Secret, Simcoe, and Citra hops together to create a juicy, balanced IPA that bursts with citrus and tropical fruit flavors.
Rating: 4.25/5
In honor of the big CW DCTVU crossover this week, we decided to have a little crossover of our own! It’s crossover mania!
We crossed over the Nerdsense Podcast with the Nerdsense Drinks Reviews Videocast! It’s a videocast inside a podcast! Nerdsense – Episode 99 & Nerdsense Drinks Reviews Episode 87
Predictably, the conversation goes in a million directions with a discussion about podcasts, our long and storied friendship, and even a navy anecdote that goes nowhere.
The episode even starts with a brand new, full length, beer review of Rogue Shakespeare Oatmeal Stout. Check out the video below! Cheers!
Episode 100 airing Friday December 2nd. Watch our Twitter and Facebook accounts for stream details!
Rogue Shakespeare Oatmeal Stout
Style: Oatmeal Stout
Container: 12oz Bottle
Glassware: Spiegelau Stout Glass
Notes: Ebony in color with a rich creamy head, earthy flavor and a mellow, chocolate finish. (5.8%)
Rating: 4.25/5
Night Shift Morph Batch 11/17/2016
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*Note* We had a camera issue so the last minute or 2 is just audio. Blame Logitech or Apple. It’s one of their faults.
In honor of the true Black Friday, we rummage through the cellar to find our 2014 Vintage Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Stout! Come along for the journey and watch as we bask in all it’s greatness or not so greatness. We recorded this on Thanksgiving night after some drinking so this may be interesting…
Style: Barrel Aged Imperial Stout
Container: 12oz Bottle
Glassware: Teku?
Notes: nice bourbon wet oak flavor, some dark, bitter chocolate and bitter coffee as well. It’s really rich and smooth with low carbonation, and it rolls off the tongue (14.4%)
Rating: 4.75/5
Finally! We have a Trillium can grace our table. The lines have been drawn! Mike and I have to give separate scores for this one!
Style: Imperial Brown Ale
Container: 16oz Can
Glassware: Teku Glasses
Notes: The nose omits pleasant aromas of pine sap, toasted bread and orange marmalade. Deciduous embodies the seasonal transition from summer to winter with an herbaceous lemon and spicy pine aroma balanced on the palate with a hearty, multigrain malt character and clean, refreshing bitterness. Deciduous is medium in body and dry on the finish. (7.5%)
Rating: Shaun – 3.75/5 Mike – 3/5
It’s Märzen vs Märzen! Nah, we really just wanted to do a dual review. No winners or losers here!
Spaten Oktoberfest
Style: Märzen
Container: 12oz Bottle
Glassware: Snifters
Notes: The beer of Munich’s famous Oktoberfest: aromatic, savoury, gold-colored.. (5.9%)
Rating: 3.25/5
Night Shift Oldenburg
Style: Märzen
Container: 16oz Can
Glassware: Snifters
Notes: Märzen/Oktoberfest style lager with a copper body and nutty, toasty caramel notes. (5%)
Rating: 3.75/5
Another beer mail from our good friend, Larry! This is a variant of one my favorite beers. It’s a “New England-ish” version of Haw River’s delicious Oatmeal Pale Ale. Sounds right up our alley, right? Watch and find out…or just look at the rating as that will give you an idea…
Style: Oatmeal Pale Ale
Container: 500ml Bottle
Glassware: Night Shift Flutes
Notes: Regular Newlins Pale – Our Pale Ale uses flaked oats to smooth out the bitterness and is fermented with a Belgian yeast to provide layers of fruity esters that play wonderfully with the punchy Crystal & Galaxy hops that we dry-hop with for a more “American” hop aroma & finish (5.2%)
Rating: 2.75/5
Another Morph takes flight thanks to some Falconers Flight! (See what I did there?) It also has Vic Secret and Simcoe
Style: IPA
Container: 16oz Can
Glassware: Night Shift Flutes
Notes: Featuring Vic Secret, Simcoe, and Falconer’s Flight hops. Fresh pine aromas; sips crushably juicy with citrus and tropical notes. (5.6%)
Rating: 3.76/5
80 beer reviews! I figured this would be a nice one to drop as #80. This is Night Shift’s 3rd release from this years Barrel Society. A Barrel Aged Russian Imperial Stout named Elbrus. Hope you guys enjoy watching this as much as we did drinking it.
Style: Russian Imperial Stout
Container: 750ml Bottle
Glassware: Night Shift 2016 Barrel Society Snifters
Notes:Pours black in color; aromas of walnut, dark fruit, and dark chocolate; big flavors of molasses, raisin, and brownie batter; dry, oaky finish with notes of vanilla and fudge (9.2%)
Rating: 4.75/5
We’ve got a new Spencer Brewing beer to review this week.
We also have proper glassware thanks to Brother Michael from Spencer Brewing!
They were kind enough to send us a set of their Trappist glasses as well as a set of their pint glasses.
Style: Lager
Container: 12oz Bottle
Glassware: Spencer Pint Glasses
Notes:A Trappist Lager inspired by German tradition! Smooth, russet colored, hearty and malt-forward, hints of smoke and spice. Balanced by noble hops and a bitter finish. (7.5%)
Rating: 4/5
