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February 25, 2016 / 1 Comment

Nerdsense Drinks Reviews – Episode 15 Pipeworks Brewing Ninja vs Unicorn

This week the boys review Pipeworks Brewing’s sought after Double IPA, Ninja vs Unicorn!

Will the boys be caught up in the battle that has been going on for centuries or will they conquer both of these behemoths and banish them to their ever growing beer guts!

 

Style: Double India Pale Ale
Container: 16oz Tall Boy
Glassware: Firestone Walker Tulip and Spiegelau Tulip 
Overall Nerdsense Rating: 4.5/5
Notes: Look: Filtered golden hue with nice white lacing Nose: Orange citrus, spicy pine. Cotton Candy sweetness Taste:sweet malt at the front with the hops at the back that keeps it balanced

February 22, 2016 / 0 Comments

Nerdsense Episode 60 – Who’s Your Daddy?

Holy crap folks! We are another step closer to BvS. This week the train stops at Bruce Timm’s ‘Superman: Doomsday,’ the first appearance of the titular villain on film. We get an abbreviated interpretation of the classic Death and Return of Superman storyline, and your humble hosts do their best to give you the skinny on the very first entry into the ‘DC Universe Animated Original Movies’ series.

Also covered, albeit briefly, is the DCAU, including Batman the Animated Series, Superman the Animated Series, Batman Beyond, etc.

Finally, Deapool was released right before Valentine’s Day and we let you know whether he stole our hearts, or not.
Check out the newest episode of Nerdsense, and you’ll get your weekly nerdy fix from the nerdiest guys to ever host a podcast. Cheers!

 

Beer

Night Shift Bennington

Style: Oatmeal Stout
Container: 32oz groweler
Glassware: Night Shift snifters
You’ll have to wait and check out the VideoCast which will be out on Thursday to hear about this one when it hits our YouTube channel!

Spencer Trappist Imperial Stout

Style: Russian Imperial Stout Stout
Container: 750mL corked bottle
Glassware: Spiegelau Stout Glasses
You’ll have to wait and check out the VideoCast which will be out on Thursday to hear about this one when it hits our YouTube channel!

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February 18, 2016 / 0 Comments

Nerdsense Drinks Reviews – Episode 14 – Night Shift Morph Batch 02\02\2016

EXTRA EXTRA! NIGHT SHIFT RELEASES NEW MORPH!!

Here is our review of the latest batch from Night Shifts rotating IPA series, Morph! This batch was canned on 02/02/2016!

http://www.nightshiftbrewing.com/morph-batch-tasting-notes

Style: IPA
Container: 16oz Can
Glassware: Night Shift Flute, Firestone Walker Tulip, Spiegelau Pilsner Tulip
Notes: This recipe combines Azacca, Simcoe and Galaxy hops. Grassy lemon nose, notes of orange rind, and a dry, grapefruit finish. (6.5%) (From Night Shift tasting notes)
Rating: 3.5/5

February 11, 2016 / 0 Comments

Nerdsense Drinks Reviews – Episode 12 – Oskar Blues Ten Fidy The Last 4 Years

In this weeks Nerdsense Drinks Beer Review we run the Oskar Blues gauntlet! Our buddy Jonathan ended up scoring a 4 pack that included a can of Ten Fiddy from the last 4 years. So we work our way from 2015 to the 2012.

We also want to thank Oskar Blues for sending us a box o’ swag for the review! Jonathan told them what we were doing and they sent us a box filled with Oskar Blues things!

 

February 9, 2016 / 0 Comments

Episode 58 – The King of the Wicker People

Thanks for joining us for another week on the Road to Dawn of Justice! This week Mike and I dive deep into Tim Burton’s little noir flick from 1989, Batman!

Blame Shaun if you’re falling asleep because he led us down the beat by beat rabbit hole but he promises he won’t do that for the remainder of this Batman inspired road trip!

Beers

Sam Smith India Ale

Style: India Pale Ale
Container: 550ml Bottle
Glassware: Sam Smith Pub Glass and a Guinness glass
Notes: Nose: Sweet malt.  Taste: Smoother than expected. Nice bitter and sweet balance
Overall Nerdsense Rating: Nose: 3.5/5

Sam Smith Oatmeal Stout

Style: Oatmeal Stout
Container: 550ml Bottle
Glassware: Sam Smith Pub Glass and a Guinness glass
Notes: Nose: Malt and sourish. Taste: sweet malt, smokey which I don’t think is to be expected
Overall Nerdsense Rating: Nose: 2.5/5

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February 4, 2016 / 0 Comments

Nerdsense Drinks – Episode 11 – Breakside IPA

What?!?!! Two Nerdsense Drinks episodes in one week?! I know it’s crazy but we felt with Beer Advocate’s Extreme Beer Fest coming up this week, we would release two videos.

In this episode of Nerdsense Drinks we review Breakside’s IPA.  Breakside Brewery is out of Portland, OR and we can thank Mike’s good buddy Spencer for sending this to us to try.

 

Breakside Brewing IPA

Style: India Pale Ale
Container: 22oz Bomber
Glassware: Firestone Walker Tulip, Spiegelau Tulip and Balloon Glass
Overall Nerdsense Rating: 4.25/5
Notes: Look: Burnt orange Nose: Sweet malt, grapefruit, pine. Taste: Good hop and malt balance. crisp and easy on the palate .

February 3, 2016 / 0 Comments

Nerdsense Drinks – Episode 10 – Night Shift Morph Batch 01\21\2016

As promised, here is our review of the last batch from Night Shifts rotating IPA series, Morph! This batch was canned on 01/21/2016 and it’s delicious! Hopefully we can grab a 4 pack of the 02/02/2016 batch to review as well!

 

Night Shift Morph – Batch 01/21/2016

Style: IPA
Container: 16oz Can
Glassware: Firestone Walker Tulip and Spiegelau Pilsner Tulip
Notes: Look: Hazy unfiltered, yellow sunshine. Nose: Pineapple, citrus, tropical fruit explosion Taste: Clean finish. Sweet with the tropical fruits. Citrus and pine
Overall Nerdsense Rating: 4.75/5

February 1, 2016 / 0 Comments

Episode 57 – You’ll Believe Mike and Shaun Can Fly

Welcome to the first episode in our Road to Dawn of Justice series!

You’d have to be as tough and strong as Superman to get through the technical difficulties your humble hosts went through to get this brand spankin’ new episode to your mobile devices. Luckily, they learned everything they needed to know from the Man of Steel himself, in his 1978 major motion picture debut.

They pick apart the film and tell you what they liked and didn’t like, and they do it with humor and reverence. It’s the first step on their march toward BvS, and while they may stumble drunkenly, they’ll get you there, and you’ll be more knowledgeable because of it.

Sprinkle in a few tidbits of nerd news and last weeks episode of The Flash and you have your weekly dose of Nerdsense!

Cheers!

Beer

Night Shift Morph – Batch 01/21/2016

Style: IPA
Container: 16oz Can
Glassware: Firestone Walker Tulip and Spiegelau Pilsner Tulip
You’ll have to wait and check out the VideoCast which will be out on Thursday to hear about this one when it hits our YouTube channel!

Alameda Yellow Wolf Imperial IPA

Style: Imperial IPA
Container: 22oz Bomber
Glassware: Firestone Walker Tulip and Spiegelau Pilsner Tulip
You’ll have to wait and check out the VideoCast to hear about this one when it hits our YouTube channel!

Rock Art Limited Access

Style: Double IPA
Container: 16oz Can
Glassware: Firestone Walker Tulip and Spiegelau Pilsner Tulip
Overall Nerdsense Rating: 3.5/5
Notes: Not as good as Rock Arts other offerings, the nose smells a lot better than the taste but it still beats out other non Vermont DIPA’s

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January 27, 2016 / 0 Comments

Nerdsense Drinks – Barley Mow Brewing The Unkindness

Thanks to Larry for providing us with a new Florida brew to try! This is from Barley Mow Brewing and is their Unkindness Black Ale!

Style: Black Ale
Container: 12oz Can
Glassware: Spiegelau Snifter and Firestone Walker Tulip
Notes: Nose: Chocolate, berries and minor grapefruit, hops. Coffee is muted on the nose Taste: Burnt coffee, hop bitterness on the back of the mouth. Grapefruit is not there at all.
Overall Nerdsense Rating: 2.75/5 — Mike didn’t think it was very balanced and the burnt malt was very overwhelming and you lose a lot of the flavors

January 25, 2016 / 0 Comments

Episode 56 – Road to Dawn of Justice

And DC comes out swinging!

This week we got an overabundance of DC beamed into our television sets, and your humble hosts are here to let you know all about it.

You’re gonna hear all about the Dawn of the Justice League television special and, logically, the brand new trailer for the upcoming Suicide Squad.

Also, there’s a brand new show that just debuted on CW called Legends of Tomorrow, and brand new episodes of Arrow and The Flash. And unlike Kevin Smith, we watched ’em all.

Finally, we outline our own “road to BvS,” so you’ll be getting plenty of DC content over the next couple months. Check out the MOSTLY concrete schedule below!

roadtodawnofjustice

Also, let’s take a blast from the past and go back to the first two Nerdsense episodes! Episode 1 was our commentary of Tim Burton’s Batman and Episode 2 was our commentary of the 1966 Batman: The Movie! Check them out at the links below! Keep in mind these were our first two episodes to audio quality is not as good as it is today!

Beer

Arcade Brewing Grapefruit IPA

Style: IPA
Container: 22oz Bomber
Glassware: Spiegelau Pilsner Tulip and Firestone Walker Tulip
** Shameless Plug! You’ll have to wait and check out the VideoCast to hear about this one when it hits our YouTube channel in a couple of weeks!

Foley Brothers Fair Maden Imperial IPA

Style: Double IPA
Container: 22oz Bomber
Glassware: Firestone Walker Tulip and Spiegelau Pilsner Tulip
Overall Nerdsense Rating: 4/5
Notes: Nose: Sweet malt and caramel. Taste: Fruity, has some juiciness but not like other Vermont IPAs

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