“This is everything I want in an IPA at this point in my life” – Mike 12/23/2015
It took about a year but we finally got our hands on some Dialed In. It’s really our fault as 1 brewery is about 30 minutes and the other is 40 minutes. We could have easily went many times.
Style: Double IPA
Container: 16oz Can
Glassware: Night Shift Stemmed Snifters
Notes: Dialed In is a dank, juicy Double IPA intensively dry hopped with Nelson Sauvin and Galaxy. Soft and creamy with moderate bitterness; Medium-Light bodied with a crisp, dry finish. (8.5%)
Rating: 5/5
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
We got some Mettle from Trillium! Originally brewed to celebrate their 1st Year Anniversary.
Style: DIPA
Container: 16oz Can
Glassware: Night Shift Flutes
Notes: In the spirit of tenacity and camaraderie, Mettle was first created to highlight the milestone of our inaugural year as a brewery. With an intense dual dry-hop treatment of Amarillo and Citra, this medium-bodied Double IPA beckons with aromatics of peach and nectarine. A fusion of grape juice and candied citrus greet the palate while accents of white-wine, grassy hop, and a mellow bitterness reveal themselves on a smooth, dry finish. We continue to brew Mettle in recognition of our devoted following of hopheads that have supported us from the very beginning. (8.4%)
Rating: 4.5/5
Another batch of Night Shifts rotating Presidential Double IPA series!
Style: DIPA Container: 16oz Can Glassware: Night Shift Flutes Notes: We tried something new this time around, using experimental HBC342 and HBC517 hops. Our latest Presidential DIPA delivers a fruity, pineapple-tinged aroma followed by big notes of citrus. 8.0% Rating: 3.75/5
Yeah Yeah…We know, we haven’t put out a REAL episode since #88. Life got in the way for both Mike and I which caused us to not be able to record an actual podcast. We were able to get some beer reviews recorded so those will be coming regularly as usual.
While on the topic of beer reviews…this is another Drinks Volume. This could be considered the Chicago episode. This collects two reviews from Chicago based breweries Pipeworks Brewing Company and Arcade Brewery!
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
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
It’s Vermont craft beer week so what better way to kick it off than with a review of one of Vermont’s finest! This seems to be Vermont’s best kept secret. A super underrated Double IPA by 14th Star Brewing!. If you’re on a Heady or Lawsons run and you see this, buy them all! You will not be disappointed!
Style: DIPA Container: 16oz Can Glassware: Night Shift Flutes Notes: Our Tribute Double IPA is a celebration of hops, pure and simple. A simple and smooth malt base serves as the stage for the hops to perform. Tribute has a beautiful golden color, an aroma brimming with citrusy hops, and a deliciously smooth hop flavor and dry finish. (8.4%) Rating: 4.5/5
More Alchemist goodness!!! We got their IPA Focal Banger being popped open in todays review!!!
Style: IPA
Container: 16oz Can
Glassware: Flutes
Notes: Focal Banger is an American India Pale Ale. We have a real love for IPAs here at The Alchemist, and we strive to offer you the best hop experience that we can possibly can.This beer is brewed with Citra and Mosaic hops and our favorite British malts. Truly, an abundance of hoppy goodness… (7%)
Rating: 4.75/5
The guys recorded this on a Thursday so this means things stay pretty on track! No drunken rambles this week. We hit some nerd news followed by our review of Kevin Smith’s 2nd installment of his True North Trilogy, Yoga Hosers.
We also discuss some of the more recent celebrity deaths.
Style: Double IPA
Container: 16oz Can
Glassware: Flutes
Notes:The Crusher is an American Double IPA that I started making years ago at the old pub. Hop heads were constantly asking for more hops. So, in the words of Frank Zappa, “Did you say you want some more? Well here’s some more.” While I enjoy hops with the rest of them, I still try to maintain some semblance of balance and drinkability. This beer is oozing with hop flavor and aroma with a very dry finish. Enjoy responsibly, this one can sneak up on you. (9%)
Rating: 4.75/5
Our very first Tree House review! Shaun got his hands on some of their Very Green Double IPA!
Style: Double IPA
Container: 16oz Can
Glassware: Teku Glasses
Notes: This Double IPA is created with a massive kettle charge of Australian and American hops. It opens in the glass with huge notes of ripe pineapple, pithy citrus, and dank saturated hops. As it warms it shows its depth and complexity. . . Sweet hints of malt intermingle with straight Tropicana. It has a soft but pointed bitterness and a rich, velvety mouth feel. We love it! (8.2%)
Rating: 5/5
