Another of the Vermont greats makes its way down to the Nerd Cave this week!
Style: IPA
Container: 16oz Can
Glassware: Tulips
Overall Nerdsense Rating: 4.25/5
Notes:This lupulin-laden India Pale Ale is packed with juicy tropical fruit character, bright floral aromas and delectable layers of hop flavor. Pour mindfully, inhale deeply and enjoy a tropical vacation in a glass.
This is a first! Morph rolled off the canning line the same day we recorded our review! Couldn’t get any fresher unless Night Shift let us drink it from the spout! *hint hint*
Style: IPA
Container: 16oz Can
Glassware: 2016 Night Shift Barrel Society snifters
Notes:Balancing the best qualities of Cascade, Simcoe, and Columbus hops; dank aromas of pine and orange peel, and sips with notes of melon and lime (6.5%)(Night Shift tasting notes)
Rating: 4.25/5
New Morph.
Style: IPA
Container: 16oz Can
Glassware: 2016 Night Shift Barrel Society snifters
Notes:Malted oats in the mash, hopped with Vic Secret and El Dorado – soft mouthfeel with massive nose of honeydew melon, apricot, and pine. (6.2%)(Night Shift tasting notes)
Rating: 4.25/5
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
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
HEADY TOPPER *MIC DROP*
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
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)
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
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.
Westbrook & Evil Twin Mini Growler Imperial Stout
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