Defenestration!!! A hoppy blonde from Russian River. Sounds like my kind of lady!
Style: Hoppy Blonde
Container: 375 mL bottle
Glassware: 16oz Snifters
Notes: This beer is not any particular style, just something Vinnie has been working on for a while. It’s VERY dry, bitter, hoppy, and full-bodied. (6.5%)
Rating: 4/5
Mike brought back some tasty treats from his trip to California. Today we have some Russian River Blind Pig!
We are joined by our good friend Nick this week. First time guest!
Be sure to check out his band, Los Bungalitos — www.losbungalitos.com
Style: IPA
Container: 16oz Can
Glassware: Teku Glasses
Notes: Full-bodied, very hoppy, citrus, pine, fruity notes with nice dry, bitter finish! (6.25%)
Rating: 4/5
Mike’s cousin sent him a care package from Russian River. We got a bottle of Temptation!
Style: Sour Blonde Ale Aged in Chardonnay Barrels
Container: 750ml
Glassware: Teku Glasses
Notes: (From Website)Blonde Ale aged in used Chardonnay barrels from local Sonoma County wineries. It is aged for about 9 to 15 months (depending on the age of the barrel) with lots of brettanomyces, lactobacillus, and pediococcus added to each barrel. Medium bodied with hints of oak and Chardonnay, funky brett characteristics, with a nice, long sour finish. (7.5%)
Rating: 4.5/5
Well here’s another big one folks! We’ve got Russian River Pliny the Elder!
Style: Double IPA
Container: 500mL Bottle
Glassware: Balloon glasses
Overall Nerdsense Rating: 3.75/5
Notes: Pliny the Elder is brewed with Amarillo, Centennial, CTZ, and Simcoe hops. It is well-balanced with malt, hops, and alcohol, slightly bitter with a fresh hop aroma of floral, citrus, and pine.
We have a special treat for everyone this week! Mike and I go behind the camera and MC what very well be the greatest blind taste on the entire internet!!! Just kidding, but we do have a blind taste test that we found pretty fun to record and think it’ll be fun to watch.
Mike and I didn’t think it was fair to do this blind taste test ourselves as we could easily pick out the two since we’ve had Heady so much and the taste is extremely different. Instead of comparing the two which is like comparing apples to oranges these days, we thought we’d bring in a panel of outside judges.
We have (from left to right in the video) my lovely girlfriend, Kerry, Melanie from Melly Mel’s Cookin and our semi-frequent guest and Mike’s brother, Josh.
All 3 of them did a blind taste test about a year ago. Kerry and Melanie chose Pliny and Josh Picked Heady. Let’s see what they pick this time.
Hope you guys enjoy!
-Shaun
