Another variant of Dialed In makes its way to the table! Is it as good as the Sauvignon blanc we reviewed previously? Tune in to find out!
Style: Double IPA
Container: 16oz can
Glassware: 16oz Snifters
Notes: This iteration of Dialed In is a fresh, juicy Double IPA intensively dry hopped with Galaxy and Citra. Pouring a vibrant, hazy gold; aromas of white wine, tropical fruit, and citrus swirl around the nose. Upfront flavors of grassy hop, orange juice, and pineapple coincide with vinous notes from the mid-fermentation addition of Chardonnay and Gewurztraminer juice. Soft and creamy with moderate bitterness; Medium-Light bodied with a crisp, dry finish. (8.5%)
Rating: 4/5
Style: “Super” Saison
Container: 16oz Can
Glassware: Flutes
Notes: We allow the fermentation temperature to free-rise, resulting in a dry beer with strength and complexity. Layers of pepper and earthy characteristics that play nice with the crisp, smooth backbone of a pilsner and wheat malt bill. (8.5%)
Rating: 3.25/5
On the latest episode of Nerdsense, the boys are swinging hard on Iron Fist. As per usual, though, the asides are coming fast. It’s tangent after tangent.
They also cover the latest of Fox’ Marvel offering, Logan. Is it the best “X-Men” film yet? Listen to find out. Cheers!
We also recorded a Nerdsense Drinks Half Pour during the podcast which you can check out below!
Trillium just celebrated their 4th Anniversary and they released a a MASSIVE Triple IPA to celebrate. They took the base recipe of their Street series IPA’s and dry hopped the fuck out of it with Amarillo, Mosaic, Galaxy, El Dorado, Simcoe, & Nelson to make a 10% behemoth of a TIPA.
While editing the video I noticed we seemed a little lethargic at the beginning but this was not how we felt, I think we were just blown away so much that we were left a little speechless that a Triple IPA could be this well crafted.
Style: Triple IPA
Container: 16oz Can
Glassware: The Streets glass and Teku
Notes: Using the same base recipe as all our Street beers, we dry hopped with Amarillo, Mosaic, Galaxy, El Dorado, Simcoe, & Nelson. The Streets Triple IPA is a celebratory culmination of all the Streets beers we’ve brewed over the past 4 years. (10%)
Rating: 4.75/5
Mike and I take a stroll down A Street…Double Dry Hopped to be exact! *Ba Dum Tss!*
Style: IPA
Container: 16oz Can
Glassware: Nerdsense Snifters
Notes: Same base grist as A Street IPA, but with a double dose of Amarillo in the dry hop. These Amarillo hops impart a powerful floral aroma with distinctive notes of citrus zest. The taste is bright, floral, and citrusy upfront, finishing with candied grapefruit and orange. (7.2%)
Rating: 4.25/5
Normally I’d put some sarcastic blurb about the beer but Trillium’s site has a pretty great description on how it came to be. So just read that. It’s better than what I’d write.
“The idea for Pow Pow was born when 2 very passionate individuals joined forces during the epic 2016 beer festival Beer Camp Across America. Devil’s Backbone, Dogfish Head, Sierra Nevada, Stoudt’s, Lawson’s Finest Liquids, and Trillium collaborated to create one of the festival’s signature beer Pat-Rye-Ot, a pale ale that pays tribute to America’s original homebrewers. During the process two brewers in particular were fascinated by a new hop product that was used in Pat-Rye-Ot. The product: lupulin powder. The fascinated brewers: Sean Lawson and JC Tetreault.
Lupulin powder is essentially a super concentrated hop product made by flash freezing and then shattering intact hop flowers. In early November, the team experimented with different ways of utilizing the lupulin powder in both the whirlpool and during the dry hop, taking into account beer and wort temperatures, contact time, lupulin powder temperatures, and consistency of the powder.”
Style: Double IPA
Container: 16oz Can
Glassware: Snifters
Notes: Pow Pow is hazy, pale orange in appearance and emits aromatic qualities of orange zest, apricots and honeysuckle on the nose. Bright flavors of citrus pith, along with soft notes of melon are accentuated with a lasting and balanced bitterness. (7.7%)
Rating: 4/5
“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
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 – 3.75/5Mike – 3/5
Another installment of Nerdsense Drinks this week because…well sometimes being adult is hard. In this weeks installment we collect 2 Trillium Reviews. We have our review from Episode 23, Trillium Citra Dry Hopped Free Rise and Episode 34, Double Dry Hopped Melcher Street! Don’t forget to check out the original videos if you dig the audio!
Style: Farmhouse Saison
Container: 22oz Bomber
Glassware: Flute and Tulip
Overall Nerdsense Rating: 4.25/5
Notes: (From the website) This special edition of Free Rise, one of our signature farmhouse ales, highlights locally sourced Danko Rye from Valley Malt and Citra in the dry hop. A floral, citrus hop profile is balanced with subtle, nutty malt character and a delicate black pepper spice. Light in body, with a clean, bone-dry finish, Citra Dry Hopped Free Rise is a welcomed addition to our family of farmhouse ales.
Style: IPA Container: 22oz Bomber Glassware: Snifter and Tulip Notes: This amped up American IPA features a heavy dose of Mosaic hops. The spicy, resinous, herbal aroma bursts with nuances of tart citrus, tangerine, clementine, and subtle green onion. Bold flavors of under-ripe melon, cantaloupe rind, and pineapple are highlighted with gentle bitterness and delicate, biscuity malt character. (From website) Rating: 4.75/5
Style: Farmhouse Saison
Container: 22oz Bomber
Glassware: Flute and Tulip
Overall Nerdsense Rating: 4.25/5
Notes: (From the website) This special edition of Free Rise, one of our signature farmhouse ales, highlights locally sourced Danko Rye from Valley Malt and Citra in the dry hop. A floral, citrus hop profile is balanced with subtle, nutty malt character and a delicate black pepper spice. Light in body, with a clean, bone-dry finish, Citra Dry Hopped Free Rise is a welcomed addition to our family of farmhouse ales.
