Nerdsense Drinks Reviews – #189 Hoof Hearted & Stillwater Artisanal Don’t Tell Mike

Mike and Josh recorded a review in Spain! It’s a collaboration between Hoof Hearted & Stillwater! A DIPA with Pinot Noir grapes!

Style: DIPA
Container: 16oz can
Glassware: “hotel glasses”
Notes: Double IPA with Hibiscus & Pinot Noir Juice added. (9.2%)
Rating: Mike – 4.5 — Josh – 4

Nerdsense Drinks Reviews – #188 Trillium Headroom

We’ve got some Headroom with 2 new guests! Well, 1 is only sort of new. We locked ourselves in a bedroom and popped open a growler of Trillium’s yearly release of Headroom!

Style: DIPA
Container: 64oz Growler
Glassware: Trillium snifters
Notes: Simply put, Headroom is the hoppiest beer we’ve ever brewed with more than 7 lbs. per barrel featuring heavy doses of Galaxy & Mosaic. (8%)
Rating: 3.75/5

 

Nerdsense Drinks Reviews – #187 Tributary Mott the Lesser (Batch 3) (Re-Review)

The final video in the “Nerdsense Casting Couch” series from Mike’s bachelor party in Vermont!

 

Style: Russian Imperial Stout
Container: 16.9oz bottle
Glassware: 4oz tasting snifters
Notes: Batch 3 (Spring 2016): Aged in apple brandy, port, bourbon, and Mount Gay rum barrels before blending. (10.5%)

 

 

Nerdsense Drinks Reviews – #186 Alameda Island — Island Haze

AlamedaIslandBCFinally got some Alameda Island at the table! This one sparked some discussion…

 

Style: IPA
Container: 22oz bomber
Glassware: Flutes
Notes: The hazy, Vermont/New England IPA. Over 4lbs a barrel of Amarillo and El Derado hops (64lbs) of dry hop alone). Drinks like orange and grapefruit juice. Welcome Island Haze to our island. (6.1%)

Nerdsense Drinks Reviews – #185 Weihenstephaner Kristall Weizenbock

Cheers to Rich for sending this one along! Always love a good German beer especially when it’s a Weihenstephaner!

Style: Weizenbock
Container: 12oz Bottle
Glassware: Weizen Glass
Notes: The result is a unique beer that we have brewed back in the middle of the last century before and which was forgotten about unfortunately within the last decades. (7.5%)

Nerdsense Drinks Reviews – #184 Hoof Hearted Roller Blabe

Hoof Hearted keeps on impressing. Check out Mike’s first full solo review!!

Style: DIPA
Container: 16oz can
Glassware: Flutes
Notes: Bodaciously dry-hopped with the Dank n’ Fruity combo of Mosiac, Simcoe, and Galaxy hops.   (8%)
Rating: 4.25/5

Nerdsense Drinks Reviews – #183 Sam Adams New England IPA

Sam Adams is jumping into the New England IPA game! How does it stand up?!

 

Style: IPA
Container: 64oz Growler
Glassware: Sam Adams Tasting Glass
Notes: It’s like a juice bomb trying to come through but some much bitterness just holds it back  (7.4%)
Rating: 3.25/5

Nerdsense Drinks Reviews – #182 Hoof Who’d Like to Hold My Clipboard

Hoof Hearted keeps on impressing. Check out Mike’s first full solo review!!

Style: DIPA
Container: 16oz can
Glassware: Flutes
Notes: Double IPA with Pink Guava, Lactose, and Vanilla added   (9%)
Rating: 4.5/5

Nerdsense Drinks Reviews – #181 Four Quarters Phaze

If you guys are in Vermont and haven’t heard of Four Quarters, do yourselves a favor and go there.

Style: IPA
Container: 16oz can
Glassware: Flutes
Notes: A juicy citrus forward IPA with a nice amount of bitterness to balance it all out   (6.6%)
Rating: 4.25/5

Nerdsense Drinks Reviews – #180 Foam Experimental Jet Set

This doozy of a review comes courtesy of Mike’s bachelor party. It appears Shaun was having more fun than Mike was!

Style: DIPA
Container: Growler
Glassware: 4oz ballon glasses
Notes: tropical fruit, soft resin, nutty  (9.2%)