This week Mike and Shaun are buried under a massive amount of news. Most coming out Cinemacon. Strap in as loads of nerdy news are blown into your ear drums and listen as your hosts try to make Nerdsense out of it (see what I did there?)
Mystic\Redtone Liquors The Last and Final Judgement Belgian Quad – Look for our Video Review on Nerdsense Drinks soon!
14th Star Brewing Tribute Double IPA
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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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Another week and another fresh new batch of Morph!!! Do we really need to say anymore?
Style: IPA
Container: 16oz Can
Glassware: 2016 Night Shift Barrel Society snifters
Notes: Beastly heaping of Citra, Mosaic, Simcoe, and Topaz hops – saturated, juicy notes of orange, pine, and honeydew melon. (6.2%) (Night Shift tasting notes)
Rating: 4.25/5
We dive into the 3rd offering from America’s first Trappist brewery! It’s Spencer Brewing out of Springfield, MA Imperial Trappist Stout!! Let this sucker warm up and you’ll be in for a tasty treat!!
Spencer Trappist Imperial Stout
Style: Russian Imperial Stout Stout
Container: 750mL corked bottle
Glassware: Spiegelau Stout Glasses
Notes: A massive, roasted, malt-forward American Trappist take on the Anglo-Russo Imperial Stout tradition. Luxuriantly frothy foam, waves of coffee, chocolate and caramel sensations, a generous blend of dark fruit flavors. Intense and robust.
Rating: 3.75/5
We got our very first growler! We’ve got a Oatmeal Stout from Night Shift called Bennington!
We recorded this episode back in February. I wish we released this sooner as Bennington is no longer available. Hopefully they’ll brew it again so you can grab a growler to try for yourself!
Style: Oatmeal Stout
Container: 32oz groweler
Glassware: Night Shift snifters
Notes: (From Website) Oatmeal stout aged with maple syrup. Notes of maple, toffee, and milk chocolate with a delicately roasty finish
Rating: 4/5
Welcome to another Nerdsense Drinks compilation episode!! We’ve edited together Episodes 4 and Episode 5 which are Ecliptic Brewings Canopus IPA and a head to head battle between Sierra Nevada’s Narwhal Imperial Stout and their Barrel Aged Narwhal!
Style: IPA
Container: 22oz Bomber
Glassware: Firestone Walker Tulip and Tulip
Overall Nerdsense Rating: 3.75/5
Notes: Light and crisp. Awesome citrus malt balance. Super smooth. Floral and grapefruit on the nose
Sierra Nevada Barrel Aged Narwall
Style: Barrel Aged Imperial Stout
Container: 22oz Bomber
Glassware: Firestone Walker Tulip and Tulip
Overall Nerdsense Rating: 5/5
Notes: Nose – Bourbon (Duh!) Vanilla, sweeter aroma, caramel and chocolate makes the sweetness. Flavor – Chocolaty and much sweeter with less coffee than the regular Narwall. Lots and lots of bourbon
Style: Imperial Stout
Container: 12oz Bottle
Glassware: Firestone Walker Tulip and Tulip
Overall Nerdsense Rating: 4.5/5
Notes: Smells mellow coffee, very boozy on the nose, cocoa. Taste is dark chocolate, coffee, boozy without a burn in the back
Narwall + Barrel Aged Narwall Blend
Notes: Milkshake or Sweet Stout. This takes the harshness out and it’s extremely smooth. The smell isn’t much but the flavor is great!
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This week the guys review Trillium’s Citra Dry Hopped Farmhouse Saison, Free Rise!
Trillium Brewing Free Rise Dry Hopped with Citra
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.
Another new batch of Night Shift Morph as arrived!!
IT’s FINALLY HERE! The moment we’ve all been waiting for, ladies and gentlemen, is HERE. It’s March 25 and apparently it’s Good Friday.
For us, though, it’s a Really Friggin’ Good Friday.
Today is the official release date for Batman V Superman, we’ve made it to our final stop on the Road to Dawn of Justice! We saw the movie a couple of hours ago and rushed back to the Nerd Den to record our thoughts!
Don’t worry there won’t be any spoilers in the show notes but expect us to talk about EVERYTHING in the podcast! You’ve been warned!
We’ve seen what Zack Snyder, Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot, and Jesse Eisenberg brought to the DC Cinematic Universe, and you’re gonna hear all about it in this very special episode of Nerdsense!
Pour yourself your favorite beer and celebrate the arrival of BvS with us because the journey is finally over.
Cheers!
Shaun & Mike
and Josh
SingleCut Beersmiths Heavy Boots of Lead Imperial Stout
SingleCut Beersmiths Billy Half Stack IPA
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