New Batman v Superman Dawn of Justice Trailer!

Here it is boys and girls! The 2nd official full length trailer for next years behemoth, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice!

It’s a pretty revealing 3 minutes. We learn that the villain, well one of them at least, is Doomsday who is created from the deceased Zod. Granted, the trailer could be misleading so we’ll have to wait until March to see how that really plays out.

We also see our three heroes team up versus battling each other with a little humor sprinkled in for good measure.

Check out the trailer in the embed below!

 

Episode 49 – Fear and Loathing at Shaun’s Place

Marvel Things! We dive into the new Civil War trailer which shows our first quick look at Black Panther in action! Mike and I give our current thoughts on Jessica Jones. No Spoilers, don’t worry. That will be next weeks episode, so catch up now!

We’re joined this week by Jason where we touch on some often neglected videogame news!  He also brought us a pretty special beer.

He brought us a sample bottle of Sam Adams Rebel Grapefruit IPA!  Currently it’s only on draft with bottles and cans coming in 2016. From the sample, I’ll definitely be picking up a 6 pack of cans when they hit shelves! It’s definitely one of the more interesting new offerings from Sam in awhile.

And, as usual we go down the rabbit hole that is beer…

Beers

Rock Art Limited Access

Style: Double IPA
Container: 2 x 16oz Can
Glassware: Tulip and Snifter
Overall Nerdsense Rating: 3.5/5
Notes: Not as good as Rock Arts other offerings, the nose smells a lot better than the taste but it still beats out other non Vermont DIPA’s

 

Lawsons and Otter Creek Double or Nothing

Style: Barleywine
Container: 12oz Bottle
Glassware: Tulip and Snifter
Overall Nerdsense Rating: 3.5/5
Notes: Not as good as Rock Arts other offerings, the nose smells a lot better than the taste but it still beats out other non Vermont DIPA’s

 

Samuel Adams Rebel Grapefruit IPA

Style: Barleywine
Container: 12oz Bottle
Glassware: Tulip and Snifter
Overall Nerdsense Rating: 3.0/5
Notes: This isn’t Grapefruit Sculpin by any means. It’s surprisingly tasty though. For a Sam, you don’t get the normal “Sam Yeast” taste. The grapefruit probably over powers that. The hoppiness isn’t very big as that is also over powered by the grapefruit. Maybe it’s more of a shandy but I like the grapefruit flavor.

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Captain America: Civil War Trailer is here!

Update:

In my excitement, I forgot to mention they also released a new poster as well.

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The first trailer for Civil War dropped last night on the Jimmy Kimmel show. It was brought by Tony Stark and Steve Rogers themselves, Robert Downey Jr. and Chris Evans.

It gives us our first action shots of Black Panther alongside all the other characters we’ve been watching over the years.

A familiar face that we haven’t seen since the 2008 Incredible Hulk returns. William Hurt will be reprising his role as General “Thunderbolt” Ross!

This is the best way for Marvel to launch Phase 3 of the MCU. I don’t think anything will be the same after this.

We’ll be discussing this on Episode 49 of Nerdsense which we’ll be recording on Friday. Jason will be back with us to discuss this explosive trailer!

Ok, enough talk, more watchy watchy. Trailer in the embed below!

Episode 48 – The Tale of the Beer Glass Proper

We have Josh join us this week as we discuss proper craft beer glassware.

This episode is a overview of all the different types of glassware for different beer styles.

We’re going to continue this discussion in a future episode and actually sample beers in their proper glassware. This episode is just to familiarize people with glassware if they don’t already know much about the topic.

Beers

Trader Joes 2015 Vintage Ale 

Style: Belgian Dark Ale
Container: 22oz corked Bomber
Glassware: Firestone Walker Tulip, Smuttynose Snifter, Night Shift Flute
Overall Nerdsense Rating: 4/5
Notes: Really great spiced beer. Perfect for the holidays. Would definitely age well in the cellar.

 

Kelsen Battle Axe IPA

Style: American IPA
Container: 22oz corked Bomber
Glassware: Firestone Walker Tulip, Smuttynose Snifter, Night Shift Flute
Overall Nerdsense Rating: 4/5
Notes: Really good malt to hop balance. Very citrusy and juicy with still some malt on the back. Great and very drinkable IPA

 

Revolution Eugene Porter

Style: Porter
Container: 12oz can
Glassware: Firestone Walker Tulip, Smuttynose Snifter, Night Shift Flute
Overall Nerdsense Rating: 4/5
Notes: Super drinkable porter. Big chocolate caramel and malty flavors. So glad this is in a can. Makes it easy and portable

 

 

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Episode 47 – Ain’t Nothing Like The Real Thing, Baby

It’s just Mike and I this week. Kicking it old school. We focus a lot on beer. Discussing an upcoming collaboration beer by El Segundo Brewing Co and Steve Austin. We also touch on some nerd news and the new Japanese Star Wars trailer which contains a lot of new footage!

Beer

Revolution Brewing Double Fist

Style: Double Pale Ale
Container: 22oz Bomber
Glassware: 2014 Night Shift Barrel Society Glass and Smutty Snifter
Overall Nerdsense Rating: 4.5/5
Notes: Delicious.  Lot’s of hops with just enough malt that it stays juicy with a citrus burst

Samuel Adams Latitude 48

Style: American IPA
Container: 12oz Bottle
Glassware: 2014 Night Shift Barrel Society Glass and Smutty Snifter
Overall Nerdsense Rating: 3/5
Notes: Oh, you know, it’s a Sam. It’s definitely one of their better always available. Better out of the bottle vs glass for Shaun

North Coast Old Rapsutin

Style: Russian Imperial Stout
Container: 12oz Bottle
Glassware: 2014 Night Shift Barrel Society Glass and Smutty Snifter
Overall Nerdsense Rating: 4.5/5
Notes: We’ve had this on the show before. It never disappoints. It’s the best relatively easy to get stout in distribution right now.

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Episode 46 – All Hallows Eve: Return of the Mac

Our good buddy Dan is back with us this week for the Nerdsense Halloween Episode! Yeah, we probably should have put the episode out BEFORE Halloween but we at least recorded it the night before Halloween so there’s that.

Topics of discussion include horror movies and where we stand with our favorite films and series!

We also live broadcasted on YouTube. If you want to check out the video hit up the link below!

Beer

Ballast Point – The Commodore

Style: Stout
Container: 12oz Bottle
Glassware: 2015 Night Shift Barrel Society Glass and Hefe Pub Glass
Overall Nerdsense Rating: 3/5
Notes: Drinks smooth with roasty malt but a strange after taste is left on the palate

Ballast Point – Wahoo

Style: White Ale
Container: 12oz Can
Glassware: 2015 Night Shift Barrel Society Glass and Hefe Pub Glass
Overall Nerdsense Rating: 3.5/5
Notes: Really great witbier with refreshing citrus. The description says it all “A fresh, unfiltered brew perfect for lazy summer days.”

Brooklyn Brewing –  Oktoberfest

Style: Marzen
Container: 12oz Bottle
Glassware: 2015 Night Shift Barrel Society Glass and Hefe Pub Glass
Overall Nerdsense Rating: 3/5
Notes: I remember really liking this last year but this years seems way to sweet for my taste buds

Finch’s Hardcore Chimera 

Style: Imperial IPA
Container: 16oz Can
Glassware: 2015 Night Shift Barrel Society Glass and Hefe Pub Glass
Overall Nerdsense Rating: 4.5/5
Notes: This is a great Double IPA. This has a fantastic balance of malt and citrus juiciness to make it on of our new go to IPAs

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Episode 45 – Vermont Awakens

Shaun and Mike are joined by their brother-in-beer, Matt. They are sampling beer, talking about their respective introductions into drinking beer, the origins of their friendships, brewing and having a great time talking about one of their favorite subjects: Star Wars.

It’s a little nerdy, a little silly, and a little… umm… actually, it’s a lot of fun.

Beers

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Glassware: Night Shift Barrel Society 2015 Glasses and Goblet

All the below beers are from Vermont with the exception of the 3 Wicked Weed beers which are from North Carolina.

We won’t individually review these as they were all REALLY good. Check them all out for yourself and make sure you drink the IPAs fresh!

Foothills IPA of the Month October 2015 

Wicked Weed Pernicious

Wicked Weed Black Angel

Hill Farmstead Society and Solitude #5

Wicked Weed Freak

Cigar City Jai Alai

Burlington Beer Co. It’s Complicated Being A Wizard

Burlington Beer Co. Light In The Window

Rockart Brewery Nawch Hoppa Double IPA

Lawsons Sip of Sunshine

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Episode 44 (Ep 41 Pt. 2) – Alcohol Fueled Nerdality

Holy shit! If you’re reading this then you are in a for a treat. We could technically call this Episode 41 Part 2 but we’re changing it up! Don’t adjust your headphones as this is the coldest open we’ve ever done. Mike blocked Dan from Facebook! Oh the horror!!

Despite all the moonshine and inebriation we still get into some Star Wars discussions sprinkled with Netflix shows and then some crazy Scientology talk!

Beers

As this is a continuation of Episode 41, we continue drinking random beers. The second half includes more blue moon and some Smutty Nose Finest Kind IPA

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Episode 43 – You Have Failed This Podcast

Flash and Arrow both had their season premieres this week and dive right in! Listen to what we loved and what we hated! Also listen for stuff that made no sense!

We’re joined by Mike and Josh’s cousin, Jonathan who’s home on leave from the Air Force!

We also hit on some nerdy news including a new Buffy comic set during Season 1, Inhumans movie possibly being removed from the MCU slate and a few others so grab a cold one and join us this week!

We also broadcast live over Periscope this week and not sure if the whole thing worked or not so if you listen to this and find missing pieces, yeah, we edited a decent amount to help with the overall flow of an audio only episode!

Beers

Boatswain Chocolate Stout (Brewed by Minhas Brewery)

Style: Chocolate Stout
Container: 22oz Bomber
Glassware: 2015 Night Shift Barrel Society Glass, SmuttyNose snifter and Guiness Pint Glass
Overall Nerdsense Rating: 3/5
Notes: Light and not to bitter. Chocolate but not over powering. Easy to drink

Stone 19th Anniversary Thunderstruck

Style: Double IPA
Container: 22oz Bomber
Glassware: 2015 Night Shift Barrel Society Glass, SmuttyNose snifter and Guiness Pint Glass
Overall Nerdsense Rating: 4.5\5
Notes: Really great DIPA with hints of grapefruit. Leaps and bounds better than the malty 18th Anniversary

Stone Enjoy By 10/31/2015

Style: Double IPA
Container: 22oz Bomber
Glassware: 2015 Night Shift Barrel Society Glass, SmuttyNose snifter and Guiness Pint Glass
Overall Nerdsense Rating: 4.5\5
Notes: Another solid from the Stone Enjoy By series. Now in 6 packs! Some nice peach fruit notes with the hop blast. Will definitely try to grab a 6 pack next time!

 

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