Nerdsense Drinks Reviews – #86 Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Stout 2014 Vintage

*Note* We had a camera issue so the last minute or 2 is just audio. Blame Logitech or Apple. It’s one of their faults.

In honor of the true Black Friday, we rummage through the cellar to find our 2014 Vintage Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Stout! Come along for the journey and watch as we bask in all it’s greatness or not so greatness. We recorded this on Thanksgiving night after some drinking so this may be interesting…

Style: Barrel Aged Imperial Stout
Container: 12oz Bottle
Glassware: Teku?
Notes: nice bourbon wet oak flavor, some dark, bitter chocolate and bitter coffee as well. It’s really rich and smooth with low carbonation, and it rolls off the tongue (14.4%)
Rating: 4.75/5

Nerdsense Drinks Reviews – #85 Trillium Deciduous (2016)

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 – 3.75/5  Mike – 3/5

Nerdsense – Episode 98

Here is the latest episode of Nerdsense. We cover the upcoming CWDCTVU crossover and our opinions on the seasons thus far.

We also cover all the important subjects of the week, including Star Wars Rogue One, the Suicide Squad Extended Cut, and even the reconciliation of Bennifer.

Jonathan returned as our special guest and the drinks were flowing, so the conversation takes some twists and turns for sure. It’s nerdy news the way only Nerdsense can deliver it.

Cheers!

Beers

Trillium Mettle

Founders Backwoods Bastard (2016)

Russian River Pliny the Elder

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Nerdsense Drinks Reviews – #84 Spaten Oktoberfest & Night Shift Oldenburg

It’s Märzen vs Märzen! Nah, we really just wanted to do a dual review. No winners or losers here!

Spaten Oktoberfest

Style: Märzen
Container: 12oz Bottle
Glassware: Snifters
Notes: The beer of Munich’s famous Oktoberfest: aromatic, savoury, gold-colored.. (5.9%)
Rating: 3.25/5

Night Shift Oldenburg

Style: Märzen
Container: 16oz Can
Glassware: Snifters
Notes: Märzen/Oktoberfest style lager with a copper body and nutty, toasty caramel notes. (5%)
Rating: 3.75/5

Nerdsense Drinks Reviews – #83 Modern Times Black House (MultiCamera)

Shaun’s solo for this review and he’s drinking a Coffee Oatmeal Stout!

Style: Oatmeal Coffee Stout
Container: 16oz Can
Glassware: Teku Glass
Notes: Black House is an oatmeal coffee stout bursting with coffee aroma and flavor. Modern Times is one of the only breweries in the world to roast our own coffee, which allows us to be exceptionally picky about which coffees we use and how we roast them. The result is an abundantly flavorful beer that’s incredibly complex and aromatic, with loads of roast character and a chocolate-covered espresso bean finish. Black House is also available on Nitro. So creamy. (5.8%)
Rating: 4.25/5

Nerdsense – Episode 97 – Doctor Strange Review

Welcome back!

Doctor Strange was released last week and we are here to give you the low down on the latest film in the MCU canon. Is it any good? You’ll have to listen to the episode to find out. Cheers!

 

Beers

Modern Times Fortunate Islands

Night Shift 87

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Nerdsense Drinks Reviews – #82 Haw River New England-ish Oatmeal Pale Ale

Another beer mail from our good friend, Larry! This is a variant of one my favorite beers. It’s a “New England-ish” version of Haw River’s delicious Oatmeal Pale Ale. Sounds right up our alley, right? Watch and find out…or just look at the rating as that will give you an idea…

Style: Oatmeal Pale Ale
Container: 500ml Bottle
Glassware: Night Shift Flutes
Notes: Regular Newlins Pale – Our Pale Ale uses flaked oats to smooth out the bitterness and is fermented with a Belgian yeast to provide layers of fruity esters that play wonderfully with the punchy Crystal & Galaxy hops that we dry-hop with for a more “American” hop aroma & finish (5.2%)
Rating: 2.75/5

Nerdsense Drinks Reviews – #81 Night Shift Morph Batch 11/3/2016

Another Morph takes flight thanks to some Falconers Flight! (See what I did there?) It also has Vic Secret and Simcoe

Style: IPA
Container: 16oz Can
Glassware: Night Shift Flutes
Notes: Featuring Vic Secret, Simcoe, and Falconer’s Flight hops. Fresh pine aromas; sips crushably juicy with citrus and tropical notes. (5.6%)
Rating: 3.76/5

Nerdsense Drinks Reviews – #80 Night Shift Barrel Society #3 Elbrus

80 beer reviews! I figured this would be a nice one to drop as #80. This is Night Shift’s 3rd release from this years Barrel Society. A Barrel Aged Russian Imperial Stout named Elbrus. Hope you guys enjoy watching this as much as we did drinking it.

Style: Russian Imperial Stout
Container: 750ml Bottle
Glassware: Night Shift 2016 Barrel Society Snifters
Notes:Pours black in color; aromas of walnut, dark fruit, and dark chocolate; big flavors of molasses, raisin, and brownie batter; dry, oaky finish with notes of vanilla and fudge (9.2%)
Rating: 4.75/5

Nerdsense – Episode 96 – Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders Review!

And we are back with more than just news! In this episode, your humble hosts tackle the newest trailer for Wonder Woman, giving you their honest assessment.

The big ticket item, though, is our review of Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders. Adam West, Burt Ward, and Julie Newmar return to voice their signature roles as Batman, Robin, and Catwoman, respectively, in the latest animated DC release, and we are here to tell you all about it. Cheers!

Also, teasing the fuck out of Episode 100! Please listen…please

Beer

Night Shift One Hop This Time: Citra

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