Nerds On Draft

This week Gabe and Jeff drink a fantastic Sorachi Ace saison from Brooklyn Brewery and talk about some great tools for collaboration that lend themselves to speeding up small teams spread across the globe.

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Brooklyn Brewery

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Design+Code

Slack

Sketch

Dropbox

UXPin

UI Stencils

App Sketchbook

MindMeister

Google Docs

Fastmail Business

Zendesk

Statamic

Asana

1Password

Gabe and Jeff have a discussion about ratings while they dig into a big bottle of "the Damned", Maudite from Unibroue.  First they talk about the conflict among different websites as to to what style Maudite is exactly but both agreed that whatever the style, it is a damn tasty beer.  

From there they branch out into a discussion of App Store ratings, beer ratings, and how people use ratings in general. 

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Unibroue Brewery

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Gabe and Jeff discuss the delightful Unearthly by Southern Tier while getting down to the business of discussing "purists".

What does it mean to be a purist? What it is like to be a purist? How does the pursuit of "purity" change how we do things and how we see the world?

Also, TapCellar has been released so go buy it!   If you have no idea what that is, go to our website at Tapcellar.com

Southern Tier Brewing

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This is a bonus extra special episode to announce our new beer journaling app TapCellar. We pop open a couple of good beers and gush about the app we made for beer nerds.

A short show about the iOS app Jeff and I made. We still drink a couple great beers but we mostly talk about some of our design decisions for the app.

You can check out the app at TapCellar.com

TapCellar for iOS and Beer Nerds

Simcoenation by Night Shift Brewing

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Dragon's Milk Bourbon Barrel Stout by New Holland Brewing

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In this episode, some afternoon drinking takes place and Gabe and Jeff have a wide-ranging talk about ApplePay, phones becoming the hub of your financial life, credit card fraud, 1Password being awesome and how Gabe's phone is just like his underwear.

The beers of the day are Dubbel Dimples by Idle Hands and Heather Ale by Amherst Brewing Company.  Both are beers from the Boston area sent down to Pennsylvania for Jeff to try and they proved to be interesting and unique.  The Heather Ale was Jeff's first exposure to hop-less beers (Scottish Gruit ales).  

Amherst Brewing Company

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Idle Hands Craft Ales

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Gabe and Jeff discuss two of their favorite Belgian beers, Orval and Rochefort 8.  While sipping these amazing beers, they work through their issues about knowing when you're done a project.  

You don't have to follow the tech blogs all that closely to come into contact with phrases like "The devil is in the details" and "Knowing when to say 'no'".  The Nerds talk about the ways we approach these sayings and how they can affect a project. They also contrast them to "Don't sweat the small stuff." and they go deep talking about how detail can be a very personal thing.

Orval Brewery

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Brasserie de Rochefort

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Gabe and Jeff explore the flavors of Jack D'Or, an excellent offering by Pretty Things Beer and Ale Project, as well as discuss what it means to have leisure time.

The conversation ranges from beer to travel to hobbies in search of what it means to unwind.  As usual, it isn't as obvious as it looked at first glance.  Relaxation doesn't always mean taking a nap.

Pretty Things Beer and Ale Project

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Recorded 2014-09-19

Jeff and Gabe compare Sixpoint Brewing's Resin and Victory Brewing's DirtWolf. Both beers are double IPAs bordering on triple IPAs but they have very different characteristics.

The technical discussion focuses on Gabe's choice to get an iPhone 6 Plus and where we might be headed with portable computing.

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History of IPA

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Untappd

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