Nerdsense

Nerdsense is back with another episode.

Everything is evolving, and we’re adding new wrinkles. This episode we pay respects to the late great ‘Rowdy’ Roddy Piper, and with that, also pay respect to our respective pasts as former pro wrestling fans. And we use that to venture into some surprising news to come out of last week’s WWE Raw.

We also spent time outlining our agenda. We aren’t one trick ponies and we have many interests, and this podcast is going to reflect that. We recently blew the cash to update our equipment, and we have improved our process and focus.

We are getting better every day, so you should see continuous improvements each and every week.

Sit back and enjoy, my friends.

 

Beers

Night Shift Santilli

Container: 16oz Can

Glassware: 2015 Night Shift Barrel Society Glasses

Overall Nerdsense Rating: 4.5\5

Notes: Really juicy and hop forward IPA. We’ve talked about this beer plenty of times. It’s our “goto” IPA that can hang with the likes of Heady and Sip of Sunshine

 

Southern Tier Choklat Oranj

Container: Bomber

Glassware: 2015 Night Shift Barrel Society Glasses

Overall Nerdsense Rating: 3.5\5

Notes: It tastes like one of those Chocolate Orange balls. It has a big boozy backend after the sweetness of the orange and chocolate taper off.

 

Indra Kunidra

Container: Bomber

Glassware: 2015 Night Shift Barrel Society Glasses

Overall Nerdsense Rating: 2\5

Notes: This one was definitely “interesting” It tastes like an indian curry dish. You definitely get the cumen upfront and it sweetens as it warms. Honestly though, we both love Ballast Point but we could not finish this and it had to be dumped

We review Ant-Man! 

However, before reviewing Ant-Man we decided to torture ourselves. Mike, Josh and myself do a blind taste of four of those “yellow” beers.

* Miller Lite WINNER!

* Pabst Blue Ribbon

* Budweiser

* Sapporo

Our old friend, Ray, joined us as sort of an off to the side guest. He poured the beers into numbered cups for us and chimed in occasionally. We hope to have him back as a full featured guest in the near future!

All 3 of us were completely wrong when it came to deciphering which beer was which. We did however unanimously decide that Beer #1 (Miller Lite) was the best.

Above you’ll find the order in which the beers were presented to us and below you’ll find what we thought each one was.

*NOTE* The below order does not signify the order in which we would rate these beers. We already tortured our pallets enough and decided to stop the rating at the best overall

Mike & Josh:

* Sapporo

* Budweiser

* Miller Lite

* Pabst Blue Ribbon

Shaun:

* Pabst Blue Ribbon

* Miller Lite

* Sapporo

* Budweiser

Beers (Good Ones)

Night Shift Absolution

Container: 64oz Growler

Glassware: 2014 and 2015 Night Shift Barrel Society Glasses

Overall Nerdsense Rating: 3.5\5

Notes: Definite hazelnut coffee comes up on the aftertaste.  It got a lot smoother as it warmed up in the glass. At first the three of us weren’t blown away by it but as it warmed, we all agreed it got better.

 

We are BACK in a BIG BIG WAY. Check this shit out! We’re going professional!  That’s right, we have real stuff now! We don’t really know how to use it but it sure sounds a shitload better!

In addition to us talking about how awesome we are going to sound now, we also have ALOT of nerd news to catch up on.

We discuss a lot of the things that came out of Comic Con. We’ve got new trailers from Batman V Superman! Suicide Squad! The Merc With The Mouth (AKA Deadpool)!! And Ivan Ooze..errr I mean Apocolypse from X-Men: Age of Apocalypse!

Come and join Mike and Shaun as Nerdsense starts a new chapter!

Beer

Nerdsense Hoppin Wheat (Centennial Dry Hop)

Holy shit shaft Batman!! A new Nerdsense Listens?! This can’t be right, there hasn’t even been a regular Nerdsense in 3 weeks!!!

I know, we’re just as shocked as you! As I mentioned on the Social  Mediaz, we are getting some new equipment and while testing it we decided to do an impromptu episode of Listens due to the shorter length than a normal Nerdsense.

Before you ask, no, this was not recorded using the new equipment as the testing didn’t go as well as we had hoped. The new equipment will debut on the next Nerdsense Podcast which should be recorded this upcoming Wednesday!

In the meantime let Mike and I tell you about a band fronted by a wrestler and a metal band fronted by a rap star! Your faces will most likely melt off.

Body Count – Manslaughter 

Fozzy – Do You Wanna Start A War?

Yes, you read those right. Ice-T’s BODY MOTHER FUCKING COUNT and Chris Jericho’s little metal band, Fozzy.

Your ears will be pleasantly surprised, trust us

p.s

Josh also joined us at Nerdsense HQ to chime in a few times on his dislike of both albums. He didn’t care for them very much.

Beer

21st Amendment Down to Earth

Stone Pale Ale 2.0

Harpoon Summer Beer

Yeah… This is a continuous tangent. We started talking about beer… Tried talking about movies… And it was all beer. We culminated with a no holds barred face-off between Sip Of Sunshine and Heady Topper. Listen in to see who won. Mike’s brother, Josh, joins the Nerdsense crew once again in this battle royale of IPA madness.

Beers

Night Shift One Hop: Galaxy

Sierra Nevada Torpedo Extra IPA

Lawson’s Sip of Sunshine

The Alchemist Heady Topper

Half Acre Daisy Cutter

Jason’s back in the Nerd Den and the conversation almost instantly goes to self pleasuring. Figures.

We discuss the Game of Thrones finale and Batman films that never made it into production, Batman Unleashed, Batman Beyond and Darren Afronsky’s Batman Year One.

We also open this months Loot Crate live on air!

As always, we embarrass ourselves verbally for your amusement!!

Beers

Throwback Carrie On

Firestone Walker Stickee Monkey (2015)

Sam Adams Porch Rocker

Also, here is the picture that took us like 15 minutes to take

This week we’re joined by Josh!

We go on another tirade about the awesomeness of the Christmas Tree Shop but not as long as last time.

The big topic of this episode is the Nerdsense Top 10 Comic Book Movies!

We saw a list a week or so ago on Screencrush that was WRONG. Yes, I said it, the list is WRONG and that is not our opinion but us speaking the truth.

Below is the link to the Screen Crush list so you can see for yourself.

http://screencrush.com/best-superhero-movies/

Without further ado…

Nerdsense Top 10 Comic Book Movies

In no particular order

* Watchmen

* Nolan’s Batman Trilogy (not cheating)

* Batman ’89

* X-Men Days of Future Past

* Avengers

* Captain America: Winter Soldier

* Ironman

* Guardians of the Galaxy

* Superman ’78

* 300

* Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ’90 (Honorary)

* Dredd (Honorary)

Beer

Hill Farmstead Legitimacy

Nerdsense IPA (Hardcore IPA Clone) BOTTLE BOMB

Alchemist Heady Topper

Two Roads Unorthodox

Finch’s Hardcore Chimera

Another Nerdsense commentary track! Sync up your DVD, NetFlix, XBMC or whatever you consume your media with and join us as we dive into the sewers to hang with our boys in green!

This time we watch the 1990’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie!

Beers

We sort of switched it up this week and went with a Mead from the New Hampshire meadery, Moonlight Meadery.

Moonlight Meadery Desire – http://www.moonlightmeadery.com/content/desire

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In our first episode of 2015 we are joined by regular guest extraordinaire, Jason as well his good friend, Scott. Scott is apparently an actual fan of the show. Let that one sink in…we have a real listener and reader of this thing. Not sure who I’m typing to here so….Hi Mike, Jason and Scott!

Anyways…we discuss the new Avengers trailer, Spiderman in the MCU rumors, Ant Man and Agent Carter. As always, we deviate from the set topics and dive into the great blue deep of Nerdsense!

 

Beer

Innis & Gunn Original Oak Aged Beer – http://innisandgunn.com/our-beers/favourites/original/

Do Can Premier Russian Imperial Stout – http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/32205/149998/ & http://docanbrewery.com/year-round/

Nerdsense Heifeweizen – https://untappd.com/b/nerdsense-hefeweizen/906828

Koda Brewing Instant Crush – https://untappd.com/b/koda-brewing-co-instant-crush/933755

It’s the NERDSENSE HOLIDAY EXTRAVAGANZA!

This weeks episode is extra special. Jason, Mike and myself exchange Christmas gifts in the nerdiest fashion possible. You can see all of our reactions in the below youtube video!

We had my lovely girlfriend, Kerry, and my daughter, Kaylee manning the camera.

Beers

Nerdsense IPA – https://untappd.com/b/nerdsense-ipa/895918

Nerdsense Hefeweizen – https://untappd.com/b/nerdsense-hefeweizen/906828

 

Booze

Jasons “Fireball” Whiskey

Jasons “Moonshine”