Nicole

[nodstonothing]

I think she adds some great knowledge and personality. She may get a little zippy after a few to many but who hasn't at one time or another.

[BDawg]

That would be "A crisp, lemony zip"

[bazookazilla]

can be a big distraction during an interview (e.g. Pizza Port episode Bressi jokes).

The Bressi jokes went from annoying to worse in a big hurry.

[sweetcell]

I think she just got carried away on the Pizza Port show.

she was "put in the Doc seat" for that show so she felt she needed to contribute more. some contributions were good, unfortunately the bad ones were really awful.

nicole's ability to detect tastes and, most importantly, describe them is a huge asset to the show. she just needs to work on her interviewing and comedy skillz

[NervousDad]

I think Justin went right back to therapy after that episode.

[sweetcell]

i ran out of things to listen to on my MP3 player, so i re-listened to the pizza port show. there were indeed some painful parts (OH MAH GAWD, BRESSIE!!!!!111) but gotta admit that it wasn't quite as bad as i remembered it.

[Ozwald]

Nicole is still awesome & there's been a serious lack of metal round these parts lately.

[Beergasm]

Nicole is far from awesome. Yes, lot's of beer sensory analysis knowledge--but would you expect anything less from a Grand Wizard Cicerone?. I don't get anything more from her (other than mangled chemical compound names for flavors) than I get from the jipper and Tasty's notes. She does get annoying, and presents herself like she's too good for the Session / BN in general. Ever since her DOTW win, she's seemed to have gotten worse. I'm still working my way through the archive (currently in September of '14) and she seems to be contributing less, which has been nice.