A little taste of home...

Sometimes you just need a little taste of home. You just need a little reminder of what home really tastes like. I would kill for some of my mom's homemade chocolate chip cookies, her homemade pizza, or some of her potato salad and coleslaw. These tastes of home remind me of sunny summer days on the porch and of good friends and the easy life. Sometimes I also get the urge for a drink from home as well. Yes, even this Good Beer Country Boy gets the urge for some Bud heavy or a Miller Lite from time to time. Yes, these beers taste weak. Yes, they are cheap. Yes, they are rednecky. But they remind me of home, and if I want to drink one from time to time I will!!!! I do what I want!
Ok, I feel better.
I remember being at the US embassy commissary in Tokyo with Nate when we spotted some Bud Light. Now, regular "Bud" is available here in Japan, but be warned. It is not the Bud from home. Bud in Japan is brewed "under the supervision" of Budweiser (InBev) just like Asahi back home is brewed with Japanese supervision in Canada. Both Asahi back home and Bud here taste nothing like their namesakes in their native countries.
But, Bud Light is not available here in Japan, and what we saw at the embassy was the real deal shipped from America watered-down goodness. So, we bought a few and drank them. They were good.
Nate and I recently came across some more American brews in a little international store in Toyohashi. The international store in The Hash is about the only place to buy import beer there, and it has a nice stock of Belgian and Asian brews. To this collection, they recently added Sam Adams and Miller Lite and Coor's Original.
To all of my friends at home who love the Miller Lite...I didn't buy any. It is $4 a bottle, and taste of home or not, it is an outright sin to pay $4 for one bottle of Miller Lite...however, if they start stocking the High Life...