Thursday, December 11, 2008

Toei's own!


I know I complain about the place I live from time to time. There is no ji-biru to be found for miles, and other signature brews don't come to Toei. However, we do have some good sake. Sake is made all around me, and if we were the Good Sake Country Boys, we would have a ton to write about. Now, when it comes to sake, I know a little, and as Skynyrd says--I can guess the rest. I like the stuff, but it can't replace a good brew any day of the week.

So this is for all of you out there with good beer all around you. I bet your local liquor store doesn't have its own sake made especially for it...does it? Mine does! Tehohe sake. In Toei, the Hanamatsuri is the thing. It's a really famous mountain festival where they have Japanese demons dance around a pot of boiling water while everyone drinks sake. And then they dip broom like things in the hot water and throw it on everyone when they are drunk. No joke. Anyways, while everyone is waiting for the water flinging to begin, they dance around in a circle and chant: "Te-Ho-He-Te-Ho-He!" It's a sight to behold. In honor of this tradition, we have this shop and this sake. And it's good. And I am drinking it and you are not. SO THERE.

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