Hickey Bros. Kentucky Common, which was the first ever Kentucky Common brewed in Japan, sprang directly from Kentucky river towns in the early 1900's to the tastesbuds of DH, Miyuki, and myself. This is the taste that once satisfied the Kentucky working man but has since been replaced with BudMillerCoorslite. Hickey Bros. K.C. is not for everyone. This is a taste that has been absent from the Beer Timeline for a good 80 years. An initial sourness followed by a wave of malty goodness (thank you chocolate malt!) that is balanced out with Cascade hops awaits inside every bottle.The Blessed Bitters was originally called Back-up Plan Bitters because it was the back up plan if Kentucky Common failed miserably. The K.C. didn't and the bitters turned out to be good.
3 HOs Holiday Ale is spicy beer full of ginger and cinamon that begs to be drank alongside a Christmas ham. Too bad the holidays are over and there is no Christmas ham to be found in Japan. This beer is just in the wrong place at the wrong time. In fact, about 5 gallons of it are in the wrong place at the wrong time. No matter though, it will be drank...
Miyuki's Amazing Ass Steam Beer was bottled days before I left for Kentucky. It is waiting for a top to be popped.
2009 will bring more amazing Good Beer Country Boys Brewing --At least another 6 batches. In the works are Hickey Bros. Kentucky Common version 2.0, the Shooo-Weeee WeizenBock, and the mysterious Camel Bear Ale. This beer will be availible in my apartment in Tahara with limited releases in Miyuki's house in Toyohashi and DH's apartment in Toei.New additions to GBCB's brewing arsenal for 2009 include a whole bunch of different specialty malts, courtesy of DH's KY apartment, The OK Corral, and me driving to get them the night before my flight back to Japan. Also new for 2009 is an old ass coffee/flour mill that looks like it survived the Great Depression. It's previous owner, my mom, was using it as an 'old timey' decoration and understood my urgent need for such a device. GBCB's method of cracking specialty grain in Japan did consist of double bagging and a hammer. Now, we are running with the big dogs.
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Damn, boys. I'll have to put you up on the boozelist soon! Enjoy your brews. Nothing quite like getting hammered on home brew. You're making me thirsty! Maybe one day I'll try my hand at making something alcoholic. Adding some to the world, instead of taking away.
Are you boys coming up to Tokyo for the Real Ale Festival? A beer geek from Kyoto way is coming and the 13th is set as Get The Outta Towners Pissed Night. Yes, that is the official name. No idea of the route yet, but thinking Shimbashi to Kanda. Actually, it is a good crawl if you want to see the cheap side of Tokyo craft beer bars. Homebrew sounds great. I don't make beer, but thoroughly enjoy homebrew parties.
Miyuki and I are coming to the real ale fest, we should be up on the night of the 13th. Not sure if DH will be that early, I think he is snowboarding on the 14th.
Yeah trying to work it out...but will be there the 15 for sure...Maybe late on the night of the 14th...catching a late Shink up from Toyohashi...!!!
Get The Outta Towners Pissed Night starts at 8pm on the 13th at Shimbashi Station - Kurasumori Exit. Don't be late. The plan is Nagano Sake Mura to wet our palate, then Bulldog, followed by Towers and finishing at Maltan. These are all some of the cheapest places I have been to in Tokyo and Nagano Sake Mura is by far the cheapest place in Japan to drink craft beer. If we are really feeling genki we could hit Bacchus between Towers and Maltan. Really where we go depends whats available.
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