Friday Friday Friday!! YEAH!

Greetings on a sunny wonderful Friday fellow jibeer lovers!! It's a beautiful day here in the mountains, and I can't wait to catch that afternoon train back to civilization!

Hope everyone had a great week, although I think it was a pretty mild one. It seems that our good buddy Chuwy is down with a toothache, I've cut my foot to shreds, and money is short in general. Never fear, the meat of the summer is near. I'll be back in KY in almost a month!! I will be coming back to Japan though in the fall. Nate, I'm sad to say, is going back to the land of bourbon, blond women and horses for good. Don't worry though, once he is back he is going to start brewing full-time and try to turn this passion into something that will pay the bills, or at least the bar tab.

Saturday will find Nate and myself trolling around Nagoya looking for good beer. For sure we will hit all of the hot spots and the new store Okadaya, which sells awesome beer. (for Nagoya anyways) I might even make it to Towser in the evening. Anyone who wants to join me at one of their outside tables with a proper pint or six, let me know!

I'll be doing a post about where to find good jibeer in Japan, as a fella named Duncan sent me an email asking where the best beers could be found--'cause for sure it's not the convenience store. SO, what do you think good readers? Do you have one store that you frequent for all of your beer needs, or are there many? Do you hit the department store basements, or speciality shops? Tell us in the comments.

I hope everyone enjoyed the interview with Greg Koch. He is one of the hottest brewers (if not the hottest) in the world right now and it was a huge boost for the site. Thanks to everyone that submitted questions, even if he didn't get a chance to answer them all. (Sorry Chuwy!) Your hits and comments make it all possible for sure. We have a few more interviews in the works, and if one in particular works out--you (and I!!!!) will be very impressed. Any guesses on who it might be???

That being said, Chris Poel posted a few brewers in the comments that he would like to see an interview with. Pipe up the rest of you! Who would you like to see us interview??

Lastly, I will leave you with a pic from the homeland. I'm heading to the 'ole home place in a few weeks, and already I can smell the bourbon based BBQ cooking on the grill and the Kentucky Ale in my glass. I can feel the warm summer night and the glow of the campfire. I can hear the frogs croaking and the crickets singing while the fireflies dance around in the air......wait....What's that I hear? Is that the murmur of the creek? No, it sounds like an engine??! OH WAIT! It's a drunk redneck riding a wheelie on a four-wheeler with a recliner mounted on the back as a seat! He's going straight into the fire!!!!!!

Yes friends, that's a real KY boy. I didn't just post a random pic. That's my good buddy "The Bone" gettin' wild on a summer night.




OK, I know--that's not one of the real Good Beer Country Boys. You want to see a pic of me gettin' wild on an all terrain vehicle? You got it.