I did that this weekend by visiting my ultra-rich friends in Tahara. We ate Matsuzaka Beef (cooked in Horaisen's "Bi" sake) and drank Horaisen's "Ku", and Super Dry. This lady is typical of your Japanese person who loves expensive meat and drink--yet knows nothing of craft beer. Nate did see her mix some of Ise Kadoya's Stout with a Super Dry and said it improved the taste of the stout. For some people there is no hope.
My love affair at the immigration office in Toyohashi is over. I finally got my visa extended and my gaijin card updated. Talk about a headache! Oh well. I was going to ride my bike to the Store to get some malt's with which to celebrate--but the monsoon that came prevented that from happening--meant to be!
The good news is that I got my ticket to head home for the summer break. I will be leaving Nagoya on July 16th and returning on August 29th. I think that 45 days in KY will do me well, especially since the local Liquor Barn is starting to get some great events going, like this one where you could meet the brewer from Great Lakes!
Also, I just found out about Sergio's World Beer's in Louisville, which has over 800 beers--including Baird's Angry Boy. YEAH YEAH YEAH!
Sam Adams has a new brew coming out, I know Lance is happy. I'm sure it's pretty good, but nothing to write home about. (blog about?)
Huge brew fest going down in Ichinoseki August 21st, 22nd, and 23rd. Looks like just about everyone who makes good brew in Japan will be there. I will not be there though. I think some of the Tokyo boys are planning on making the long trek up there--'cause it ain't close! (The poster is from last year!)Those crazy BrewDog Boys are in the news again. Remember who interviewed James Watt back in the day? Looks like they are still living the dream and making some good brews.
The next two weeks are filling up for me before I head home! This weekend I am going to hit up the Moku-Moku buffet and beers and then maybe finally get to Towser on Saturday night. We shall see!!
It won't be long until I am back at The Hofbrau House in Northern KY!!!!!
6 comments:
I see that liquor barn has Augustiner. Great beer.
Hey! Sergio's even has 2 Welsh beers! Felinfoel is better perhaps. Never had the Thames Wlesh ESB. Pity they don't have any Brain's Skull Attack.
Chuwy, the Liquor Barn is amazing. They have more homebrew supplies than all of Japan put together, and it's not even a homebrew supply store. Their beer selection is second to none.
Now that there are more and more -- although still relatively few -- craft beer bars around Japan . . . well, at least around Tokyo, what I'm really looking for is more beer stores with interesting beers from everywhere. Nothing at all here in the hinterland, only a few in Tokyo -- it's just sad. I can get more craft beers in my local supermarket back in Michigan that I can get in nearly any beer store in Japan.
Ichinoseki Beer Fest is not on Aug 8, 9, 10, but on Aug 21, 22, 23 !
The flyer you have is of the last year (see it says "H20", means "Heisei 20"=2008).
If you know anyone who is going down to Iwate for the weekend of 8th, please let them know!
Post has been amended! I'll make sure to mention it again in a later post! I got so caught up looking at all the beautiful jibeer logos, I didn't even notice!
Chris, you are right about that. We do need more stores that have beer from everywhere! I'm tired of seeing 30 Belgian Beers and nothing from the rest of the world. (read: West Coast)
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