Sometimes you just get lucky. I hate to admit it, but more often than not, I am just a lucky guy. Of course this comes from having great friends who enjoy sharing the wealth of good fun, food, and of course--good beer.
When we met in Numazu a few weeks ago, Chuwy brought a few surprises. One of his surprises was a bottle of Hakusekikan Hurricane. Now, many of you may remember that Nate wrote a post about when he tried to visit the Hakusekikan Brewery, and it was not so kind. Evidently he had some dog crap on his upper lip, either that or the bad trip that he had at the brewery affected his opinions of their brews. I think it was a combination of both.
Hakusekikan hails from Gifu-ken, and for the most part I have enjoyed all of their beers. This one however, was nothing like any of their others!
The Hurricane was a sweet, alcoholic, malty, vanillaey (is that a word?) punch in the face. I'm not the biggest fan of huge beers, and this beer most certainly is that, but this was good. The Hurricane packs 15% alcohol, so be careful. You can't (read: don't want to try to) drink this beer like a normal brew. It is to be savored and appreciated.
We enjoyed this brew with Chris Poel in the Baird Brewery. It was good. Now, we didn't wait for this beer to warm up to room temperature and no, I'm going to apologize for it. But I will thank Chuwy for letting me get a sip!
Happy Friday everyone. Work is over, if you want it. Work is over....NOW.
7 comments:
That Hurricane is a fantastic brew. had it at Popeye's a couple years back and I still remember it. Wish I could have made it to Numazu that weekend, hopefully some other time.
Capa...don't worry bud! We're going to do it again soon. I'm heading back to KY for Christmas, so tell me any crazy brews you want me to pick up to all try when we get together in Numazu after the new year!
I'll be drinking pints of that stuff again in Maltan on Sunday. Insanity. Luv it.
Hurricane was a storm in my mouth -- I couldn't appreciate it fully as I was brewing and needed to focus, but it was goooooood.
Capa -- you're welcome any time.
Amazing stuff! We've been lucky in Kyoto to have this on draft lately at McLoughlin's.
Nice! Justin how is that bar?
Chris, you were working quite hard!
I really was -- you guys came in at a pretty intense moment -- sorry I couldn't chat more or show you what I was doing more, but it would have taken more time to explain and have you help out than I had!
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