Tonight's panty creamers...

It was hot and sticky, today.
Makes me get a thirst on.
What I needed was something fruity, refreshing and full of oomph.
After my ruination on Saturday, I decided to try a couple of nice IPAs.
Namely 3 of among the best beers from Japan and the States.

I started with Japan's Shiga Kogen IPA:

Lovely. 7/10
The glass was free from Vivo! in Ikebukuro - it was their 6th anniversary and the first 100 people got this glass. It's not a bad glas.

Next up was Ballast Point's Big Eye IPA:Absolutely gorgeous!
Lovely nose and body. Nice oils in the mouthfeel. A very fine IPA.

8/10.

To finish the evening's imbications, I grabbed an Echigo 90 day stout:The more I drink this, the more I like it. Good solid mouthfeel without being too heavy bodied. Warms nicely. Just a tad sweet. Great drink to just sit back, relax and sip.

6.5/10.

Not sure if I creamed my pants, but my needs are satiated for tonight, at least.

Goodnight, cruel world.

See you in the morning.

Street 'drinking' - the 'eletist' way

F*ck yeah. That's me, Lord Pompelroy Chuwy-Saint-Chuwy, with none other than a Stone Ruination. A nice classy fruity yeasty Belgian in a freshly bought glass for my fresh fruity (he's not yeasty, ladies!)friend, SirJonnoReginaldSmythe, the Third, Esquire.
There are no premium malts on this street, my lower standard, lower class friends.
SirJonno definitely set the elitist standard bar way the f*uck up high when he purchased a very fine and expensive Belgian brew and then, THEN bought a fine Belgian glass to drink the bugger in! That's the way to do it.
I just stuck with my crazy hopped monster of a San Diegan beer and drank it 'hobo style'.

Bloody good brews, they were, too.
We were walking from Tanakaya in Mejiro to the Country& Western festival in Ikebukuro.
The festival was very good and I managed to get 5 pints of Iwate Kura beer for 1500yen. Not bad. It definitely pays to know people.

More on Saturday's travels in the upcoming post.
As for now, it's time to get very,very drunk.


Also some info on the new Baird Taproom which most of you should already know.

Stay classy.

The 'new' Yebisu - really?

I was cycling around the neighbourhood tonight, when I came across a new beer. I quickly wiped off the can and proceeed to the checkout to purchase said can.

It was the new yebisu.

Yes, they went and made another one.

So, what's the verdict?

Pours a foamy big white head on a translucent chestnutty body.
That's not meant to sound like an artistic erotic movie, rather my first impression upon seeing the amber fluid flowing freely. Okay, now I'm venturing into German erotic movies - or am I?
As usual, I never know when to stop (I think a few people would have said 'before starting this blog, perhaps?').

Here's the beer him/her/itself:

It's supposedly lagered for twice as long, has 100% malt content, uses Bavarian aroma hops and is made using Yebisu yeast. 6% alcohol and tastes it too.
Not a nasty tasting beer but not much of anything, really. Tastes a little tinny, though I'm not sure if that is actually because of the can or not.
Smells like a Yebisu (what a suprise) but the aroma of alcohol is present, not in a nice way.
Not sure how much Bavarian aromoa hops are in there.
I was quite impressed with the head rentention. Easy there, cowboy. I've almost drank the beer as I type this and there is still a faint lacing of head on the surface, though nothing down the glass.

Overall another dissapointment.
Yet still I continue trying the new beers, every time one comes out.

Oh well, another hope bubble burst.

The new 2009 Yebisu seasonal: 4-4.5/10 - tastes flat, even though it isn't.

Well, I FINALLY cleaned my beer glasses

I used to have loads of bottles, in my old place.
I didn't know what to do with them.
I rememebr making this post, way back when.
I finally got rid of over half of them.
I also cleaned out my beer glass cabinet, so now hopefully all the glasses will remain dust free and clean, until needed.

Washed all my glasses and boy, did it take me some time to do!
Here's a photo collage of my beer glasses:

Click on pic to see full size version - it's big (500kb).

Recognize any?

Here's a pic I took of the 'cleaned' cabinet, with the glasses:

Next, I'm gonna decorate my beer fridge with some more DIY bottle cap magnets...

A mini Oktoberfest in my home - minus the tight leather pants and ass slapping

Well, I don't know about the ass slapping.
The night is young, after all...

Here's a drunken video I took of some ass slapping at Yokohama Oktoberfest 2006:

Apologies for the commentary.

I was tempted to go out to the Hibiya Oktoberfest again, for the 4th time in 5 days, but I resisted the urge.
Perhaps I should have gone, as the weather now forecasts rain for the remainder of the Oktoberfest, until Sunday.　
Scheisse!
Never mind. As consolation, had a mini Oktoberfest in my home. Courtesy of some fine German Bamberg smoked beer and some fine German sausage!

The beer was the Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Marzen:A very good exmaple of a meaty smoked lager.

7/10 and a veritable meal in a glass.

Try drinking this beast of a beer without making the sound "GRRRR!!!"

I thought the best thing to eat with this would be sausages.

So I did:

The sausages were mixed and very good. The potatoes were lovely too.

After this, I opened the Echigo 90 day stout I still had left over from my 3rd day Oktoberfest binge-from-a-cooler-bag.
I think this is a very, very nice stout. 7% alc and gets better as it warms. Reccommended.

7/10.

Well, now it's Thursday and I'll be YOkohamam bound (but not gagged) later on, so no Oktoberfest tonight (Fujisakura are bringing out their lovely smoked beer, in replacement for the sold out but very nice dunkleweissen).
However, I'll be there in spirit and may make it out for another foray tomorrow at the beer orgy extravaganza, so keep an eye out for me.

Who knows, maybe there will be a bit of ass slapping?
Stay classy, San diego.