Today features two very confusing little brews. I had to ask Toshi where exactly their hometown of Miyazaki is. She told me, and I quote: "Kyushu, Oita no minami...kana?" For those of you who are Nihongo-impaired, that translates as "Kyushu (the southernmost island of mainland Japan), Oita (all I know is that there is a soccer team in J2 there and a monkey mountain!)....I think it's south of there?" She was correct as well. It is indeed, quite far south of Oita. Oh, and a short distance away from there, there are a bunch of hot-springs, each with its own theme. I suggest the crocodile one. Try to catch feeding time.
The Hideji Brewery boasts eight different types of brew, but Sogo was only carrying two (Bastards!). The "Taiyou no Ragaa" (Lager of the Sun) and the Shinkan no Peeru Eeru (Pale Ale of Silence) were an odd little couple. The Lager of the Sun was the lager, right? Thing is that it was far cloudier than the pale ale. This confused me a bit - ever since I had my first taste of rubbing alcohol at the age of 4 (four and a HALF says my inner child), I have always thought that pale ales were supposed to be cloudier than lagers. Justice was served - albeit only slightly - when the Mrs told me that it said American pale ale on the bottle. I figured that since American macrobrews can't tell the discrepancies between a beer and the liquid I just pissed into the toilet, we have to give them a pass this time. Their other variations of brew look, for the most part, better than what we had today.
The "lager" actually tasted more like an ale and the "pale ale" had more the ring of a lager.
I'll start with Lager of the Sun. Not really impressed. The fact that I think they, in all honest of mistakes or complete idiocy, messed up the labels. That should give you enough of an idea as to how the rest of this is going to read. It was very...meh. It had a smooth taste to it, but not a whole lot of personality. It's one that goes down into the files of mediocrity. I didn't love it, I didn't hate it. The beer was on the table, and it was alright. Definitely not one that I'm going to rush back to Sogo and shell out another 500 yen for.
How many times have you heard this one: if you have nothing nice to say, don't say anything at all. The name of this beer is "Pale Ale of Silence" and it apparently has nothing nice to say. It was not particularly mean either. Nonetheless, it remains silent. Smooth on the tongue with a slightly bitter aftertaste, I was struggling to find personality for this one as well. There was simply nothing that jumped out at me and said "Hey whiteboy! I'm a damned fine beer and you're going to order another one of me instead of an Yebisu next time!" In fact, I had trouble differentiating it from most other macrobrews. In conclusion - why on Buddha's big belly would you make a microbrew if it's going to taste like something I can get at Lawson's for half the price?Sorry to disappoint kids. Nothing else to blog about today I guess. See ya next time!!!
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