A Japanese beer trilogy
Here’s a trilogy of videos on Japanese beer - one on beer vending machines in Kyoto, another one on a draft beer vending machine in Tokyo, and a final one on historical beers - beers with labels of famous people in Japanese history with short bios.
This first video is from BusanKevin in Kyoto talking about the wonders of outdoor beer vending machines in Kyoto on a hot day:
In response, I did a video on a draft beer vending machine I discovered in a pool hall in Tokyo a few nights ago.
Taste was not too bad but it gave me a huge head of foam which is quite common anyway even with live servers:
Background music by Super Girl Juice.
Later that same night I came across some “Historalicious” Japanese beer which were beer bottles with labels depicting famous people from Japanese history. Get your drink on while learning some Japanese history with Historalicious Japanese Beer - if you can read the bloody small cursive writing on the label:
Crack open a cold one and enjoy the Japanese Beer Trilogy!
I noticed when I was in Japan that the beer vending machines had no ID slot for age verification unlike their cigarette counterparts. This true for all of Japan?
August 20th, 2008 at 12:13 pmThere was a lot of noise here recently about the TASPO tobacco ID for vending machines, but I have not heard anything about IDs for beer vending machines.
August 20th, 2008 at 1:17 pmWhen I was in Japan in 2004, I saw beer/sake vending machines on the street that required you to swipe your driver’s license. This was relatively new, I read that a law was enacted that required all liquor vending machines to either require an ID, or to be inside a building with attendants watching to see if minors tried to access it.
August 20th, 2008 at 1:58 pmThanks, Chas. As a non-drinker I am not up to snuff on this type of news.
August 20th, 2008 at 2:28 pmMy father-in-law has that bottle with Ryoma (is that how you spell it in romaji?) on the label proudly displayed in his living room!
August 23rd, 2008 at 11:23 pm