A Post With Many Things

Beer #179 Premium Lager / Sapporo Breweries Ltd., Tokyo, Japan

I think there are too many things happening to comment on today.  First, it's D-Day.

Daniel Simpson Day. No grade point average... all courses incomplete.

No, not that one.  The one to commemorate the Allied invasion at Normandy.  So thank you very much, veterans.  Also, the great American writer Ray Bradbury died today.  Author of books such as Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury was a master story-teller.  If you haven't read his work, you're missing out.  Apparently, it's also National Running Day, which I celebrated by trying a new route this morning, getting lost, and adding 2 extra miles I wasn't planning on running.  Like I said, busy day.

Tonight's beer on this busy day is the Premium Lager from Sapporo.  Very appropriate, as it was sushi night at our house.  No, not Bluefin (greatest sushi restaurant ever), but a fair substitute none the less.  This beer is a crystal clear gold in the glass, with a sweet aroma.  Very basic flavors of grain and sweetness, which seems to come from being brewed with rice.  I wouldn't drink this on a regular basis, but on sushi night it's fine.

Shiny! And probably from Canada.

For those who are curious, Sapporo was founded in 1876, many things happened over time, and then in 2006 they purchased Canadian brewer Sleeman.  Which means my Japanese beer was most likely brewed in Ontario.  Hey, what can you do.

Thing to Think About Today:
In honor of D-Day (yeah, the first one) let's see Mr. Danial Simpson Day, as Captain of the Deathmobile, and the rest of the Deltas in action at the Homecoming Parade.  Yes friends, it's time for Animal House.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX71mALOPKs 

"May I have ten thousand marbles, please?"

Beer 179: Japan Night...Sapporo and Sushi

I give a lot of credit to those people out there who live on salad for lunch. I had a salad for lunch today and now I'm ready to eat someone's face off. Vegetables are bullshit. So are face-eating zombies.

I digress.

Tonight it is all Japan, all the time. Sushi. Sapporo.


In the glass, Sapporo looks like any other macro lager. It's a mass produced beer. It has a crystal clear straw color, thick white head...probably a lot like Budweiser but who drinks Bud out of a glass? Isn't that a strictly in the can beer?

Again I digress. It smells grain-y and generally like beer. The flavor is light, somewhat sweet. It is a Japanese rice lager - brewed with lots of rice. Based on beeradvocate.com's description, I think it hits the mark.

Is it winning any awards in my book? No. Is it fine on Sushi Night? Yes.

Cheers!