Ramblings of a Linux user and beer lover!: May 2023

Tuesday, 23 May 2023

Spam, spam, spam

Okinawa FamilyMart limited crisps! Spam flavour! I don't like Spam!

Orion "craft" beers

Okinawa Orion beer are dabbling in different styles. They now have a lager and an IPA. I found both to be cloying. I much prefer their regular beers!

There are two breweries on Ishigaki Island and they are so far apart in quality. The first one I went to was Ishigakijima Beer Studio Against the Grain, situated very near my hotel. They are based on US styles with a lot of fruit beers. Basically they are bloody awful, well, the golden ale and pale ale I tried were! They tasted very chemically and were not at all true to style.

The other brewery is Ishigakijuma Beer and they are German based. I found an outlet in a shopping mall that served a draught tasting set for 1,200 yen. One was a Weizen style, the other was a lager and the third was a dunkel! They were much better with no funky off flavours! I will take a taxi up to the brewery pub before I leave!

Thursday, 18 May 2023

Hopping mad at My Basket!

Another limited beer found at My Basket, this time from Sapporo Beer!

Monday, 15 May 2023

Mini PC

So, I got a mini PC to replace my ageing laptop! It's a Beelink Mini S12 Pro! Not bad specs for the price either! This thing is just so small!

Another new beer

This is a limited beer from Life Supermarket made by Ise Kadoya Brewery!

Sunday, 14 May 2023

Kameido Beer

I usually try to visit once a month and it's always worthwhile. The line-up hardly changes but the recipes do. The beers are always slightly different from batch to batch!

Wednesday, 10 May 2023

Another limited beer

This time from Suntory and found at 7-11, Their pale ale is better. I'd already had a few beers before this so should probably try it again!

タイごはん泉州屋台

This is one of my favourite places to grab a quick Thai lunch, and I do mean quick! They are so busy that they are often closed before their scheduled 14:00 closing time!