Taste of the Far East

In honor of Spring's unexpected arrival, I tried a new beer today. It was a delicious hay-colored Asahi Super Dry lager. Man, I needed it too; today I spent an hour and a half with our fabulous wedding event coordinator. Men: beware. If you ever get asked to go along with your fiancée to help with the table arrangements and final wedding preparations, get out of it! Seriously. Like, cut off your arm if you have to. An hour and a half passed in what seemed like a week. Ugh, sweet beer...

Today's Beer
Asahi Super Dry

Asahi Super Dry is brought to us by a Japanese brewing company called Asahi Breweries, Ltd. According to their website, Asahi Breweries started a beer revolution in Japan with the release of their Super Dry. They moved from being the third largest brewery to the second largest brewery in Japan. Progress! The term "dry beer" is a marketing (stupid marketing people...) term for a fully attenuated pale lager; which comes from a long fermentation period. During which, nearly all the sugar is converted to alcohol resulting in a clean, lean flavor.
Asahi Super Dry definitely lives up to it's title; and I think it is a very good beer. The "dry" taste is interesting, because I do feel a dryness akin to being thirsty in the back of my throat when I stop drinking it. It makes me think "hmm, another beer would really help quench my thirst." This is likely how many bad nights begin for people in Japan, as the search in vein to quench a thirst caused by the very beer they're drinking. Hangover, I know you well.
Maybe I am a n00b for never having had the beer, but it was a very good beer. Not as good as an Amurican lager, but a nice change of pace. Anyway, I need another four to forget how long I talked about place settings today...

Travelog: A Surprising Find

Today’s sandwich comes to you from far away land in the New World. I had a two hour layover in Hotlanta, which gave me just enough time to reward myself for not going crazy in the large crowd of roaming travelers. I needed something quick, because I had to catch my next flight to Las Vegas. Of course, a sandwich was the first thing I thought of.
Something funny happened while I was waiting to get this bad boy. My traveling companion and I had sat down and ordered two tall refreshing beverages without the waiter questioning our age. Afterwards, a man and woman, clearly in their forties or more, sat down next to us and the waiter decided that he needed to see their ID’s. Not unusual I suppose, but I found it odd that he asked for their ID’s but not ours. After all, I am still a spry 23 years old. But apparently, I look fifty. Who knew? Maybe I have more gray hairs than I realize…

Today’s Sandwich
Boston BBQ Sandwich, Samuel Adams Restaurant
Kaiser Roll
Pulled Pork BBQ
Coleslaw

An amazingly good combination of Sam Adam’s Boston Lager and the Boston BBQ sandwich from their restaurant in Atlanta’s airport. Generally, I would stay away from a southern delicacy served in the style of the North; however this blog is about experimenting. And it is a good thing I took this gamble. The heavy, spicy, and flavorful combination of pulled pork BBQ matched perfectly with Sam Adam’s flagship lager. Not too sweet or heavy, the lager was a great match. If I do this long enough, I should publish a guide to my favorite sandwich and beer combinations. This would definitely be at the top of the list.