Beerfest Ebisu 2008

My friend Carlo and I couldn't pass up the chance to sample over 120 kinds of beer offered through out Japan. So we got there early to find out that Japanese people truly love to wait in line because there was already a few hundred people ahead of us. We got in eventually and received our 50cc souvenir glass and headed to the nearest beer tap. We worked our way along one side of the hall and came to realize as much as we LOVE beer we don't love every beer. I have tried many a beer in my life time and most of them I can at the least swallow and smile, but I met my match we it came to spiced beer. I'm not sure of all the components in these kinds of beer, but one might be liquid drain cleaner. Of course being the big tough (drunk) guys that we are my friend and I persevered and drank the nasty liquid they called a beer and moved on to bigger and better things. Actually they weren't any bigger but they were better. The usually subdued Japanese cut loose after an hour or so mainly because they are mostly light weights when it comes to drinking. Japanese people are so much fun when they forget about what others think and just relax and have fun. In the end we probably drank about 100 kinds of beer and met some great people from all over Japan. But being the crazy lushes that we are we went to a pub and had a few more before heading home. Good times!