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CheapyD
12-01-2005, 07:42 PM
For the lazy alcoholic in your life...

http://www.cheapassgamer.com/ymij/beergifts.jpg
KingNES
12-01-2005, 08:06 PM
...... Wow... I need to move.. ASAP!
WhipSmartBanky
12-01-2005, 08:47 PM
The perfect gift!
AvidWriter
12-01-2005, 08:54 PM
The perfect gift!

My Name is WhipSmartBanky?
zewone
12-01-2005, 08:57 PM
Thats gangsta.
rabbitt
12-01-2005, 10:19 PM
Is that place like a Sam's Club of the alcohol world?
CheapyD
12-01-2005, 10:34 PM
Is that place like a Sam's Club of the alcohol world?
No, its a supermarket called Daei. Its 4 stories, with the supermarket on the first floor and its own department store on floors 2-4 (including a 100yen shop, Mrs. Cheapy's favorite).
alonzomourning23
12-01-2005, 11:01 PM
Is asahi supposed to be decent japanese beer? I thought it was horrible when I tried it.
WhipSmartBanky
12-02-2005, 12:20 AM
My Name is WhipSmartBanky?
Hey Writerman!
Mono`
12-02-2005, 01:15 AM
Thats so funny.(the packaging)
Demolition Man
12-02-2005, 01:24 AM
Perfect... I could take care of many gifts with those. Hook me up CheapyD! :D
1modernboy
12-02-2005, 09:57 AM
That sure fills me with the Christmas spirit...
Wombat
12-02-2005, 11:11 AM
Bart: Hey, where'd that cool creepy Santa come from?
John: Japan. Except over there they call him "Annual Gift Man" and he
lives on the moon.
uzumaki_star
12-02-2005, 11:20 AM
That sure fills me with the Christmas spirit...

:rofl: That is awesome how they have the packaging setup that way.
gladyfriend
12-02-2005, 02:18 PM
I read that they have just launched near beer for children in Japan. D, you gotta get a photo of that!!!!
gunm
12-02-2005, 05:21 PM
No, its a supermarket called Daei. Its 4 stories, with the supermarket on the first floor and its own department store on floors 2-4 (including a 100yen shop, Mrs. Cheapy's favorite).

Heh, we have Daiei here in Hawaii, but they don't sell the gift-wrapped beer I'm afraid.
Quillion
12-02-2005, 05:51 PM
Kirin is my favorite J-Beer.

I've only ever found one place that sold it, A Japanese-National run Karaoke/Suchi bar, called Otani.

Does anyone know what Otani means?
Graystone
12-03-2005, 02:14 AM
I had some sapporo beer the other day not bad stuff at all.
mykevermin
12-03-2005, 05:57 PM
Yebisu is very good, though I dunno about canned.
Stay the fuck away from Orion, however.

Truth be told, I had considered giving away six-packs of beer I've made as gifts; I found that there aren't too many people that I haven't bought anything for. Perhaps if some bullshit secret santa thing pops up then I'll give some of my steam bear away.

Which also reminds me of the finest non-Japanese Japanese beer I've had; my neighbor a few doors down (who is light years better than me in brewing) made a Sapporo-style clone from scratch, but added gari (pickled ginger) to the wort as it fermented. Fucking fan-tas-tic!
RAMSTORIA
12-03-2005, 06:21 PM
at Cost Plus in the good ol US of A sells gift packs of beer. (better than Asahi IMO). So if you guys think its that cool then you can get some here. And after a little google search it looks live Bevo has them too (no suprise there, I love BevMo).http://www.bevmo.com/115images/9319.jpg

sweet (http://www.bevmo.com/productinfo.asp?sku=00000009319&Dn=166+168&Nr=Store%3A99&Ntt=gift+pack&N=168+0&Nty=1&D=gift+pack&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&bhcp=1&Ntk=All)
Quillion
12-03-2005, 06:53 PM
Yebisu is very good, though I dunno about canned.
Stay the fuck away from Orion, however.

Truth be told, I had considered giving away six-packs of beer I've made as gifts; I found that there aren't too many people that I haven't bought anything for. Perhaps if some bullshit secret santa thing pops up then I'll give some of my steam bear away.

Which also reminds me of the finest non-Japanese Japanese beer I've had; my neighbor a few doors down (who is light years better than me in brewing) made a Sapporo-style clone from scratch, but added gari (pickled ginger) to the wort as it fermented. Fucking fan-tas-tic!

Zymergy? That's amazing! I've been brewing my own for a little less than a year now. I'm still not very good. It's good to hear another homebrewer on here though.
Liquid 2
12-04-2005, 12:20 AM
Bart: Hey, where'd that cool creepy Santa come from?
John: Japan. Except over there they call him "Annual Gift Man" and he
lives on the moon.heh, my Japanese teacher has told us about this,
apparently, they dont wrap christmas up in a bunch of sentimental religious stuff, they know damn well its a corporate holiday and they dont try to hide it,
they just give gifts
kakomu
12-04-2005, 01:48 AM
Kirin is my favorite J-Beer.

I've only ever found one place that sold it, A Japanese-National run Karaoke/Suchi bar, called Otani.

Does anyone know what Otani means?

Beats me, but I remember going to a place named Otani once or twice when I lived in Columbus. Some Japanese restaurant on the first floor of a corporate building.

One of the Chinese buffets near me sells Japanese beer. All the sushi places also sold Japanese beer. Can't say I liked any of the Japanese/Rice beers much at all.
VanillaGorilla
12-18-2005, 04:09 AM
Finally, a way to get my dad involved in the spirit of giving.
Ecofreak
12-18-2005, 11:00 PM
Is asahi supposed to be decent japanese beer? I thought it was horrible when I tried it.

I normally don't drink beer because I think it's nasty. But I ended up downing 3 of the big cans one night w/ friends with no feelings of revulsion.

What does that mean? Perhaps I'm a closet alcoholic, I just don't know it...