Brandon Sheffield continues answering your questions about Japan, and finishes ranking non-alcoholic beers encountered in convenience stores. Hosted by Brandon Sheffield, introduced by Alex Jaffe. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
1. Alex Jaffe asks: What’s the best convenience store in Japan? (01:19)
2. Karasu asks: What do you think of the Japanese craft beer scene? (02:10)
3. sosadillatron asks: Do you notice a lot fewer game centers? (03:56)
4. Tomofthefog asks: What’s the first thing you wanted to do in Japan that you can’t do anywhere else in the world, and did you do it? (05:05)
5. Alex Jaffe asks: Has anyone given you trouble for being a foreigner? And, saddleblasters asks: when has your identity as a foreigner perhaps surprisingly meant nothing? (06:22)
6. powderooze asks: Are there more foreigners around these days? (08:59)
7. Review: Suntory Lemon Sour (11:46)
8. Review: Value Plus Zero Feel (13:27)
9. Mnemogenic asks: What’s your favorite bird to hang out with in Japan? (14:23)
10. MDS-02 asks: Do you prefer Book Off or Hard Off? (15:30)
11. Lotte asks: Please go to the Wood & Plywood Museum (16:23)
12. BinaryFlux asks: What’re some cool places in Japan for someone going for the *third* time? (16:54)
13. mtvcribs asks: Why is Japan so much cooler than America? (18:04)
14. sabertoothalex asks: What are your tips for day to day living in Japan? (19:27)
15. marxseny asks: Are Japanese cops all ブタ野郎? (22:54)
16. Review: Takara Karakuchi Zeroball (24:17)
17. Review: Suntory White Wine (25:50)
18. What Did We Learn? Plus, Bonus Garlic Cheese (27:08)
19. A Noisy Airport Addendum Regarding Going With the Flow (29:47)
Another great episode, thanks @exodus for taking the time to answer mine and all the other questions (And get my name wrong, where‘s the R?). I didn’t expect dentistry as the answer, but from what you said from the price I can understand why!
What records did you pick up? And did you get consent to go around smelling peoples beer?
No coffee with this one, and I was prepared for the buzzer! Thanks again ;)
@“thebryanjzx90”#p141653 absolutely! Small batches, unique flavors, no reason they wouldn't be. All beer was originally craft beer I would say, until we industrialized it.
@"TomoftheFog"#p141652 whoops sorry! Probably was squinting at my phone in the dark!
@“exodus”#p141668 agreed, just came to mind on the craft beer question as berugi beer bars were everywhere when I lived in Japan, even out in the sticks in Mito you could get trippels etc. and I thought it tied in to your thoughts on popular beer flavor profiles too
been loving these gaiden episodes (also love that patrons have been getting them a week early) >:3
ive never tried any non alcoholic beer
me being 21, ive been drinking the alcoholic beer, from time to time (mostly just when im at a special event or something)
i tried a couple while i was at a mass of the fermenting dregs concert in new york at elsewhere this past weekend
i had a cider (which was alright), i forget the details of it though
the second and last one of that night was a drink called "dangerous duo"
described as a hazy pale ale on the can, brewed by KCBC (king county brewers collective) in collaboration with elsewhere
it had cool art of a werewolf and mummy looking pretty badass
i like how it tasted, usually like some bitterness with a small lil bit of sweetness in there
i feel like this drink had that, it was cool
im bad at describing how drinks taste lol
being drunk can be kind of fun, its nice to indulge in a lil bit of alcohol as an occasional thing
though, im 21, im probably biased
Dang it I just remembered that I like Mini Stop the best out of all the convenience stores but I can't remember why. Maybe the soft serve ice cream. Or maybe the power of advertising jingles leaving “stoppu stoppu, mini stoppu” in my head a decade later.
