Tag: New Years Eve
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Lunar New Year: Flaviar Japanese Whisky Tasting;
Today, 1 February, is the Lunar New Year. Growing up this was often referred to a the Chinese New Year. Having lived in Japan several times I am now wise enough to call it the Lunar New Year. This is due to the multiple Japanese people who have corrected me that it is not only…
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Seven Swans a-Swimming, New Years Eve, Hürlimann Brewery, Samichlaus
The old man figure on the bottle depicts Santa which gives the beer its name. It could however depict father time to ring out the old year. The depiction of an old man signifies the end of another year and is normally accompanied by a tiny baby to signify the new year. Samichlaus is brewed…
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The Twelve Beers of Christmas
Since 2011, when we lived near San Diego, my wife and I would get twelve Christmas Beers and celebrate the Twelve Beers of Christmas. In a place like Southern California it was not hard to find a dozen beers that were holiday related. Flash forward ten years and we have just arrived to Japan from…
Luke Pernotto 