This post is a part of the 2015 New Beer Every Day Beer Diary Challenge, #ottbeerdiary. Over the course of 2015, I will be trying a new beer every day. Please read the background in the link above, and enjoy reading about the most recently tasted beers below. If you’d like to join the challenge as well, let me know in the comments below, and be sure to check out Grown-up Travel Guide and his #grownupbeerdiary, where Andy Higgs came up with the diary format in use below. You can catch up on all of our posts as part of the challenge under the tag ottbeerdiary.
Day 311: November 7, 2015
Diary entry:
Travel day today. And a long one at that!
We slept in a little bit after a late night last night, then woke to finish packing and head to the airport for our flights to Tokyo. This was a connecting flight, on China Eastern, with a connection in Shanghai. Turned out to be a long travel day, with a long walk in a horribly hot Shanghai Pudong International Airport and a very so-so lounge experience there.
We did first get to experience the new SkyTeam lounge at Hong Kong International Airport, which was quite impressive. An excellent array of food options. Unfortunately, our China Eastern flight gate was not anywhere near the lounge, and we had to take a bus to the satellite terminal for it, so our time there was limited. But we’ll have another chance next week before our flight back to Amsterdam. And it looks like the KLM flight is very close to the lounge.
We arrived at Narita after 10PM on a Saturday night, which apparently means all ATM machines are closed, and the Airport Express has finished its schedule for the night, so we had to navigate to Tokyo via the Keisei Main Line, which took a bit longer than expected.
Our AirBnB apartment for the next four nights was very conveniently located to the Higashi-Ginza Tokyo Metro station, so we had no trouble getting there, and the check-in process was quite simple, even after 11:30 PM.
We managed to find a Izakaya restaurant in Ginza open late, Vegetoro Hana, so walked over for a late dinner before crashing.
The Beer:
Name: Suiyoubi no Neko
Style: Witbier
Producer: Yo-Ho Brewing Company
Alcohol content: 4.5%
Bottle size: 0.35 l can
Purchased from: Seijo Ishii Grocery Store at Ikspiari near Tokyo Disneyland in Japan
Suiyoubi No Neko by Yo-Ho Brewing Co. “The cat beer.” A Belgian White beer style. Decent fruit and a residual bitterness. A fitting end to the day, after a full day of flying and sitting at airports.
