The brews of the Osaka Minoh Beer have been winning the world beer awards for years now. Not that I was aware of this when I picked up this stout, but it was worth mentioning nonetheless (and it kind of explains the price tag).
It’s coming
Winter is. Well, eventually. For now it’s still just autumn, but today it was so cold all day that I was wondering if the weather mistook the month. Yesterday was somewhat warmer thanks to the typhoon that passed on Monday night, but today I was cold in my new hoodie. I also had to close the windows for the night due to the cold, something I haven’t done in the past half a year (except when typhoons were above me).
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not complaining. I like autumn with all its cold and grayness, it just caught me a bit off guard this time.
Malware
Today one of my co-workers called in a sysadmin. I noticed that for a good while now he’s been running “cure my PC” kind of “anti-malware” software on a daily basis. You know, the kind that does more harm than good.
Brewdog 5am Saint
While it’s not yet 5am (just 2), I decided to check out what Brewdog’s “hoppy red ale” is like.
Good beer, bad beer
A week or so ago I went to Popeye with a friend, had a bunch of beers, but nowhere close to getting drunk. That wasn’t the point either, just an interesting flavor to the night.
Amaou Oatmeal Black
Trying out something new is usually a great thing, and I’ve been interested by the name of “oatmeal stouts” for a while now. I have oatmeal for breakfast basically every day anyway, so I was wondering how that adds up with a stout. Thing is, I’ve never before had any of these extreme stouts (like chocolate stout for example), so I don’t have a basis for comparison.
Pensions revisited
Things got sorted out, kind of. I mailed HR about pensions and overtime fees (cf stupidly long hours) last week, and I got their answers (in person, actually) a few days ago.
Grand Kirin
I ran out of beer, so I went to the nearby convenience store to pick up a few cans to last me until the weekend. I got a few Sapporo Black Labels, but don’t expect me to write about those – I don’t know beers enough to write meaningfully about mass-market brews. I didn’t intend to write about Grand Kirin either, but then…
./configure
There’s one time when using linux takes its toll: when I’m installing Aegisub. Today I wanted to use said application, but apparently some upgrade in the past few years since I wasn’t using it broke it, and I had to rebuild. Well…
Shimane Beer Hearn IPA
Shimane Beer’s got a bunch of brews worth attention out there, so I was looking forward to their classic-looking IPA.
