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Bryan Baird Newsletter (2014/02/28): Seasonal Release: Morning Coffee Stout

February 28, 2014 dragonlife Leave a comment

Baird Beer & Taproom Events Bulletin

Seasonal Release: Morning Coffee Stout

Dear Taproom Friend & Baird Beer Enthusiast:

Sayuri and I first began writing this beer news and events email bulletin in December 2001. At the time we were a two-person team working feverishly as chef and brewer at our promising, but fledgling, little brewery-pub in Numazu — the Fishmarket Taproom. These were the days before we had a website or any other mechanism, save word-of-mouth patron proselytization, for getting news out about our beer and our pub events. We built our mailing list by asking patrons to write down their email addresses for us. Slowly the list grew, and so did our business.

This will be the final Baird Beer News and Taproom Events Email Bulletin in the format that you have come to know. We will be unveiling a new website very shortly and in conjunction with the new site we will be changing our mode of communication to a bi-monthly e-newsletter to be called Baird Beer Voice. This change represents progress and improvement. The Baird Beer Voice will be a communication platform that gives voice not simply to myself and Sayuri but also to other of our important colleagues and partners in this business. We look forward delivering the first issue to you on March 3rd.

New Baird Beer Seasonal Releases:
*Morning Coffee Stout (7%):

Each year we combine our passion for stout with our love of coffee in the brewing of Morning Coffee Stout. This 2014 version is an export-style stout infused with freshly roasted (delivered still warm direct from the roaster of our friends at Arabica Coffee) organic fair-trade beans from Peru. We add these beans — whole, without grinding – directly to the stout in the conditioning tank in what amounts to a cold beer toddy extraction method. The result is a perfectly balanced flavor marriage between stout beer and java beans.

Morning Coffee Stout debuts Saturday, March 1 at all of our Taproom pubs in a special Morning Coffee Stout Brunch. It also is available for immediate release from our brewery in both kegs (15-liter and 20-liter) and bottles (360 ml). If you enjoy both the flavors of stout beer and coffee, this is a treat not to miss.

Taproom Beer Events:
*Morning Coffee Stout Brunch (Saturday-Sunday, March 1-2: Doors open at 11:00 am except at Nakameguro which opens to early birds at 10:00 am):

Chef Joon and the kitchen staffs have put together wonderful and distinct brunch menus to complement your enjoyment of Morning Coffee Stout. We hope you can enjoy some of your weekend together with us.

Cheers!

Bryan Baird

Baird Brewing Company
Numazu, Japan
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HIGHOCTANE/HAIOKU by Nick Itoh in Shizuoka City

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Non Smoking Japan: Half Measures in Fujieda City Streets

January 29, 2014 dragonlife 2 Comments

Whereas some cities in Shizuoka Prefecture like Shizuoka, Hamamatsu or Yaizu do try to create a non-smoking environment on their street pavements, the City of Fujieda is only reminding smokers to litter the streets with their fag ends/cigarette butts…..

Mind you, the signs are everywhere, especially around the JR Station.
Prohibiting littering the pavements is good but at the same time such a warning tends to comfort smokers into their habits………………

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Non-smoking Japan: The Shinkasen Bullet Train Contradiction!

January 29, 2014 dragonlife 2 Comments

Shinkasen platform, 8th carriage, Shizuoka JR Station!

There is a big contradiction in common transport betwee local trains and Shinkansen Bullet Trains in the Shizuoka Prefecture and in all the stations between at least Tokyo and Osaka!

Poster found at the bottom of the stairs leading to the Tokaido Local Line in Shizuoka JR Station reminding commuters and passengers that the whole area including the platforms are non-smoking!

All local lines, including the Tokaido Line trains have been non-smoking for quite a while and the responsible authorities have been quite aggressive about it with a flurry of new signs being stuck everywhere.

Sign seen in Shiuzoka JR Station!

Bi-lingual, so no arguing, that is unless you want discuss the grammar!

Same sign inside Fujieda JR Station!

The non-smoking “box) on the Shinkasen platform inside Shizuoka JR Station.

Now, why are the rules not only different but confusing for the Shinkansen trains!
Interestingly enough it seems that the East Japan Railways have a different attitude as they seem to be the only line (between at least Tokyo and Osaka, and further?).
I recently rode Shinkasen trains moving east/north from Tokyo and they are all entirely non-smoking!

At least smokers on the Shinkasen tracks in Shiuoka JR Station have been asked (only very recently) to damage their health on their own cubicle at the very far side of the platform in front the 16th carriage door!
By the way what do they mean by “for adult smokers only”?

The only problem is that the 16th carriage is non-smoking!

Non-smoking signs are posted above heads and….

and at your feet, but….

Only the No 8 carriage is indicated as smoking allowed,…

But once you are inside the train you find out that the No 8 carriage is non-smoking!

Now somewhere in the middle of the train a map clearly indicates that carriages 10 and 15 are smoking allowed, a fact which is not advertised on the platforms!