Homebrew Hanami

Hanami ostensibly means "flower viewing" in Japanese. But it really means waiting for all the sakura to bloom so that all and sundry can pour into the parks with the perfect excuse to eat and drink to excess and behave abominably.

BEERS organised a hanami in Yoyogi Park for the second year in a row. Last year a few of us brought a few bottles of homebrew. Somehow this year it turned into a bit of an extravaganza with five 11-L party kegs of beer that was as good as any you'd find in any brewpub. There was a superbly crafted ordinary bitter and biere de garde by anonymous brew guru #1, a Hefeweizen and a Helles lager by anonymous up and coming all-grain brew guru #2, and a low carbonated APA by yours truly and my trusty brewing partner, the anonymous man in the psychodelic T-shirt. That's me with my APA in the photo (cute gloves huh?). I don't know how Hymie the android got admitted, but being a robot he probably didn't drink much. It was a very fun, very cool event (in more ways than one) drinking some great home-made craft beer. I'm already looking forward to next year!

And a big shout out to Rei-chan for the photo!