Highball

My tennis circle's name  is "Highball". This is no relation to highball of the whiskey with soda, but everyone mistakes for it. Because of my circle's name, my friends made me drink highball yesterday. So, I introduce the history of highball in Japan. A highball was usually drunk 30 years ago because the students who didn't have money wanted to get drunk at a low price and early. However, because of change of economic conditions, whiskey was not drunk several years ago. So, Suntory appointed Koyuki（Japanese actress） as CM, in order to wipe away an old image. As a result, although only this is not a reason, of course, it is very popular to drink.

Whiskeyyyyy!

I went to Osaka for job-hunting today.
When I rode the train, it passed through Yamazaki station.
There are whiskey factories of suntory.
The whiskey which is made there is one of the most popular and expensive in Japan.
These whiskey are called to Yamazaki,
 and they go through several name changes for level of aging.
We can reach easy to Yamazaki 10years relatively.
The person who can't drink whiskey should drink with soda.
I recommend to drink with ginger ale.
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Name

"Yamazaki 10years"

Type

Whiskey

Price

4,000yen/700ml

Vosne Romanee 1er Cru Cros Parantoux 1994(Henri Jayer)

Do you know the Japanese program "Ninkimonodeikou"? It is one of the best popular in new year TV program. This program checks the level of showmanship. If the participants can't questions, their level fall down. For the first time, everyone has the rank of major artists, but each mistake causes decrease of their rank, for example, normal artists, second class artists, third class artists, look-alike the person and don't need to cinematograph. There are some questions and one question is to evaluate the top-on-the-line wine. This price is one million yen. Another wine is 3 thousand yen in Australia. We probably think it is very easy, but the participants can't evaluate them. The wine which is used is Vosne Romanee 1er Cru Cros Parantoux 1994(Henri Jayer) . I sometimes drink wine, but if I have some money which I can buy it, I would use other way. Can you want to buy it if you have some money?

Otoso

A HAPPY NEW YEAR！
It is New Year's Day today, so I introduce Japanese custom.
We usually drink "Otoso." Otoso is made of mirin.
A lot of Japanese people are convinced otoso is Japanese sake, but it is mirin.
From the first, otoso was drunk in China in Sangokushi period, and in Heian period, otoso was transmitted from China.

Mirin is expensive and it was said that otoso called fortune, so even now, otoso is loved.

Otoso is very good for health. Can you drink it? 

IICHIKO

Last week, I wrote the Imo-shochu, so I would like to write Mugi-shochu.

Mugi means wheat. It is said that Mugi-shochu is light and it is easy to drink it. 

The most famous Mugi-shochu is IICHIKO.

IICHIKO is said "Napoleon of a downtown area", and it is one of the best popular in Japan. 

Name

"IICHIKO"

Type

A wheat

Price

951yen/900ml

chanmery

It is X'mas today, so I introduce "Chanmery."

I don't know chanmery is sold only in Japan.

"Chanmery" makes "Chan" of champagne and "Mary" of merry Christmas the origin of a word. 

In Japan, Chanmery is usually drunk in X'mas.

However, it is difficult for major companies to enter into chanmery manufacture for a low of protecting minor companies.

I'm taking part in X'mas party tonight, and I'm going to drink a chanmery probably. 

3M

Do you know "3M in Kagoshima" in shochu?
I introduced "Maou" and "Moriizou" last week.
The other is "Murao."
Murao is one of the best shochu in Japan, and this is called "premium shochu",too.
This is made in Murao shuzou. For premium shochu, this shochu deal with the high price.
Of course, I don't drink it, and I would like to drink some day.

Name

"Murao"

Type

A sweet potato

Price

1900~2800yen/1800ml (the list price)

9,800~19800yen/1800ml(the premium price)

Moriizou

Do you know "Moriizou"?
This is the best famous shochu in Japan.

It is very difficult to get this alcohol at a fixed price.
For example, it can be got by telephone reservation by a limited time offer.
However, the probability which can be got by telephone reservation is said to be 0.2%.

This is dealt with in my working restaurant for only the best regular customer, and this is the only merchandise that he has carried  into the store by himself.

Name

"Moriizou"

Type

A sweet potato

Price

3,205~3,865yen/1800ml (the list price)

39,800yen/1800ml(the premium price)

shochu

This week and next week, I introduce "Shochu."


The shochu which I would like to introduce first is the "Maou." It means the Devil, and it was named a meaning called the special alcohol brought about by evil spirits.

It is popular to be also called king in shochu. It is not easy for us to get it, but this is very good taste, so I would like to drink it. Of course, it is dealt with in my working restaurant for regular customer.

Name

"Maou"

Type

A sweet potato

Price

2,887yen/1800ml (the list price)

12,000yen/1800ml(the premium price)

Suzune

Today, I would like to introduce Japanese sake which is a little strange.

It is “Suzune” which is made by Ichinokura.

Suzune is a carbonic acid in spite of being sake.

It is easy for the person which can’t drink dry Japanese sake to drink it.

And, this is lower alcohol than usual Japanese sake, so you can drink easier than others.

Name

Ichinokura "Suzune"

Taste

A little sweet

Price

750yen

Manjyu

I introduce the Japanese sake that is the highest price in the Japanese restaurant which I am working.　This is “Kubota Manjyu.” It is made by Asahisyuzo. Kubota Manjyu is one of the most popular Japanese sake in Japan, and it is evaluated highly for quality and taste with a transparent feeling. I have drunk “Kubota Hyakujyu”. It is the lowest price in this series. But I haven’t drunk “Kubota Manjyu”, so I would like to try to drink it if I could get job.

Name
"Kubota Manjyu" 

Taste

A little dry

Price

8169yen

Miyozakae

This Japanese sake is made from Shiga, and the person which live in Shiga likes it.
It contains alcohol a little more than other popular Japanese sake.
Moreover, this is very dry, so the person who can't drink Japanese sake is not good at drinking a little.
But, it is usually sold in the Japanese restaurant which I am working.
It is not expensive, and we can get it even in convenience store, so can you drink it?

Name
"Miyozakae" 

Taste

Very dry

Price

1180yen

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Yamadanishiki

Today, I would like to introduce Japanese sake which is my best favorite.

The price of this sake is 780 yen, so very cheap. However, “Yamadanishiki” is the best famous brewer's rice in Japan, and this brewer's rice is used for popular Japanese sake in many cases. This Japanese sake is a dry taste, so the person who is not good at drinking Japanese sake may not be good. But, I love it., so please try to drink!

Name
Kuromatsu hakushika "Yamadanishiki"

Taste

Little dry

Price

780yen

Red wine

I drank the red wine which is got my birthday gift yesterday with my friends, but I'm not good at drinking red wine, so I was not able to drink it all.

Since it was wasteful to have thrown away, I decided to use it for cooking.

It is very easy to cook, and very good taste.

Next, I would like to try to cook with white wine!

I forgot to take a picture,

 so I used the picture which is taken by other person.

wine special edition

I think I introduce only wine in this week,so I introduce most favorite wine today.
It is yellow tail, and also in it, moscato is recommended.

I feel this wine is not wine, and I think as muscat juice of a fine carbolic acid.
This wine is felt refreshed very much, and very cheep.
If you buy it in Seiyu, you can get it to under 1000 yen.

A cost performance of this wine is very very good, so can you drink it?

Beaujolais Nouveau

I write the blog about alcohol, but I write the article only cocktail. Therefore, I write the blog about wine for changing feeling today. In fact, I became 21 years old this month, and got the birthday gift from my friends yesterday. This gift is Beaujolais Nouveau. I haven't drunk it yet, so I research this wine. Beaujolais is a name of the place of production of French wine, and Nouveau means "new" in French, so Beaujolais Nouveau means wine of the green wine made from the grape from the Beaujolais area. This wine is so-so in this year, so I would like to drink early.

Healthy

I made cassis soda with keeping in my house.
The other days, by accident, I got a cider of zero calorie which was remained in my friends.
A liquor is very high calorie, so I'm not good at drinking a lot of quantity.
A zero calorie's cider is sweet, so the cassis soda which I made was sweeter than usual.
But if it is really healthy, I would like to drink more and more.

Name
Cassis Soda

 Material

Cassis liquor　       　　40ml

Cider（Zero calorie）　Proper quantity

Lemon slice                 1 sheet

dead drunk

I went to the bar with internship's member yesterday.
I ordered moscow mule after a long time.
Indeed, since I am dead drunk thanks to vodka, I'm afraid to drink a vodka.
But yesterday, I could drink it without being dead drunk.
Do you experience to be dead drunk?

Name

Moscow Mule

 Material

Vodka　          45ml

Lime juice      15ml 

Ginger ale    Proper quantity

Lime slice      1 sheet

Can you go back to your house by twelve?

Is this phrase "Can you go back to your house by twelve?" heard?
Yes, this is "Cinderella."
There are a lot of kinds of cocktail in the world, so there is the cocktail is named Cinderella.

Name

Cinderella

 Material

Orange juice　    20ml

Pineapple juice   20ml 

Lemon juice       20ml

Alcohol is not contained in this cocktail. 

However, since it has shaken, you can feel atmosphere.

Can you challenges drinking this cocktail if you can't drink alcohol? 

The pronoun of the cocktail in one gulp

If you go to tavern and you want to drink alcohol, you are always heard”Which alcohol do you order for first drink, beer or cassis orange?”

Almost all girls tend to order a cassis orange.

A cassis orange is one of the most famous cocktails in Japanese tavern.

I’m afraid of putting on weight, and I don’t want to drink it recently. But when I drink the cocktail in one gulp, I want to drink cassis orange as low alcohol.

In addition, cassis liqueur is comparatively cheap, so we can get and make easier.

Can you make this cocktail?

Name

Cassis orange

 Material

Cassis liqueur 　　　40 ml

Orange juice　　Proper quantity