Archive for July, 2010
Beer Review – Syuzan Kaido Beer Weizen
Posted by bradinator in Beer, Beer Tasting, Japan, Photography on July 29, 2010
Name: Haneda Sake Breweries Syuzan Kaido Weizen Beer
Origin: Japan
Style: Wheat Ale (5%)
Appearance: A cloudy yellow-peach like colour. Nice medium head.
Taste: The aroma is smells strongly of flowers, insence and banana. The flavours are powerful and rich sweet fruity malts, with strong notes of banana. It finishes slightly bitter, but mostly sweet and fruity.
Mouth Feel: Soft mouth feel, not overly filling. Medium body.
Final Thoughts (3.5 out of 5): A very rich, fruity wheat ale. The banana like flavours are very strong and would be most people off… But most people are put off by wheat ales in general.
I drank this in the movie theatre watching a Miyazaki movie!
Routine of the Day – Tanjoubi (The Bradinator)
Posted by bradinator in Fitness, Japan, Photography, Routines on July 28, 2010
Routine of the Day – The Bradinator (誕生日)
For time complete 30 repetitions of each of the follow.
1 – Handstand Pushups
2 – Burpees
3 – L-Sit (30 seconds)
4 – Pushups
5 – Squats
6 – Situps
7 – Decline Pushups
8 – Sumo Squats
9 – Inclince Pushups
10 – Mountain Climbers (2-count)
11 – Leg Raises
12 – Alternating Pushups
13 – Alternating Lunges
14 – Dips (3 count for chair, total 90)
15 – Jumping Jack Pushups
Final time – 15:39
大きな木です。。。
Beer Review – The Master Pilsner
Posted by bradinator in Beer, Beer Tasting, Japan, Photography, Travel on July 28, 2010
Name: Asahi, The Master Pilsner
Origin: Japan
Style: Pilsner (5.5%)
Appearance: It pours with a medium head, that has decent retention. Its a dark gold, clear colour.
Taste: The aroma consists of copper and grasses. This is a very bitter beer, with strong herbal flavours, some earthy notes. It finishes bitter and ashy.
Mouth Feel: A sharp, strongly carbonated mouth feel. Light bodied.
Final Thoughts (2.0 out of 5): As far as canned pilsners go, this is no master.
Routine of the Day – Nishinomiya #1
Posted by bradinator in Fitness, Japan, Routines on July 27, 2010
Just because I am travelling does not mean I cannot spend 20 minute exercise.
日本に いるので、 運動を できますよ。
Routine of the Day – Complete in 20 minutes
- 50 Handstand Pushups (Got 61)
- 100 Burpees (Got 98)
- 200 Pushups (Finished 190)
- 300 Squats (Got 240)
Homebrew – Moved to Secondary, added oak chips
Posted by bradinator in Beer, Home Brewing on July 25, 2010
The lid on one of my plastic fermenter buckets is not the best. It does not make a seal so I am always hesitant to leave my beer in it for longer than a week. This is a good reason to move my beer to the secondary carboy, which will give me a cleaner looking final product.
I decided to take this as an opportunity to pitch 1/2 oz (about 10g) of french oak chips I had sitting in my bag of ingredients. I could not begin to guess how old they are, but being wood I doubt they go bad.
The gravity reading was a perfect 1.010. By the time I return from Japan this beer will be ready for bottling… Though I doubt I will have the energy to do this after the long flight….
Routine of the Day – Vs. Pukie the Clown
Posted by bradinator in Fitness, Routines on July 25, 2010
Warm Up – 3 Rounds for Time
- 10 Pullups
- 20 Pushups
- 30 Situps
- 40 Squats
Time was 4:41
Routine of the Day – 7 Rounds for Time (25 minute Time Limit)
- 10 Handstand Pushups
- 15 Pullups
- 20 Kettlebell Swings (1 pood)
- 25 Pushups (on Pushup Bar)
- 30 Sumo Squats (w/ 16kg)
Final time was 23:40.
Hiking – Old Goat Glacier
Posted by bradinator in Hiking, Hobbies, Photography on July 25, 2010
I cannot think of a better way to spend a beautiful summer day than on a mountain. I highly recommend Where the Locals Hike in the Canadian Rockies if you are looking for both rewarding and challenging trials. It should be noted that the couple that wrote this book are avid hikers and when they say “moderate to challenging difficulty” be prepared for a physically demanding hike.
Yesterday we located Old Goat Glacier trial with the help of that book.
The rest of the pictures can be seen in the gallery.