This is Alco, one of my most favorite places in the world. It's just a three minute bike ride from my wife's parents' house. Alco is a giant liquor store with prices that beat anything I've found so far in San Antonio. Therefore, I did a wee bit of souvenir shopping before heading home:
Purchase #1
Suntory Single Malt Whiskey aged 12 years
Can't leave Japan without a bottle of Yamazaki. Check out a commercial for it here.
Purchase #2
Bowmore Darkest Islay Scotch
I like my Scotch smoky and peaty and no region delivers finer than the Isle of Islay. This here hooch is Sherry casked which only stands to enhance its earthiness. I could drink it with a fork. At any rate, what I really need to do is hop on a plane to Switzerland and buddy up with the guy that shot this hot Islay footage.
Purchase #3
This one requires a bit of background. You see, I already had this bottle...
of Habuzake stocked in my bar here in Texas. The problem was that I couldn't open it because I had no Awamori to refill it with. You see, Habuzake is the Everlasting Gobstopper of reptilian-based alcoholic beverages. However much you drink, refill the bottle with Awamori and let it steep a while, you'll never run out! So, my third purchase, naturally...
a 1.8 liter tanker of Awamori! Let the Habuzake flow!
Holy crap, that snake-liquor is freaky!
Posted by: CBK | November 20, 2006 at 11:03 AM