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Jul 24

Oh Japan… Whiskey and M&Ms from a vending machine

Posted on Friday, July 24, 2009 in Gear, Liquor

japan vending machine whiskey m&m

Is Japan not the weirdest, sickest country on earth? Whiskey AND M&Ms are #9 in the vending machine!!??  If I found a vending machine with bourbon and Reese’s, my life would be over, because I would have found heaven.  Unless, of course, all of my money was too crinkled up to go in the machine; that would be hell.

via Abux77 on Flickr

Jul 23

Blue beer made from glaciers

Posted on Thursday, July 23, 2009 in Beer, News

blue beer japan glacier ice seaweed

Here’s a new one for you. Beer from melted glaciers and seaweed.

Geekologie clues us in:

The Japanese, in their unending quest to make the awesomest stuff on the planet (minus robots), are manufacturing blue beer made from melted icebergs (take that you Titanic sinking bitch!). And, not to toot my own horn or anything, but I have already had colored beer on St. Patty’s day before. It made my throw up green!

And the official explanation:

Okhotsk Blue Draft stands out for its cool color and interesting (yet not off-putting) ingredients. The brew is made using water melted from icebergs that float each year onto Hokkaido beaches from the chilly Sea of Okhotsk, an arm of the North Pacific ocean bordered by Japan and Russia.