Celebrating “Respect for the Aged Day” a Little Early

By Iron Chef Leftovers

Note: Respect for the Aged Day is a Japanese holiday celebrated annually to honor elderly citizens.

I happened to go into {REDACTED}* today looking to purchase a bottle of Sam Adams Infinitum since a friend of mine highly recommended it and {REDACTED} had it last time I was in there.

Well, they didn’t have it, so I decided to see if there was anything else interesting. They had an IPA from Driftwood Brewing in Victoria BC which I picked up. Last time Mrs. Iron Chef and I were in Victoria, our bartender at a wine bar and I got into a beer discussion and he highly recommended Driftwood. I didn’t get a chance to sample it, so I picked up a bottle. As I was looking, I saw something out of the corner of my eye that got me excited. Then another, and another. When all was said and done, these fine specimens followed me home…

DSCN0280 — Yep. I purchased 5 bottles of Pliny the Elder. No, I won't tell you where I got them, but if you are nice, I might share them with you.

No limit, so I cleaned them out. If they had more, I would have bought it. I am one very happy Iron Chef right now. It was like Christmas in January.

* I {REDACTED} the name of the establishment where I made my purchase because, well, I like that I have a source of potentially getting Pliny that doesn’t limit me to one beer a day.