This is a collection of ephemera from our time in Japan. We were fortunate enough to spend ten wonderful days in what is truly an amazing country. These scraps, maps, tickets, posters and old comics each hold a part of our memory. Beer (truly) Loves Japan.

SPAM? Why SPAM? Why share this and why now? The answer is both as frightening and unnatural as the canned “meat” product from which it takes its name. Dear reader we share this image of pinkish meat product to address another form of spam: bot comments on our site.

This Friday, and the last Friday of every month from now on, we will be sharing our favorite spam comment (and SPAM image). The November winner is below. Read it, savor it and think about what this could possibly have to do with Thanksgiving leftovers (or selling the North Face vests, for that matter).

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After breaking the tragic news that the release of Southampton Publick House Russian Imperial Stout is cancelled for 2012, we decided a little levity was in order. We offer here a post collecting of images from our trip this past fall to Southampton. Over the last three years we have headed out to Eastern Long Island, before Halloween, with the intention to grab some pumpkins and try some beer. Our destinations have been Hank’s Pumpkintown (which was insanley packed this year) and Southampton Publick House. Last year we even stopped at Duck Walk Vineyards, which is across from Hanks’s, but this year we opted not to as it seemed like every parent out there decided to drown their sorrows in some vino.

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