Baird Beer

It is not the purpose of this blog to promote beer or any specific product, oh hell maybe it is! One of the main reasons for wintering over in this part of Japan was to spend time with our friend Chris and his wife Satch in Numazu.  Chris is the brewer at one of Japan's better craft breweries, Baird Beer.  Anyway they have just opened a new brewery in Shuzenji area and Chris moved over to Mishimi to make the commute to work easier.  The new brewery is in a beautiful setting of what used to be a campground on the Kano River.  There are fruit trees and gardens on the grounds and we must say a very picturesque setting not to mention an impressive brewery. They still have the original Taproom in Numazu area.  We had problems finding a place to put Sari Timur in Numazu and talking with people we met on the rally from Numazu it would be very difficult if not impossible to bring a boat the size of Sari Timur for an entire winter.  This fact plus the fact Chris moved out of Numazu kind of made the decision to stay in sleepy Tannowa more attractive.

In November other friends of ours Bill and Martha flew in from San Diego so we did some road tripping.  There are some posts already from some of those road trips.  But the finale came with a weekend in the Mishimi/Numazu area.  Here are some pictures

The New Brewery

Martha, Chris, Bill, Pauline, Mark, and Dion all except Martha have lived in Grand Haven

Another Pic facing the bar.  

This is where they make beer

This is where they store it while it is aging

This is where they test it on the public

The milling machine.  Sure beats doing it by hand