Welcome back, Whiskey Philosopher. And today I'm going to educate you about what I say is maybe the most dangerous drink in Japan. This is called Chuhai. And for those of you who don't know it, for those of you who live here, you know this very well. And Chuhai is, I don't know, what is that? It's made from potatoes. Right, let me think. Sake is made from rice. And Chuhai is... sorry, Shochu. Sorry. Chuhai is made with Shochu. Shochu and fruit juice mixed together. And it's carbonated. And part of me, Shochu is made from potato. Yeah. And so these drinks, these Chuhai, they come in all different flavors. And they come in like 5%, 9%, this is 9%. And I heard that recently they're coming in 12%, and I haven't had one of those. So basically it's like wine strength almost, or really strong beer if it's the 9%. And the problem is that they're so damn delicious. And they go down so easily. You know, in the warm weather, you know, you're pounding these at a barbecue or a beach. You're going to be in a hurry. You're going to be in some trouble. And a good thing about them, however. So for drier taste, or maybe the guys have drier taste, I don't know. This one's called bitter lemon. And that's kind of a nice balance between sweet and sour. And I also like grapefruit. And the lemon is a little too. Lemon was the original flavor. Lemon is a little too sour for me. Actually, it gets your stomach a little bit. And but now the flavors have just gotten out of control in a good way. Attracting the female crowd, right? There's pineapples and apple and cherry. And I don't even know what else. It's just all kinds of flavors that the ladies like. And which is a good thing. Because this brings me to part two of what I wanted to say today. Part me. Oh, that's good, man. And the carbonation and it really, really makes it go down easy. Part two is thinking when I was in high school, and even early university. I mean, mostly in high school. Think of back then. Now I'm talking to my high school friends who might be tuning in here. Think about what there was for young ladies to drink back then. It was nothing. Right? And even for us guys, right? I mean, when I was like Miller High Life, just thinking back to the beers that were, you know, those parties out in the woods, a secret illegal, a baby girl, secret illegal parties for teens. Hey, 3D monkey. And what was it for, you know, unless, you know, unless you get some young lady to like Miller High Life, which we barely liked, right? I mean, there was bud also, I suppose. And, you know, the ladies just weren't getting into the party mood, what I'm talking about. Shortly after that, I think after I graduated high school and got into university, through our Bartlett's and James, right? They're wine coolers. Those guys, damn sure they weren't real guys, but wherever that company was, man, they had the cultural idea pinned down. They knew, hey, we need to get the girls drinking something here. And, hey, can you, uh? Okay, I'm back. Kind of lost where I was going there. So my neighbor came over and we had a chat. And this is another funny cultural note. So I've lived next to these folks, I don't know, 10 years. And I've seen this guy like, maybe a dozen times. And, uh, that's kind of a normal, I guess, for a lot of plays in Japan. But the guy on the other side of him has also been here like, about almost 10 years. And I've talked to him zero times. And I've seen him. In fact, I saw him tonight. That's like, maybe the sixth time I've seen him in 10 years. Total vampire action, man. Just, yeah. All right. Okay. The girls. Bartlett and James, they had it. They understood it. They knew the struggle. They're like, hey, these parties in the woods with Miller High Life and Bud not working. Right. The population is stagnant. Got to get something moving here. And they made it happen. They made it happen. So, but here in Japan, man, good grief. Holy cow. I mean, there are a lot of choices. We'll just end this one here with the most dangerous drink in Japan. If you agree, comment up because, you know, I've heard this from many folks who've left the country. This is one of the things they really miss, actually. And one of the cool things about this, you can buy an inventing machine. Almost anywhere, a vending machine, man. And nowadays, those vending machines, they work with a card. You like, you know, put your something, something card up there. And you get this. That's dangerous. That's really, really dangerous. Okay. So, I'm going to sign off. Catch you later.