The started putting unfiltered London Pride in little cans and it isn't half bad, the more restrained English hops are sometimes the antidote you need to the usual bombast.
Asahi, on the other hand, is generic bland lager number 5835. Despite their corporate overlords, Beavertown still seem to be cranking out some good brews and to be honest, there's no point buying these things if you're going to mess them up in ways that defeat the object of buying them in the first place. Meantime, for instance, was bland when they were independent, and they're still bland now.
I was forced – forced – to seek shelter from the cold rain in The Experiment (shared taproom for Pressure Drop and Verdant) yesterday evening. Some young woman, who I've never met, made me eat a slice of vegan pizza. It wasn't disappointing, it was exactly as bad as I feared.
Madame Pingu, what no Tokyo* Death?