Tomorrow, October 22nd (Friday), I need to take the day off due to some unavoidable circumstances.
I apologize for any inconvenience, and thank you for your understanding.
While I'm at it, I should mention that I'm also taking October 28th (Thursday) off.
That's the day after the second round of that thing, so I'm playing it safe.
↑This image has absolutely nothing to do with the content of this post.
Tomorrow's conductor is Maestro Yuzo Toyama (age 90),
and with a program of Brahms' 2nd and 4th symphonies—pieces we've definitely performed many times before—
the relatively standard repertoire
means less physical strain compared to complicated pieces, new works we've never performed,
or long pieces like Mahler's symphonies.
This is completely off-topic, but
Fentimans Ginger Beer and
A&W Root Beer (these are the brand names)
root beer (the generic term)
both say "BEER" on them, but they're both non-alcoholic soft drinks.
Root beer isn't exclusive to this brand—it's a generic term like lemonade.
However, when people in Japan just say "root beer," they're usually referring to A&W's version.
Recently, this drink's flavor has noticeably changed.
The taste seems slightly weaker, and that medicinal liniment-like aftertaste
has become much less pronounced. It's not just my imagination.
Looking more carefully, the can design has also changed,
with the old version on the left and the new version on the right in the image above,
and the new version has a slightly darker wood grain color,
and the shape of the foam dripping down the can is different,
the old version has "Aged Vanilla" written on it, while the new one doesn't,
and the location of the "Caffeine Free" label is different,
and most decisively, the calorie count is different.
The old version shows 170 kcal.
At the import food store where I usually buy this,
old and new versions used to be mixed together a while back,
but now I only see the new version,
so they've completely switched over.
I once wrote about how the milk fat content in Seven-Eleven milk changed and the "3.6" marking disappeared,
and I received a comment saying that "milk fat content changes seasonally because cows' water intake differs between summer and winter,"
but this root beer change doesn't seem to be like that.
↑Old version
↑New version
The expiration dates on the Japanese warning labels applied by the import distributor
differ by about two weeks.
The switchover happened very recently.
I apologize for any inconvenience, and thank you for your understanding.
While I'm at it, I should mention that I'm also taking October 28th (Thursday) off.
That's the day after the second round of that thing, so I'm playing it safe.
↑This image has absolutely nothing to do with the content of this post.
Tomorrow's conductor is Maestro Yuzo Toyama (age 90),
and with a program of Brahms' 2nd and 4th symphonies—pieces we've definitely performed many times before—
the relatively standard repertoire
means less physical strain compared to complicated pieces, new works we've never performed,
or long pieces like Mahler's symphonies.
This is completely off-topic, but
Fentimans Ginger Beer and
A&W Root Beer (these are the brand names)
root beer (the generic term)
both say "BEER" on them, but they're both non-alcoholic soft drinks.
Root beer isn't exclusive to this brand—it's a generic term like lemonade.
However, when people in Japan just say "root beer," they're usually referring to A&W's version.
Recently, this drink's flavor has noticeably changed.
The taste seems slightly weaker, and that medicinal liniment-like aftertaste
has become much less pronounced. It's not just my imagination.
Looking more carefully, the can design has also changed,
with the old version on the left and the new version on the right in the image above,
and the new version has a slightly darker wood grain color,
and the shape of the foam dripping down the can is different,
the old version has "Aged Vanilla" written on it, while the new one doesn't,
and the location of the "Caffeine Free" label is different,
and most decisively, the calorie count is different.
The old version shows 170 kcal.
At the import food store where I usually buy this,
old and new versions used to be mixed together a while back,
but now I only see the new version,
so they've completely switched over.
I once wrote about how the milk fat content in Seven-Eleven milk changed and the "3.6" marking disappeared,
and I received a comment saying that "milk fat content changes seasonally because cows' water intake differs between summer and winter,"
but this root beer change doesn't seem to be like that.
↑Old version
↑New version
The expiration dates on the Japanese warning labels applied by the import distributor
differ by about two weeks.
The switchover happened very recently.