{"id":2020,"date":"2012-06-15T11:45:13","date_gmt":"2012-06-15T02:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2012-06-15\/2020"},"modified":"2012-06-15T11:45:13","modified_gmt":"2012-06-15T02:45:13","slug":"a-visit-to-suntorys-kyoto-beer-brewery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2012-06-15\/2020","title":{"rendered":"A Visit to Suntory’s Kyoto Beer Brewery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
\nNOTE<\/b>: Images with an icon next to them have been artificially shrunk to better fit your screen; click the icon to restore them, in place, to their regular size.\n<\/div>\n\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>500 sec, f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 2200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nFresh Out of the Oven<\/span>\nso to speak\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Two months ago I posted about a visit<\/span> to Suntory's Yamazaki\nwhisky distillery<\/a> a ways<\/span> south of Kyoto. After that tour was done, we (Paul Barr\nand I) hopped into a taxi<\/span> for the 10 minute ride to hit the tour at Suntory's beer brewery<\/a>,\nin Nagaokakyo city, an area where I happened<\/span> to have lived in the mid 90s.<\/p>\n\n

Unlike the old distillery, which is full of sweet aroma and deep, rich\nphotogenic character at every turn, the beer brewery is a bastion<\/span> of modern\nsterile industrial design, featuring all the warmth and character of the\ninside of a hospital's<\/span> stainless-steel sink.<\/p>\n\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 50mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>320 sec, f<\/span>\/4, ISO 560 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nBrewing-Vat Icebergs<\/span>\nthey extend far below floor level\n<\/div>\n\n

Since there was nothing really appealing to my normal photographic\ninterests, I thought<\/span> I'd see what I could<\/span> do with the “industrial look”. The big pipes<\/span> running into these things, seen from a distance<\/span> in the center\nof the shot above, offered a lot<\/span> of detail...<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>500 sec, f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 720 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>500 sec, f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 1600 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nRigid<\/span>\n
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<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>500 sec, f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 2000 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nFlow<\/span>\n
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A closer-up version of the photo above is the first pic in “A Dual<\/span> Photo\nYing-and-Yang-ish “What am I?” Quiz<\/a>” from the other day.<\/p>\n\n

Update: this photo makes an excellent<\/i> login-screen photo. I'm using it for the login screen\non my NAS, and I'm tickled with the apparent appropriateness of it each time I encounter it.<\/p>\n\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>500 sec, f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 6400 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nTapered<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

I was much more in my element in the drinking room after the tour, where\nyou get two big glasses of beer (or juice or tea).<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>500 sec, f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 3600 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nMy Glass #1<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

I made ample use of my camera, not because I wanted<\/span> to possess an\nadvertisement-worthy picture of a beer<\/span> glass, but because I wanted<\/span> to see\nwhether<\/i> I could<\/span> produce an advertisement-worthy picture of a beer<\/span>\nglass. Just dabbling to see what I can<\/span> do is the same reason I took<\/span>\npictures of the transit of\nVenus<\/a>, the recent annular eclipse<\/a>, or the\nstaged whisky shots seen in the distillery-visit\npost<\/a>. (I look<\/span> at “Trying My Hand at Product\nPhotography<\/a>” from five years ago, where I did<\/span> something similar,\nand cringe.)<\/p>\n\n

Anyway, these shots are more for my own fun, along the lines of\n“half the fun is getting there”. Most have had a fair<\/span> amount of\npost processing in Lightroom.<\/p>\n\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>500 sec, f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 1100 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nOops<\/span>\nthe beer-glass equivalent of a tree sticking out from someone's head\n<\/div>\n\n

I felt that the background rows of cans had potential for something interesting, but I just<\/span> couldn't find it.<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>500 sec, f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 640 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nZzzzzzzz......<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>500 sec, f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 2500 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nTasty<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>500 sec, f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 3200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nMaster of the Tap<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>500 sec, f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 2200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nPull<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D3 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 44mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>200 sec, f<\/span>\/4, ISO 1600 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nMe in Action<\/span>\n(if your definition of the word “action” is generous)\nphoto by Paul Barr<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>500 sec, f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 2200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nThe Human Element<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

I probably appreciated the human element more than the beer, and the more beer I appreciated,<\/span> the more I appreciated<\/span> everything. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n

After everyone had their drinks in hand, there was a presentation<\/span> on the\nproper pouring technique for this particular brew (which, if I would<\/span> have\npaid attention fully, I would<\/span> be able to recount, but I merely<\/span> recall that\nthe procedure was somehow different for this brew than for most beers.)<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>640 sec, f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nPresentation of the Glass<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>500 sec, f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 400 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nInitial Pour<\/span>\nto produce the head?\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>500 sec, f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 1100 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nThis Point Seems Important<\/span>\nif only I had been paying attention\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>500 sec, f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 800 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nPride in Her Work<\/span>\na perfect glass\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>500 sec, f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 2500 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

The second photo on the ying-and-yang quiz<\/a> is an\nextreme close-up of the lip of a full<\/span> glass, with not much in focus except\npart of the rim and some of the bubbles on the head of beer.<\/p>\n\n

Continued here...<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Two months ago I posted about a visit to Suntory's Yamazaki whisky distillery a ways south of Kyoto. After that tour was done, we (Paul Barr and I) hopped into a taxi for the 10 minute ride to hit the tour at Suntory's beer brewery, in Nagaokakyo city, an area where I happened to have lived in the mid 90s.<\/p>

Unlike the old distillery, which is full of sweet aroma and deep, rich photogenic character at every turn, the beer brewery is a bastion of modern sterile industrial design, featuring all the warmth and character of the inside of a [...]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,1,2,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2020"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2020\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}