Mellow Out Party (ほろ酔い会）

　　The title of this entry is the term coined by me to describe the regular meeting that is held quarterly in the Matsuyama Chuo Lions Club to which I belong. Can you figure out the characteristics of the meeting from my translation?
　　It's a party to enjoy Japanese sake along with seasonal dishes, which go well with sake. Japan has four distinctive seasons and each season has a considerable amount of unique foods. Likewise, huge kinds of Japanese sake are produced across the country by the grace of pure water.
　　I live in Shikoku, which is the 4th biggest island of Japan, and there are more than 80 sake breweries in Shikoku. The hosts of the most recent party collected 28 representative sakes from 28 sake breweries. The scent and taste of some of those sake attracted me and I'll show you some below. Those dishes and sake were very nice and I unthinkingly drank too much. I lost my memory after leaving the party and getting on a tram, and I found myself in my bed the next morning on the receiving end of an icy stare from my wife.
　　By the way, I found a phrase "as drunk as an owl" in my dictionary. It seems to indicate "heavily drunken", so "Mellow Out Party" might be better if it was modified to "Owl Party", at least in my case.

(Vocabulary)
Mellow Out Party  ほろ酔い会　（注記：筆者による造語）
mellow (out) (酒などを飲んで) くつろぐ, いい気分になる
mellow sb out …をいい気分にさせる, くつろがせる
coin 〈新語など〉を作り出す; 〈貨幣〉を鋳造する
the disk jockey who coined the term "rock 'n' roll"  「ロックンロール」という新語を作り出したディスクジョッキー
quarterly 　年４回, 四半期ごとに
by the grace of God　神の恵みによって
on the receiving end （攻撃・非難などの）的になって

Comments

[KUMO]

Thank you for writing! And, sorry to have missed your comment for a long time. I noticed your comment today. "shunk" is storeed in my mind.　(^o^):Japanese smilie

[Shiroi Tora]

Although I rarely drink, I LOVE the taste of the sake I had recently bought:
Sho Chiku Bai Nigori Unfiltered Sake (Silky Mild).

I have only been drunk once in my life (I vomited for two days)...and so, I don't like alcohol as a rule. However, I really love the taste of this sake.

I mostly get in the mood for some sake after a delicious meal, and while I am watching a Japanese drama. The way the characters seem to enjoy their sake makes me crave it. Even still, my wife would use up the bottle for cooking before I could ever finish it. This is the first solely drinking sake I have ever tasted. I think I will be drinking this particular sake far more often...although, I still won't drink more than a very small portion at a time.

I, also, had never heard of the phrase, "as drunk as an owl". I have often heard the phrase, "Drunk as a skunk"...although it had never made sense to me. Perhaps it is because of the skunk's often used handstand forepaw walking style when threatened and is about to spray.

Sorry to hear about the evil eye you had gotten from your wife.
I hope you won't be in the dog house for long :)

[Jennie]

I have never heard the expression "drunk as an owl" before! How funny as I can't imagine owls being drunk or seeming drunk at all, but I looked it up and it does seem to be used. Hope you weren't in too much trouble.