An old colleague of mine from Newark, NJ, called me to help him out with a project of his. He wanted to commercialize his craft beer and make mass productions off of it, but he wanted a makeover for his product. I kept asking him what the product should look like, but he had nothing. So I asked him what he liked. He rambled on about the legends he heard from his travels and research. Then he started talking about his favorite flavors and his favorite color. The most information I gathered from my client was a mythical creature called Suzaku, the vermilion bird, one of the four symbols of the Chinese constellations of fire; yeti, a large, muscular, man-like creature covered in white fur, living in the snow-covered mountains of Asia. His favorite types of beers are Tanteo Habanero Tequila, Soltado Spicy Añejo tequila, and cold brew alcohol. I took all that and tried to see what I could do.

Suzaku is a large, scarlet, phoenix-like bird. Suzaku is called the vermilion bird. The Vermilion bird is a mythological creature that represents fire and summer. Sometimes goes by the name of the Vermilion bird of the South. It is also one of the four symbols of the Chinese constellations of fire.

Yeti is a large, muscular, man-like creature covered in white fur, living in the snow-covered mountains of Asia. In western popular culture, the Yeti is commonly called the Abominable Snowman. Many dubious articles have offered attempts to prove the existence of the Yeti, including anecdotal visual sightings, disputed video recordings, photographs, and large plaster casts of footprints.