At a Wine & Spirits Expo in Maruzakaya, Higashi Ginza, Yamaoka and Kurita see a man a who has become inebriated from tasting too many liquors. Later, President Ohara asks them to interview Shinichi Furuyoshi, the famous literary critic. When they meet him, they realise he is the man they saw earlier and he is drunk again.
酒仙とまで呼ばれる文芸評論家・古吉は“日本には本物の精神・文学を育てるスピリッツ（蒸留酒）がない”と嘆く。土郎はこれに異を唱え大衝突。古吉を納得させる酒は究極の酒・古酒しかない！！
