1) Promotions This Week
2) New Beers from Frederick Brewing
3) Beer Soup Recipe

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This Week at Taco Mac !

Fri, Nov 20th at Snellville
Redhook Winterhook Pint Night - 7:00 pm While supplies last.
Come in and try a pint of Redhook's Winter Seasonal and take home a pint 
glass.

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New Beers This Week!

This week's new brews come to us from the Frederick Brewing Co.  family of
award winning beers.  Their beers contain all natural ingredients and have
no additives or preservatives.  Each of our five new brands is made using a
natural brewing process - they never pasteurize.  State of the art brewing
techniques and bottling methods ensure consistency.

The Frederick Brewing Co.
Frederick, Maryland 21703
1-888-BLU-RIDG
http://www.fredbrew.com/

Wild Goose I.P.A. - New on draft !!
A crisp ale with a long aromatic hop finish.  Gold Medal winner at the 1997
World Beer Championship.
Malts:  Pale, Wheat, Crystal
Hop Varieties: Cascade, Kent Goldings, Tettnanger
Flavor Characteristics:  Medium bodied, dry, spicy bitterness, citrusy hop
aroma
Color:  DarkStraw
Alcohol by volume:  5.5%
Gravity:  14.0 Plato
Bitterness Units:  40

Wild Goose Snow Goose - New on draft !!
This is Wild Goose's winter seasonal
Malts: Pale, Crystal, Chocolate, Roasted Barley, Carapils, Wheat
Hops:  Cascade, Williamette, Fuggles, East Kent Goldings
Bitterness:  Medium
Hop aroma:  Medium
Color:  Dark Ruby Red
Gravity:  16.0 Plato

Brimstone Stone Beer - New on draft !!
A resurrection of an early brewing technique from the days before copper
kettles when brewers heated wort by dropping fire heated rocks into wooden
vessels.  The intense heat from the rocks caramelizes the worts sugars
which later releases subtle toffee flavor into the beer.
Voted "Best Local Beer" for Baltimore Magazine, 1996.

Blue Ridge Snowball's Chance - New on draft!!
Blue Ridge's Winter Brew
Snowball's Chance is made from all American ingredients:  barley malts,
Pacific Northwest hops, Yeast and water.  Just like all of Frederick
Brewing Co's beers it contains  no additives, no preservatives, and no
pasteurization.  Alcohol by volume 5.8%

Hempen Gold - New!!
Hempen Gold is a unique cream ale-smooth, mild and like our original Hempen
Ale - brewed with hemp seeds.  Imparting a mellow herbal flavor and aroma
to the beer, hemp seeds also give it a rich, creamy head.
Malts:  2 row, Munich 20
Hops:  Centennial, Saaz
Hops aroma:  low
Bitterness:  Moderate, 25 IBU
Color:  Golden
Gravity:  11.0 Plato
Alcohol by volume:  4.5%

All of the above are available on draft at Snellville immediately and will
be available at Sandy Springs by this weekend!  Toast in the winter with 
us!

Also available from Frederick Brewing Co. in bottles at Snellville and
Sandy Springs:

Blue Ridge E.S.B. Red
Blue Ridge Porter
Blue Ridge Wheat
Blue Ridge Golden Ale
Blue Ridge Amber Lager
Wild Goose I.P.A.
Hempen Ale

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Soup's On !!

Since we are featuring our new Stone Beer this week, we thought
you may want to try out this great recipe.  This recipe comes from:

Andy Finestone
Boscos Pizza Kitchen and Brewery
Germantown, TN

(1) medium onion, chopped
(2) stalks celery, chopped
(1) red bell pepper, chopped
(5) strips smoked bacon
1/4 cup olive oil
(2) quarts chicken stock
(1) pint of stone beer
(2) cups of heavy cream
(1) teaspoon fresh thyme
(2) tbs Tabasco
(1) tbs Worcestershire sauce
salt and pepper to taste
(8) ounces sharp yellow cheddar cheese
(2) ounces bleu cheese

Saute onion, celery, pepper, and bacon in olive oil.  Drain off the oils
and add stock, beer, and cream.  Bring just to a boil.  Add the remaining
ingredients.  If necessary, you can thicken with a mixture of (1) tbs of
firm butter combined with (1) tbs of flour. Serves 6.

Recipe from  Cooking & Eating With Beer by Peter La France.
Have a safe week.  We look forward to seeing you soon at Taco Mac.

Cheers!