1) Upcoming Promotions! 2) Beer Quotes 3) Cooking With Beer 4) Beer Associations, Clubs, Guilds, and Societies 5) We are Growing ! *********************************************************** Coming Promotions: Snellville - Fri, Jan 15th Dogwood Cask Promotion 7:00 - 9:00 pm Very limited supply. . . come early! Fri, Jan 22nd Grolsch Glass Night 7:00 - 9:00 pm Drink a Grolsch and keep the glass While supplies last Fri, Jan 29th Bacardi and Bacardi Limon Promo 7:00 - 9:00 pm Lots of giveaways. . . shirts, koozies, etc While supplies last Sandy Springs - Thurs, Jan 14th Dogwood Cask Promotion 7:00 - 9:00 pm Very limited supply. . . come early! Thurs, Jan 21st Grolsch Glass Night 7:00 - 9:00 pm Drink a Grolsch and keep the glass While supplies last *********************************************************** Beer Quotes "And there are few things in this life so revolting as sipped beer. But let it go down your throat 'as suds go down a drain' , and you will quickly realize that this is a true friend, to be admitted to your most secret counsels. Long draughts with an open throat are the secret" -Maurice Healy, 1940 "Life, alas, Is very drear. Up with the glass! Down with the beer!" -Louis Untermeyer (1855-1977) "Wine is but single broth, Ale is meat, drink, and cloth" -16th Century English Proverb *********************************************************** Cooking With Beer Porter-Chili Paste Grilled Shrimp 12 ounces porter 1/3 cup toasted sesame oil 1 tbs frozen lime concentrate 2 tbs Thai fish sauce 5 cloves peeled, crushed garlic 2 ounces candied ginger 1 tsp powdered cardamom 1 tsp Chinese red chili paste 1 1/2 lbs shrimp (approx 30), heads removed, shells on 10 bamboo skewers, soaked in water 1. Blend Porter, sesame oil, lime juice concentrate, fish sauce, garlic, ginger, cardamom, and chili paste. Whisk well. 2. Rinse shrimp and place in a gallon sized zip lock bag, pour the marinade in, seal and refrigerate overnight. 3. Prepare a grill and thread the shrimp on the skewers, three pieces per skewer. Grill about 40-60 seconds on each side over a hop fire, or watch until the shells just turn orange-pink and the flesh starts to turn opque white, and then remove from grill. 4. Serve immediately Briny shrimp turn pungent and smoky when basted and grilled with this marinade. The drier and hoppier the beer, the more intense the chili flavors will be. Cooking With Beer by Lucy Saunders *********************************************************** Beer Associations, Clubs, Guilds, and Societies United States Clubs - * Beer Drinkers of America, Sacramento, CA 800-441-BEER ; publishes Heads Up, a politically driven newsletter * Chicago Beer Society, LaGrange, IL 847-692-BEER http://www.mcs.com/shamburg/cbs/cbshome/ Breweriana Collectors Clubs - * American Breweriana Association (ABA) Pueblo, CO 719-644-9267 * Beer Can Collectors of America (BCCA) Fenton, MO 314-343-6486 * Just for Openers, Durham, NC * Stein Collectors Intl, New Orleans, LA U.S. Mail-Order Beer Clubs - * Ale in the Mail 800-573-6325 * Beer Across America, Inc. Lake Bluff, IL 800-854-BEER http://www.beeramerica.com * Great American Beer Club, Lakemoor, IL 800-879-2747 * Hog's Head Beer Cellars, Greensboro, NC 800-992-CLUB * Worldwide Beer Club 888-2 BUY BEER U.S. Brewspapers - * Ale Street News email: alestreet@aol.com http://www.alestreetnews.com/ *Barley Corn * Celebrator Beer News email: tdalldorf@celebrator.com http://www.celebrator,com/ * Southern Draft Brew News http://www.southerndraft.com/ * Southwest Brewing News email: swbrewing@aol.com * Yankee Brew News ******All of the above publications can be found at TACO MAC ! ! ! (information taken from Beer For Dummies by IDG Books Worldwide) *********************************************************** We are Growing ! We are opening a new location in Cumming, Georgia very soon ! Keep your eyes and ears open. . . we've heard rumors about 200 taps ! ! Is it possible?? Don' t forget to make your plans for SUPERBOWL SUNDAY '99 ! At TACO MAC you will find plenty of great beer and even better wings! Please visit our website http://www.tacomac.com/