THE TESTY TIMES 12-Jul-99 Edition LIVING SECTION: This Week's Promotions Cooking with Beer SPORTS SECTION: Weekly schedule BUSINESS SECTION: Stock Prices NEWS SECTION: Beer News Did You Know? ############################################################ LIVING SECTION ############################################################ This week's promotions! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hoegaarden Glass Giveaway Thu, July 15th Sandy Springs Fri, July 16th Snellville Sat, July 17th Cumming 7:00 pm, while supplies last! Buy a beer keep the glass! **don't forget to check out the calendar of events on our website: http://www.tacomac.com/cgi-bin/calendars/tacomac/WebEvent Cooking With Beer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cooking With Beer Midwestern Beer Cheese Soup 4 tsp butter 1/4 cup carrots, finely chopped 1/4 cup celery, finely chopped 1/2 cup onions, chopped finely 5 tbs flour 1 tsp paprika 1 tsp dry mustard 1 tbs Worcestershire sauce 12 oz beer ( a porter or bock for a deep bodied flavor) 1 cup chicken broth 1 lb cheddar cheese, grated 1 cup whipped cream Tabasco sauce Popcorn Saute carrots, celery and onions until tender. Stir in flour. Cook on low heat for 3 minutes taking care not to brown vegetables. Stir in paprika, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, beer and chicken broth. Whisk until smooth. Add grated cheese Increase heat and bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer 5-10 mins, scraping the bottom of the pan periodically. Remove from heat and fold in whipped cream. Add Tabasco sauce to taste. For that authentic Wisconsin flair, serve with several kernels of popcorn floating in each bowl. (Beer Lovers Companion, by Josh Leventhal) ############################################################ SPORTS SECTION ############################################################ Wed, July 14 - *No baseball scheduled Tour de France WNBA Allstar Game Davis Cup II Thursday, July 15 - Tour de France British Open Farm Classic Davis Cup II San Diego @ Seattle 6:35 Philly @ Boston 7:05 Mets @ Tampa Bay 7:05 Florida @ Toronto 7:05 Colorado @ Cincinnati 7:05 Atlanta @ Yankees 7:35 Montreal @ Baltimore Minnesota @ Cubs 8:05 Kansas city @ Milwaukee 8:05 Detroit @ Houston 8:05 White Sox @ St Louis 8:10 Arizona @ Texas 8:35 Los Angeles @ Anaheim 10:05 San Francisco @ Oakland 10:05 Fri, July 16 - Tour de France British Open Farm Classic Davis Cup II San Diego @ Seattle 10:05 Philly @ Boston 7:05 Mets @ Tampa Bay 7:05 Florida @ Toronto 7:05 Colorado @ Cincinnati 7:05 Atlanta @ Yankees 7:35 Montreal @ Baltimore 7:35 Minnesota @ Cubs 3:20 Kansas city @ Milwaukee 8:05 Detroit @ Houston 8:05 White Sox @ St Louis 8:10 Arizona @ Texas 8:35 Los Angeles @ Anaheim 10:05 San Francisco @ Oakland 10:05 Sat, July 17 - Tour De France British Open Farm Classic MLS All Star Game San Diego @ Seattle 4:05 Philly @ Boston 4:05 Mets @ Tampa Bay 4:05 Florida @ Toronto 4:05 Colorado @ Cincinnati 1:15 Atlanta @ Yankees 1:05 Montreal @ Baltimore 7:05 Minnesota @ Cubs 4:05 Kansas city @ Milwaukee 8:05 Detroit @ Houston 1:15 White Sox @ St Louis 8:10 Arizona @ Texas 8:35 Los Angeles @ Anaheim 4:05 San Francisco @ Oakland 4:05 Sun, July 18 - British Open Farm Classic Tour de France Molson Indy Davis Cup II Florida @ boston 1:05 Atlanta @ toronto 1:05 Detroit @ Cincinnati 1:15 Montreal @ Yankees 1:35 Philly @ Tampa Bay 1:35 White Sox @ Milwaukee 2:05 Minnesota @ St Louis 2:10 Kansas City @ Cubs 2:20 Cleveland @ Houston 2:35 Colorado @ Oakland 4:05 Arizona @ Seattle 4:35 Los Angeles 2 Pittsburgh 6:05 Mets @ Baltimore 8:05 San Francisco @ Texas 8:05 San Diego @ Anaheim 8:05 Mon, July 19 - Tour de France WNBA Basketball Florida @ boston 7:05 Atlanta @ toronto 7:05 Detroit @ Cincinnati 7:05 Montreal @ Yankees 7:35 Philly @ Tampa Bay 7:05 White Sox @ Milwaukee 8:05 Minnesota @ St Louis 8:10 Kansas City @ Cubs 8:05 Cleveland @ Houston 8:05 Colorado @ Oakland 10:05 Arizona @ Seattle 10:05 Los Angeles 2 Pittsburgh 7:05 Mets @ Baltimore 7:35 San Francisco @ Texas 8:35 San Diego @ Anaheim 10:05 ############################################################ BUSINESS SECTION ############################################################ Stock Prices ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BEERF- Big Rock Brewing Change: 0.00 Last/NAV: 3.00 52-Wk Low: 0.00 52-Wk High: 0.00 BRH - Cervejaria Brahma Change: - 1/8 Last/NAV: 12 1/8 52-Wk Low: 6.37 52-Wk High: 14.62 BUD - Anheuser Busch Change: - 3/16 Last/NAV: 74 5/16 52-Wk Low: 45 1/4 52-Wk High: 79.81 CBEV - Capital Beverage Change: - 1/4 Last/NAV: 2 1/2 52-Wk Low: 2.68 52-Wk High: 8.56 GENBB - Genessee Corp Change: + 1/8 Last/NAV: 26.00 52-Wk Low: 19,56 52-Wk High: 36.00 HOOK - Red Hook Brewery Change: - 1.16 Last/NAV: 3 3/16 52-Wk Low: 3.06 52-Wk High: 6.56 MBRW - Minnesota Brewing co Change: 0.00 Last/NAV: 1 29.32 52-Wk Low: 1.37 52-Wk High: 3.00 PMID - Pyramid Change: - 1/16 Last/NAV: 1 7/8 52-Wk Low: 1.12 52-Wk High: 2.62 RKY - Adolph Coors Change: + 1/4 Last/NAV: 51 5/8 52-Wk Low: 34.87 52-Wk High: 65.81 SAM - Samuel Adams Change: 0.00 Last/NAV: 8 1/8 52-Wk Low: 6 1/2 52-Wk High: 11.68 VO - Seagrams Change: - 3/16 Last/NAV: 53 1/2 52-Wk Low: 25.12 52-Wk High: 65.00 ############################################################ NEWS SECTION ############################################################ Beer News ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * Briess Malting Co was founden in 1876 by Czechoslovakian grain trader Ignatius Briess. Today, the family owned business is North America's largest producer of kilned and roasted specialty malts for the craft brewing industry. The company recently announced tht brewers can now order Briess malts through the internet on the company's site.... http://www.briess.com/ * The Whiskies of the World Expo 2000 will be held in Hotel Nikko, in San Francisco, Calif March 22, 2000. The first of its kind exposition, will feature over 60 vendors of single malts and small batch bourbons. * Barleycorn, the respected and award winning Mid-Atlantic "brewspaper" has ceased publication. The beer tabloid now becomes part of American beer history, like New York's Beer & Tavern Chronicle and Georgia's Southern Draft Brew News, which also went out of business recently. A new paper called Mid -Atlantic Brewing News will reportedly replace Barleycorn. Did You Know ??? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Luda... A beer of ancient Ossetia in the Caucasus Mountains region of Europe. Also called ludi. The Ossetians, an Aryan-language tribe of Iranian descent, are credited with having built, in Tappakallah, the largest beer tank in antiquity (600 L, or 156 gallons) It dates back to 600 BC.