THE TESTY TIMES 30-Aug-99 Edition LIVING SECTION: This Week's Promotions NAME THE GIRL CONTEST!!!! Cooking with Beer SPORTS SECTION: Weekly schedule BUSINESS SECTION: Stock Prices NEWS SECTION: Beer News Did You Know??? ############################################################ LIVING SECTION ############################################################ This week's promotions! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Blue Moon Belgian White Pint Nights - Thurs, Sept 2nd, Sandy Springs Sat, Sept 4th, Cumming 7:00 - 9:00 pm while supplies last Don't forget to check out the calendar of events on our website for promos in upcoming weeks: http://www.tacomac.com/cgi-bin/calendars/tacomac/WebEvent NAME THE GIRL CONTEST!!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What Girl??? The Girl that sits atop the Glockenspiel on the roof of our newest location in Cumming, Ga. Visit our website for full details. Submit your entries to any of the three restaurants (Snellville, Sandy Springs, or Cumming) or submit your name on the website. The winner will win a $500.00 gift certificate!! http://www.tacomac.com/news.html Cooking With Beer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Twice Baked Potatoes 6 Idaho baking potatoes, 10-12 oz each 3 tbs snipped fresh chives 1 2/3 cups pale ale 8 ozs light cream cheese 2 ozs minced crisp cooked bacon 1/3 cup minced parsley 1/4 cup minced scallions salt and pepper to taste * Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Slice potatoes in half lengthwise. Place sliced-side down on baking sheep and pour in pale 1 1/3 cups of the pale ale. Place pan in oven and bake until the potatoes are tender (35-45 mins) * Let potatoes cool and scoop out the contents into a bowl. Be sure not to puncture the skins. * Mash the potatoes with the remaining portion of the pale ale, cream cheese, bacon, parsley, scallions an salt and pepper. * Pack the mashed potato blend back into 8 of the skins. Discard the others. ############################################################ SPORTS SECTION ############################################################ Weekly Schedule ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tues, Aug 31 Atlanta @ Cincinnati 7:05 NY @ Houston 8:05 Fla @ St Louis 8:10 Pittsburgh @ Colorado Montreal @ Arizona 10:05 Chicago @ San Diego 10:05 Philly @ San Fran 10:05 Milwaukee @ Los Angeles 10:10 US OPEN Wed, Sept 1 Atlanta @ Cincinnati 7:05 NY @ Houston 8:05 Fla @ St Louis 8:10 Pittsburgh @ Colorado 5:05 Montreal @ Arizona 10:05 Chicago @ San Diego 10:35 Philly @ San Fran 4:05 Milwaukee @ Los Angeles 7:35 Thurs, Sept 2 Philly @ San Francisco 3:20 St Louis @ Milwaukee 8:05 Fri, Sept 3 Los Angeles @ Chicago 3:20 Houston @ Montreal 7:05 Cincinnati @ Philly 7:05 San Diego @ Fla 7:05 San Fran @ Pitts 7:05 Colorado @ NY 7:10 Arizona @ Atlanta 7:40 St Louis @ Milwaukee 8:05 Sat, Sept 4 Los Angeles @ Chicago 4:05 Houston @ Montreal 7:05 Cincinnati @ Philly 7:05 San Diego @ Fla 7:05 San Fran @ Pitts 7:05 Colorado @ NY 7:10 Arizona @ Atlanta 7:40 St Louis @ Milwaukee 1:15 Sun, Sept 5 Los Angeles @ Chicago 2:20 Houston @ Montreal 1:35 Cincinnati @ Philly 1:35 San Diego @ Fla 405 San Fran @ Pitts 1:35 Colorado @ NY 1:40 Arizona @ Atlanta 1:10 St Louis @ Milwaukee 215 Mon, Sept 6 Colorado @ Montreal 1:35 San Diego @ Pitts 1:35 San Fran @ NY 1:40 Cincinnati @ Chicago 2:20 Los Angeles @ Fla 4:05 Houston @ Philly 7:05 St Louis @ Atlanta 7:40 ############################################################ BUSINESS SECTION ############################################################ Industry News ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * Worldwide beer production in 1998 increased 1.6% from a year earlier to about 133 million kiloliters, up for the 14th consecutive year (according to a report by Kirin Brewery). The rankings for the top 5 beer producing countries are as follows. (list by millions of kiloliters) U.S. 23.77 +0.5% China 19.64 +5.3% Germany 11.17 - 2.7% Brazil 8.15 -0.3% Japan 7.21 + 0.5% * Beer sales are down in Germany. The Federal statistics office said sales fell 2.6% to 53.3 million hectolitres. German beer consumption has been on the decline partly due to an ageing population, availability of lighter beers for younger drinkers, and because of health consciousness. But, Germans still rank as the world's second heaviest beer drinkers topped only by the Czechs. * Stroh Brewery Co. closed its plant in La Crosse, WI and fired 500 workers. * A study conducted in Finland indicated that drinking a beer a day reduced the risk of kidney stone formation in men by 40%. The trial of 30,000 male smokers was conducted with beer, wine, distilled spirits, milk, coffee and tea. Beer was the only drink that significantly reduced the risk of kidney stones. The hops in beer may be the reason. Hops may inhibit the release of calcium from bone. Kidney stones are primarily calcium, so the lower amount of calcium in the blood may account for less kidney stone formation. Another theory suggests that alcohol depresses the secretion of the hormone vasopressin, increasing and diluting urine flow. However, none of the other alcoholic beverages lessened the secretion of this hormone. * A late night fire in a Czech pub was doused by beer according to various newspaper reports. The fire was started by a smoldering cigarette butt after the pub closed. Before much damage was done, the fire melted a hose connecting two 13 gallon barrels of beer. The resulting beer shower doused the flames. The pub owners discovered the incident the next morning. Brewery Openings/Closings ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Opening: Minocqua Brewing Co (micro) 238 Lakeshore Drive, Minocqua, WI 715-358-3040 http://www.minocquabrewingco.com/ Brewer: Rick Mayer Closing: Big Wave Brewing Co Kapaa, Kauai, Hawaii Stock Prices ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BEERF-Big Rock Brewery Change: + 1/8 Last NAV: 3 ½ 52-Wk Low: 2.00 52-Wk High: 3.87 BRH-Brahma de Cerverjario Change: - 5/16 Last NAV: 10 3/8 52-Wk Low: 6.37 52-Wk High: 13.87 BUD-Anheuser Busch Change: -1 13/16 Last NAV: 77 3/8 52-Wk Low: 45 ¼ 52-Wk High: 81.68 CBEV-Capital Beverage Change: + 1/8 Last NAV: 2 5/8 52-Wk Low: 1.93 52-Wk High: 8.56 GENBB-Genessee Brewing Change: - ¼ Last NAV: 24.00 52-Wk Low: 19.56 52-Wk High: 32.87 HOOK-Redhook Brewing Change: 0.00 Last NAV: 2 15/16 52-Wk Low: 2 ¾ 52-Wk High: 6.56 MBRW-Minnesota Brewing Change: - 1/8 Last NAV: 2 1/8 52-Wk Low: 1.43 52-Wk High: 3.00 PMID-Pyramid Brewing Change: + 1/8 Last NAV: 1 7/8 52-Wk Low: 1.12 52-Wk High: 2 ½ RKY-Adolph Coors Change: -1 13/16 Last NAV: 59 9/16 52-Wk Low: 39.00 52-Wk High: 65.81 SAM-Sam Adams Change: - ¼ Last NAV: 7 13/16 52-Wk Low: 6 ½ 52-Wk High: 11.12 VO-Seagrams Ltd Change: - 1/16 Last NAV: 54.00 52-Wk Low: 25.12 52-Wk High: 65.00 ############################################################ NEWS SECTION ############################################################ Events and Happenings ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Events and Happenings Sept 3rd - The Eleventh Annual Sprecherfest will be held at Heidelberg Park in Glendale, Wisconsin. Sept 17-19 - Telluride, CO The Telluride Blues & Brews festival will be held with 35 micros, national and local bands. 970-728-8037 Sept 4th - Las Vegas, Nevada Las Vegas Brew Ha Ha 702-798-8345 Did You Know??? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Prima Melior: The name given to the best monastic beers of the 7th to 9th centuries. Literally translated, prima melior means "first quality". Second-rate, or "blue collar" brews were designated "secunda". The poorest quality beers which were doled out to people of the lowest class were given the name "tertia". (Encyclopedia of Beer. Christine P. Rhodes, editor)