THE TESTY TIMES 29-Nov-99 Edition LIVING SECTION: Upcoming Promotions 5th Annual Classic City Brew-Fest Cooking with Beer SPORTS SECTION: Weekly schedule BUSINESS SECTION: Industry News Stock Prices NEWS SECTION: Did You Know? ############################################################ LIVING SECTION ############################################################ Upcoming Promotions ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Redhook Winterhook Pint Night Wed, Dec 1st - Sandy Springs Hoegaarden White Glass Giveaway Thu, Dec 2nd - Sandy Springs, 7:00 pm Fri, Dec 3rd - Snellville, 7:00 pm Sat, Dec 4th - Cumming, 7:00 pm 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 5th Annual Classic City Brew-Fest ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Saturday, April 8, 2000, 2:00 - 7:00 pm Classic Center on Thomas Street, Downtown Athens, GA Sample 150 beers from around the world Collector's mug and Program Book Live Local Music A Benefit for local Non-Profit charities Admission: $ 17.75 in advance, $20.00 at the door For information or to charge tix by phone: 706-254-BREW http://www.negia.net/~brew/ Owen Ogletree, Classic City Brew-Fest Director Cooking With Beer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Braised Lamb Shanks in Pale Ale Recipe from Clark Nickerson, Granite Brewery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 6 lamb shanks 14 ozs plum tomatoes 1/2 pint pale ale 1 carrot, chopped in large pieces 1 stalk celery, chopped in large pieces 1 clove garlic, chopped in small pieces 1/2 tsp dried thyme 1/2 tsp dried rosemary 1 tbs tomato paste salt and pepper to taste Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Brown the lamb shanks on all sides in a large pan. Combine al other ingredients in a 2 quart sauce pan. Bring to a boil. Place lamb shanks in a roasting pan and cover with liquid. Roast (covered) in preheated oven for approx 3 hours, turning shanks every half hour to ensure even cooking. Serve over white rice or mashed potatoes and fresh vegetables. (Cooking and Eating with Beer, by Peter La France) ############################################################ SPORTS SECTION ############################################################ Weekly Schedule ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NFL Football - Thurs, Dec 2nd Pittsburgh @ Jacksonville 8:20 pm ESPN Sunday, Dec 5th Kansas City @ Denver 4:15 pm CBS Dallas @ New England 8:20 pm ESPN Monday, Dec 6th Minnesota @ Tampa Bay 9:00 pm ABC ############################################################ BUSINESS SECTION ############################################################ Industry News ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * Adolph Coors Co is being sued by a group of Belgian brewers for misleading the public by using the term "belgian white" to describe its Blue Moon beer. According to the suit filed in federal court in Chicago, the Confederation of Belgian Brewers alleges that Coors use of the term "Belgian" has damaged the reputation of Belgian breweries by misleading the public into believing that the Blue Moon product is an imported beer brewed in Belgium. The beer is actually brewed in Denver, CO and Memphis, TN. Coors spokesman Joe Fuentes had no comment on the suit saying that the compay has not seen it yet, but stated that the labels for the Blue Moon bottles have been approved by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms. (BEERWeekTM Week of Nov 22-29, 1999) * A study conducted by the America Heart Association stated that a glass of beer or wine per week can lower the risk of stroke by about 20%. The AHA estimates that 600,000 people a year suffer a stroke in the US. It is the third leading cause of death in the country, and the leading cause of long-term disability. Light to moderate amounts of alcohol benefit the body by increasing the levels of HDL, or "good cholesterol" in the bloodstream. (BEERWeekTM Week of Nov 22-29, 1999) * The Real Ale Festival, the "greatest collection of cask ales anywhere outside Britain" will be held at Goose Island Wrigleyville, Chicago, IL on March 23-25, 2000. The facility is convention hall-sized and in the heart of Chicago, near hotels and public transportation. The festival will feature more than 100 American-made cask-conditioned real ales in a wide range of British styles, an impressive collection of British cask ales, and bottled conditioned real ales. For more information , contact the Beer Craft Institute at 773.665.1300 or visit http://www.realalefestival.com/ (BEERWeekTM Week of Nov 22-29, 1999) Stock Prices ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BEERF-Big Rock Brewery Change: - 1/8 Last NAV: 4.00 52-Wk Low: 2.00 52-Wk High: 4.37 BRH-Brahma de Cervejario Change: + 1/4 Last NAV: 12 3/4 52-Wk Low: 6 3/4 52-Wk High: 13.87 BUD-Anheuser Busch Change: -1/4 Last NAV: 75 7/8 52-Wk Low: 59.43 52-Wk High: 84.00 CBEV-Capital Beverage Change: - 5/16 Last NAV: 3 1/16 52-Wk Low: 1.93 52-Wk High: 8.56 GENBB-Genessee Brewing Change: +1/4 Last NAV: 21 1/2 52-Wk Low: 19.56 52-Wk High: 26.62 HOOK-Redhook Brewery Change: +1/16 Last NAV: 2 5/8 52-Wk Low: 1.87 52-Wk High: 6.56 MBRW-Minnesota Brewing Change: 0.00 Last NAV: 2 5/16 52-Wk Low: 1.43 52-Wk High: 3.00 PMID-Pyramid Brewing Change: - 1/32 Last NAV: 1 15/32 52-Wk Low: 1.34 52-Wk High: 2 ½ RKY-Adolph Coors Change: - 7/8 Last NAV: 51 1/16 52-Wk Low: 45 1/4 52-Wk High: 65.81 SAM-Sam Adams Change: + 1/16 Last NAV: 7 1/4 52-Wk Low: 7.12 52-Wk High: 11.12 VO-Seagrams Ltd Change: - 1/16 Last NAV: 45 5/16 52-Wk Low: 33.81 52-Wk High: 65.00 ############################################################ NEWS SECTION ############################################################ Did You know? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hans Staden: A German gunner held prisoner by Brazilian Indians for 9 months in the mid 1500s. In 1557, he wrote one of the first accounts of beer brewing in the jungles of South America, "Veritable histoire et description d'un pays habite", from which this passage is taken: "The women make the beer. They take the manioc roots and cook them in huge pans and let it cool. Young girls chew the manioc and put it into containers. After the roots have been chewed [they] put the paste into a pan and put water in and heat containers that are buried in the floor and are considered vats for beer. Pour the manioc and cover the vats tightly. It will ferment on its own and like this, will become strong. Leave it buried for two days. Drink it and you'll get drunk. It's thick and tastes good. Each of the huts prepares its own beer and when the village wants to have a celebration they sit around the containers that they are drinking from, some on pieces of logs, some on the bare floor. The women serve the beer as custom demands. They drink all night long. They also dance, at times around their instruments, and they make a terrible noise once they are really drunk". (The Encyclopedia of Beer. Christine P. Rhodes, editor)