THE TESTY TIMES 06-Dec-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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tennents Lager Pint Nights 7:00 - 9:00 pm Drink a Tennent's Scottish Lager and keep the glass while supplies last Thu, Dec 9th, Sandy Springs Fri, Dec 10th, Cumming Sat, Dec 11th, Snellville 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beer Glazed Potatoes By Bill Kunz, Growler's Pub, St. Louis , MO 1/4 cup margarine 2 tbs olive oil 2 lbs baked potatoes, firm, sliced 1/4 cup onions, finely chopped 1/2 cup amber beer 1/4 cup green bell pepper, finely chopped 1 tsp thyme 1 tsp rosemary 1/2 tsp Kosher salt 1/2 tsp ground black pepper * Heat margarine and olive oil over medium heat until hot. Add potatoes and onions and saute for 10 mins. Add beer, green pepper, and herbs. Simmer on high heat until beer is reduced by 3/4 of the original amount. Add salt and pepper and cook for 10 mins on a low heat, stirring occasionally. For presentation, place a serving in a small skillet and brown thoroughly. Garnish with parsley. (Cooking and Eating with Beer, by Peter La France) ############################################################ SPORTS SECTION ############################################################ Weekly Schedule ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NFL Football - Thursday, Dec 9th Oakland @ Tennessee 8:20 pm ESPN Sunday, Dec 12th Atlanta @ San Francisco 4:15 pm FOX Minnesota @ Kansas City 8:20 pm ESPN Monday, Dec 13th Denver @ Jacksonville 9:00 pm ABC ############################################################ BUSINESS SECTION ############################################################ Industry News ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * Paulaner Brewery's famous Salvator Beer Hall was destroyed by fire on Nov 27, in the heart of Munich, Germany. Arson was suspected because the fire reportedly broke out in four different places simultaneously. The hall was really several massive indoor halls adjacent to the Paulaner Brewery and held nearly 16,ooo attendees for two weeks in February for the Salvator Bierfest. The buildings were full of German decorations and brewing collectibles. Damages to the structures is said to be in the millions of Deutsch Marks. (BEERWeek TM, Week of Nov 29-Dec 6, 1999) contributed by Tom Dalldorf * South African Breweries Plc., currently the fourth largest brewer in the world, has announced that it is considering selling its 75 hotels and 3 casino gambling facilities. It would be doing this to be able to concentrate on the brewing business. The hotels and casinos have seen declines in revenue due to the slowing of the South African economy and tourist market. (BEERWeek TM, Week of Nov 29-Dec 6, 1999) * "Guinness has never looked so good", stated the company press release. The beer itself is not changing, just the look. The updated packaging is "simple, distinguishing, and refreshing, much like the timeless beverage within them". The new Guinness bottles and cans come emblazoned with a "bolder, more stark looking logo, emulating the proud classic reputation that is associated with Guinness". The cans will still use the patented "authentic floating draft system" offered and owned by Guinness, a division of Digeo, Plc. (BEERWeek TM, Week of Nov 29-Dec 6, 1999) * Budweiser has announced that commemorative cans will be available honoring Dale Earnhardt Jr. during his rookie Winston Cup season. The four cans will feature scenes of Earnhardt and his #8 Budweiser Chevrolet. The four cans will be available from four major racetracks: Jan 1, 2000 Daytona Intl Speepway, Mar 1, 2000 Texas Motor Speedway, June 1, 2000 at New Hampshire Intl Speedway and Sept 1, 2000 at Phoenix Intl Raceway. (BEERWeek TM, Week of Nov 29-Dec 6, 1999) Stock Prices ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BEERF-Big Rock Brewery Change: + 1/16 Last NAV: 4 1/16 52-Wk Low: 2.00 52-Wk High: 4.37 BRH-Brahma de Cervejario Change: + 5/16 Last NAV: 14 1/2 52-Wk Low: 6 3/4 52-Wk High: 14.56 BUD-Anheuser Busch Change: -29/32 Last NAV: 73 7/16 52-Wk Low: 61.00 52-Wk High: 84.00 CBEV-Capital Beverage Change: -5/16 Last NAV: 4 1/4 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 PMID-Pyramid Brewing Change: - 1/32 Last NAV: 1 17/32 52-Wk Low: 1.34 52-Wk High: 2 1/2 RKY-Adolph Coors Change: + 1 1/16 Last NAV: 52 1/2 52-Wk Low: 45 1/4 52-Wk High: 65.81 SAM-Sam Adams Change: + 1/16 Last NAV: 7 3/16 52-Wk Low: 7.00 52-Wk High: 11.12 VO-Seagrams Ltd Change: + 2 1/2 Last NAV: 44.00 52-Wk Low: 34.12 52-Wk High: 65.00 ############################################################ NEWS SECTION ############################################################ Did You know? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Stingo: A very old Yorkshire term for strong ale or beer. This beer was held in high esteem by all who drank it. Stingo, or Stingoe, is referred to in a concluding verse from In Praise of Ale, where Bacchus and his wine drinkers are bested in a drinking contest by Colonus and the beer crowd. After first drinking the bacchanalians under the table, Bacchus and his court retire south to Yorkshire where they again taste: "Bacchus swore to come he would not fail, To glut himself with Yorkshire Nappy Ale. It is so pleasant, mellow too and fine, That Bacchus swore he'd never drink more wine". (The Encyclopedia of Beer. Christine P. Rhodes, editor)