THE TESTY TIMES 24-Apr-00 Edition LIVING SECTION: Upcoming Promotions WHERE IN THE WORLD ARE YOU????? Get Testy! Cooking with Beer SPORTS SECTION: Links to Weekly schedules BUSINESS SECTION: Stock Prices Industry News NEWS SECTION: Web site updates 7th Annual Peach State Brewoff Beer Quote Did You Know? ############################################################ LIVING SECTION ############################################################ Upcoming Promotions ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Flying Dog Doggie Style Pint Night Drink a Flying Dog Beer and keep the pint glass... while supplies last only! 7:00 - 9:00 pm Sandy Springs - Thurs, Apr 27th Snellville - Fri, Apr 28th Cumming - Sat, Apr 29th 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 WHERE IN THE WORLD ARE YOU????? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We are preparing to do another Brewsletter mailing in the next couple of weeks. We continue to get many of the letters returned .... Please let us know when you move so we can update your address in our database. Please give your address corrections to Jenny at Snellville, Sandy Springs or Cumming.... or reply to this e-mail with the corrections. We don't want to lose you! Get Testy! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The new "TESTY WEAR" has arrived! We have long sleeved t-shirts available with our new logo!! Two great colors to choose from.... "Get Testy" soon! Hats and sweatshirts available, as well. Our house beer, OLD TESTY STOUT, is back! Drink one of our great stouts and keep the "TESTY" glass with each one! Cooking With Beer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cold Framboise Soup 2 quarts fresh raspberries or 4 small pkgs frozen raspberries 2 1/2 cups Lindeman's Framboise (Raspberry) Lambic 1 tbs cinnamon 2 tbs cornstarch fresh whipped cream fresh mint * In a large saucepan add raspberries, beer, and cinnamon. Bring to a boil and simmer for 15 mins. Add cornstarch and mix until thickened. Remove from heat and refrigerate. Serve cold with a dollop of fresh whipped cream and garnish with a sprig of mint. (The Everything Beer Book, by Carlo De Vito) ############################################################ SPORTS SECTION ############################################################ Weekly Schedules ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A wide variety of sports programs are available at all Taco Macs on our numerous TVs. If you don't see what you want, ask your server and we'll try to accomodate your needs. Rather than listing lengthy schedules here, how 'bout some handy web links to the sport of your choice - Pro Basketball - http://www.tacomac.com/links/pro-basketball.html Pro Baseball - http://www.tacomac.com/links/pro-baseball.html Pro Golf - http://www.tacomac.com/links/pro-golf.html Got something else you'd like us to link to? Reply to this newsletter with your suggestions! ############################################################ BUSINESS SECTION ############################################################ Stock Prices ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ See how our portfolio of industry stocks is doing - http://www.tacomac.com/links/stocks.html Industry News ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * There is currently a proposal for 24 hour pubs in the British govt. Round the clock sales of alcoholic beverages in pubs and shops in England and Wales were among several proposals offered recently by the British govt. The goal is to reduce binge drinking at closing time and to make pubs safer and more enjoyable. (BEERWeekTM April 17-24,2000) * Miller Brewing co. announced that it purchased the remaining interest in the Celis Brewery in Austin, Texas. It is not known if Celis family members will continue to have a managing role in the brewer. Miller originally acquired its majority interest in Celis in 1995. (BEERWeekTM April 17-24,2000) * The hop crop report for 1999 resulted in a total U.S. production of 64,455,000 pounds of hops grown on 34,260 acre, according to a report in HopUnion's March, 2000, issure of "The Microglobe" by Ralph Olson. This represents an increase of almost 5 million pounds over the 1998 results of 59,549,000 pounds grown on a significantly larger acreage of 36,643. The improvement is attributed to "good growing weather" and improved spray techniques and chemicals to combat the powdery mildew problem of recent years. (BEERWeekTM April 17-24,2000) ############################################################ NEWS SECTION ############################################################ Web Site Updates ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We've been making some long overdue updates to our website! Check out the following improvements: * A "Search" engine - Now you can find what you want much more easily. Links to the search form can be found on every page or go there now: http://www.tacomac.com/search.html * E-mail Archive - All of the e-mail newsletters since the first issue (Apr 21, 1998!) are online and viewable. They may also be searched with the search engine to locate specific items: http://www.tacomac.com/Email-Archive/ * Menu updates - Since we've made some changes to our food menu recently, the web site has been updated to match: http://www.tacomac.com/eats.html More updates are planned for the near future as well. Look for updates to the beer lists shortly! 7th Annual Peach State Brewoff ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Covert Hops Society of Atlanta proudly presents: The 7th Annual Peach State Brewoff Saturday, May 6th Black Bear Brewing Company Entrants/Judges/Stewards can get details through the club calendar at http://www.coverthops.com/ Organizer: Marlon Hurst 770-761-9448 Email: peachstate7@hotmail.com Beer Quote ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Pure water is the best gifts a man can bring. But who am I that I should have the best of anything? Let princes revel at the pump, let peers with ponds make free, ...beer is good enough for me ". -Lord Neaves (BEERWeekTM April 17-24,2000) Did You know? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beer King: "That, Osirus, there founded the dynasty of beer Kings, " appears to be the first reference to the concept of royalty based on beer and brewing, dating to about 2800 BC in Pharonic Egypt. The institution "lords of beer" refers to Pelusium, the alltime beer capital of the world. Now a wasteland called Tell-el-Farama, this barren windswept site was once Egypt's northernmost Nile port, exclusively devoted to the large-scale import and export of an enormous variety of styles of beer. At no other place or time did beer attain such enormous stature and significance as in Pharonic Egypt. (The Encyclopedia of Beer. Christine P. Rhodes, editor)