THE TESTY TIMES 08-May-00 Edition LIVING SECTION: Upcoming Promotions New Passport Club Members! WHERE IN THE WORLD ARE YOU????? Get Testy! Cooking with Beer SPORTS SECTION: Links to Weekly game schedules BUSINESS SECTION: Link to Stock Prices Industry News NEWS SECTION: Did You Know? ############################################################ LIVING SECTION ############################################################ Upcoming Promotions ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bass Ale Pint Night Drink a pint of Bass Ale and keep the glass... while supplies last! 7:00 - 9:00 pm Sandy Springs - Thu, May 11th Snellville - Fri, May 12th Cumming - Sat, May 13th 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 New Passport Club Members! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The newest members of the Passport Club are: James Moore - Cumming Sherrie Figuera - Cumming Frankie Figuera - Cumming Phillip Driver - Cumming Thad Sheffield - Cumming Darrell Hughes - Sandy Springs Greg Hardy - Sandy Springs Debi Avant - Sandy Springs George Avant- Sandy Springs ** finished Tier II! Congratulations to you all and thanks for your loyal patronage! Wanna know more about our Passport Club? Check out http://www.tacomac.com/passport1.html. Already got your mug? Try for Passport Club Tier II! http://www.tacomac.com/passport2.html 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Strawberries Framboise 1 package fresh strawberries 1 heaping tablespoon sugar 1 bottle Lindeman's Framboise Lambic 1 quart vanilla ice cream * About one half hour before dinner is ready to be served, clean and slice strawberries. In a bowl, combine sugar, strawberries, and beer. Stir thoroughly until mixed. Cover bowl and set in the refrigerator. When ready to serve place ice cream in bowls and top with strawberry mixture. Top with whipped cream or chocolate shavings, if desired. (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 Rugby (Yep, somebody asked for it!) - http://www.tacomac.com/links/rugby.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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * Real Beer Inc, of San Francisco and WorldBeerTour.com of Redmond, Washington, the largest internet-based beer club, have announced plans to merge operations. The new company, to be named RealBeer.com LLC, is designed to provide the ultimate beer experience on the Internet. (RBPMail 6.05 May 2000) * King & Barnes, a family run British brewery, has been sold. The brewery will be closed; the future of its brands is under review. Hall & Woodhouse, which has run a brewery in Dorset since 1777, bought the brewery and its estate 55 pubs. The amount of the purchase was not disclosed. (RBPMail 6.05 May 2000) * Governor James S. Gilmore, III, proclaimed May "Virginia Beer Month". In an official Certificate of Recognition, the Governor cited Virginia's rich brewing heritage, number of award winning microbreweries, the positive economic impact of local breweries, and the strong commitment of Virginia's breweries to promote responsible beer enjoyment. Highlights of the month include a Virginia Beer Lover of the Year Contest and the River City Real Beer Festival. (RBPMail 6.05 May 2000) ############################################################ NEWS SECTION ############################################################ Did You know? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bidale: A charitable gathering where ale was sold to guests and the profits were given to some needy person to relieve a financial crisis. The bidale, or bidder ale (from the Saxon word "to pray" ) eventually fell from favor as the guest of honor tended to squander the money on drinks for the other guests. (The Encyclopedia of Beer. Christine P. Rhodes, editor)