THE TESTY TIMES 15-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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wild Goose Pint Night Drink any Wild Goose Beer and keep the pint glass **while supplies last 7:00 - 9:00 pm Sandy Springs - Thu, May 18th Snellville - Fri, May 19th Cumming - Sat, May 20th 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: None this week :( 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Framboise Vinaigrette 1/4 cup Lindemans Framboise 1/4 cup olive oil 1 tsp raspberry jam 1 tbs lemon oil 1 clove garlic, crushed 1 tsp Dijon mustard 1/3 tsp salt 1/2 tsp pepper * In a cruet or jar with a tight-fitting lid, add the entire contents and mix thoroughly. It is important to ensure that the jam is thoroughly incorporated. (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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * It is long since known that drinking red wine is good for the heart, but Dutch researchers believe moderate intake of beer may actually be better, according to a April 28 Reuters report. The study, conducted by Dr. Henk Hendriks of the Tno Nutrition and Food Research Institute, states that beer contains vitamin B6 which prevents the body from building up high levels of homocysteine, a chemical linked to an increased risk of heart disease. (BEERWeekTM Week of May 8-15) * Anheuser Busch has a smash hit with its "Whassup?" Budweiser ads, and is counting on continued success with the campaign. The newest twist from Charles Stone III and the rest of the "Whassup?" crowd: "dream girls" according to a May 1 Reuters report. The new ad, created by Omnicom Group Inc. of Chicago, adds females to the "whassup?" crew in a day dream sequence. (BEERWeekTM Week of May 8-15) * A 350-lb man who argued with his wife about her beer drinking is accused of suffocating her with his body, according to a May 2 Associated Press report. Darrell Moore is accused of suspicion of murder of his wife, Bonita, by lying on top of her for up to 15 minutes. She was pronounced dead after her husband called paramedics because she wasn't breathing. "They were arguing about her spending the rent money and drinking. She had been out buying beer", said Sgt. Gary Condreay. (BEERWeekTM Week of May 8-15) * On April 28th Labatt USA dedicated its newly constructed Beer Academy to Ernie LaMundo, director of Labatt USA's Beer Academy and employee of Labatt USA for over 14 years, who died as a result of an automobile accident Friday, March 24th. The used the dedicaton to honor Mr. LaMundo and launch the Ernest LaMundo/Labatt USA Scholarship Fund for students of New Hampshire College's Hospitality Administration Division. Labatt USA presented a $20,000 check to the New Hampshire College. (BEERWeekTM Week of May 1-8) ############################################################ NEWS SECTION ############################################################ Did You know? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ John Bickerdyke: The author of The Curiosities of Ale and Beer, one of the two most significant anthologies of beer lore ever written. This bench mark work was first published in 1889. Bickerdyke was, in fact, the pen name of three individuals who assembled a staggering collections of songs, poems, literature and lore of beer. Charles Cook, J.G. Fennel, and an unknown English cleric collaborated to produce this work, last reprinted in 1965. "John Bickerdyke" has become known today as a 19th-century historian, despite being the creation of these three separate writers. (The Encyclopedia of Beer. Christine P. Rhodes, editor)