THE TESTY TIMES 22-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 Murphy's Pint Night Drink a Murphy's Ale or Murphy's Stout and keep the glass. While supplies last only! 7:00 - 9:00 pm Thu, May 25th - Sandy Springs Fri, May 26th - Snellville Sat, May 27th - Cumming 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! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Congrats to the following passport members who have recently completed their passports! Welcome to the club! Bill Conine - Cumming Daisy Conine - Cumming Patrick Gray - cumming Grant Gunnigle - Cumming Myles Swann - Cumming Tana Fraser -Cumming Steven Wilbanks - Cumming Dave Uidel - Cumming Kevin Mc Carthy - Cumming Todd Sigrest - Sandy Springs Rory Holland - Sandy Springs Jonathan Yehl - Snellville *** The Snellville location is sadly losing some of its favorite customers. Pat and Lynda Thompson are moving away... We will miss you and your mugs will forever hold your place in Snellville! Best of luck! Don't forget to update your email and mailing address with us so you will continue to hear from us from afar! *** 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Texas Beer Battered Fried Shrimp Peanut oil 1 cup flour 2 tsps paprika 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper 1 tsp salt 1 1/2 cps beer of your choice extra flour 1 1/2 lbs raw shrimp, peeled and deveined Preheat oil in a large, deep pot or deep fryer to 400 degrees. Combine flour, paprika, cayenne pepper, and salt. Gradually beat in beer until batter is quite thin. Place the extra flour in a bowl. Dip each shrimp into the extra flour first, then into the batter . Deep fry in peanut oil for 2 minutes. Place shrimp on paper towels to drain. Serve hot. (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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * Anheuser Busch, the world's largest brewer, stated that it will spend between $500 million and $800 million on its flagship St. Louis, MO, brewery. A new packaging plant for canned and bottled beer is planned, and new parking lots and a warehouse modernization are part of the upgrade. (BEERWeekTM Week of May 22 - 29, 2000) * Yankee Stadium bans beer. The bleachers of Yankee Stadium will no longer sell beer to fans. The new policy goes into effect with the may 26 game against the Boston Red Sox. Beer vendors were pulled from roaming the bleachers last season. The goal, according to Yankee management, is to "Maintain a fan-friendly environment". (BEERWeekTM Week of May 22 - 29, 2000) * Asahi beer has some billboard ads that are making a stir in the U.K. The new ads feature stilted phrasing that appear to be English "translations" of Japanese slogans like: "Remarkable and Finesse. So Good". The ads mock Japanese advertising. Many of the Brits reading the billboards don't get them right away which is exactly the point. Asahi's U.K. distributor was looking to "make a splash" and they certainly have. (BEERWeekTM Week of May 22 - 29, 2000) ############################################################ NEWS SECTION ############################################################ Did You know? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bilbil: A type of beer once brewed in Upper Egypt from Indian millet, called durra. The grain was germinated between leaves of Onna Oskur, sundried, and milled into a fine flour. The flour was added to water in a large earthenware pot, then boiled over an open fire for 6 to 8 hours. After the wort had cooled, yeast was added. This first brew was called Merissa. If it was boiled again, filtered, and refermented, it was called bilbil. This word comes from bulbul, or mother of the nightingale, because it was said to cause drinking men to sing. (The Encyclopedia of Beer. Christine P. Rhodes, editor)