THE TESTY TIMES 05-Nov-2001 Edition Contents - * Upcoming Promotions * Try Something New! * Beer Spotlight of the Week * The Passport Club * Cooking with Beer * Industry News * Now @ TestyTimes.com... * Beer Trivia ############################################################ Upcoming Promotions ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *** CALLING ALL GOLDEN TEE GOLFERS *** Dundee's HONEY BROWN is the Golden Tee Golf sponsor for the month of November. A HONEY BROWN t-shirt will be given to the person with the best golf each day, and a polo shirt to the winner for the best score of the week! The Golden Tee game keeps track of the scores, so register with Golden Tee today! Good Luck! And, drink a HONEY BROWN! Daily Winners for the Week of October 22-28: Cumming - -8 Dirk Diggler** -6 Chris Joseph -5 Dean Snellville - -11 Alan Coker** -8 Beau Langdon -4 Bill Capleman +6 Dirk Diggler Sandy Springs - -9 Ryan Hart** -9 Brad Leedham -8 Renob Kendall ** Winners for the week October Monthly Winner: Alan Coker -11 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Guinness Pint Nights Drink a pint of Guinness on draft and keep the glass! 7:00 - 9:00 pm Sandy Springs - Thurs, November 8th Snellville -Sat, November 10th Cumming - Sat, November 10th Admiral Nelson Run Night Sandy Springs - Friday, November 9th, 6:00 - 9:00 pm Don't forget to check out the calendar of events on our website for promos in upcoming weeks: Try Something New! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Snellville: Draft - North Coast Pranquster Beamish Stout Sandy Springs: Draft - Beamish Stout Cider Jack Cask conditioned Youngers Special Bitter North Coast Pranquster Cumming: Draft - Erindinger Hefeweisen Red Hook Nut Brown Red Hook Porter North Coast Pranquster Beer Spotlight of the Week ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In this new section we're going to focus on one outstanding beer each week. And of course, you can try them at Taco Mac! This week we shine on Sweetwater Ale. Try one at your favorite Taco Mac today! Region of Origin: Atlanta, Georgia Style: Amber Ale Orange-amber. Medium bodied. Moderate bitterness. Very floral hop-accented aromas. Full, lively carbonation. Sweet caramel malt and fruit flavors are well matched with an aromatic overlay of floral hops. Quite refreshing. The Beverage Testing Institute's Buying Guide to Beer, Edited by Marc Dornan Check it out online at - New Passport Club Members! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ New Passport Club members who have finished their lists will be published once a month, usually the first issue of each month. Watch this spot for future announcements. Wanna know more about our Passport Club? Check out . Already got your mug? Try for Passport Club Tier II! Cooking With Beer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lagered Caramel Sauce 2 1/2 cups firmly packed brown sugar 1 1/2 cups light corn syrup 6 Tbsp unsalted butter 1/2 tsp salt 1/3 cup Oktoberfest beer candy thermometer 4 tsp vanilla extract 2 cups heavy cream * In a heavy pan mix sugar, corn syrup, butter, salt, and beer over low heat, stirring constantly. * When sugar is dissolved, bring mixture to a boil and cook without stirring until it reaches 235 deg F on a candy thermometer. * Remove from heat and gently stir in vanilla. Allow to cool 10 mins., stirring occasionally. * Slowly stir in cream until smooth and glossy. Store in refrigerator and warm gently before serving. (Great American Beer Cookbook, Candy Schermerhorn) Like this recipe? Check out the book at - Industry News ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HARPOON STARS ON ALLIE MCBEAL Harpoon from Mass Bay will be making a guest appearance on the Fox Network comedy/drama Allie McBeale next Monday. It seems that the two managing partners of a fictitious law firm in Boston are sitting in a pub where all the members of the firm meet to advance the script. In this case these two male characters are in a deep discussion of the females that seem attracted to them. As they make their cogent points, their two faces frame a Harpoon light-poster, and then a popular past-middle-age transvestite sits down next to them and steals the scene. Charlie Storey, senior VP sales for Mass Bay, commented to me recently, "Isn't it nice when Hollywood exercises good taste? We got very lucky with the A McBeale placement." HOT TRUB/BEER BASICS V002 #042 031 October 2001 COORS GEARING UP MEMPHIS BREWERY Adolph Coors Company has invested $68 million to increase brewing capacity at their Memphis, Tennessee brewery. Coors is planning to increase the plants capacity from a current 3.8 million barrels a year to 5 million barrels a year. Coors hopes to finish renovation of the plant by February of 2003. HOT TRUB/BEER BASICS V002 #042 031 October 2001 Now @ TestyTimes.com... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Testy gets a hankering to return to his roots. Check it out at: And of course our live news feeds for the latest top stories, sports, and beer news: Did You know? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ After the Revolutionary War ended, James Madison urged for a high tariff on imported beer to stimulate America's fledging brew industry. It worked. By 1810, there were 140 breweries on the original 13 colonies cranking out over 200,000 barrels a year. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Beer, Stuart A. Kallen. Find these little tidbits interesting? Check out the book at Amazon.com - Beer Quote ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The wonderful love of a beautiful young maid... The love of a staunch true man, The love of a baby unafraid, All have existed since time began. But the greatest love of all - the love of all loves, Even greater than that of a mother... Is the tender, passionate, undying love, Of one beer-drunken slob for another. -Anonymous