THE TESTY TIMES 10-Dec-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 *** SAM ADAMS is the Golden Tee Golf sponsor for the month of November. A SAM ADAMS 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 SAM ADAMS! Daily Winners for the Week of November 19-25: Cumming - -8 Bill Terrien** -6 Pat Gray Snellville - -9 Beau Langdon** -9 John Gagne -4 Marc Gordon Sandy Springs - -10 John Gagne** -8 Rob Edwards -8 Eric Maples ** Winners for the week ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Stella Artois Pint Nights - Drink a pint of Stella Artois on draft and keep the glass! 7:00 - 9:00 pm Sandy Springs - Thu, December 13th Snellville - Sat, December 15th Cumming - Sat, December 15th Admiral Nelson Rum Night - Cumming only, Friday, Decmber 14th 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 - Anchor Christmas Sam Adams Winter Sweetwater Fest Dogwood Winter North Coast Pranquster Beamish Stout Sandy Springs: Draft - Gordon Biersch Export Ale Flying Dog K-9 Cruiser Rogue Chocolate Stout Anchor Christmas Sweetwater Christmas Dogwood Winter Harpoon Winter Sam Adams Winter Cumming: Draft - Anchor Christmas Harpoon Winter Sam Adams Winter Red Hook WinterHook Red Hook Nitro Red Hook IPA Red Hook Gold Beamish Stout Beer Spotlight of the Week ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In this section we're going to focus on one outstanding beer each week. And of course, you can try them at Summits Wayside Tavern! This week we shine on Labatt Blue. Try one at your favorite Summits today! Region of Origin: Labatt Brewing Co., London, Ontario Style: Vienna Pilsner Very pale yellow. Moderately light-bodied. Mild bitterness. Faintly estery nose reveals a light, well-carbonated palate with a crisp, pale malt character offset against subtle, floral-hop flavors. Quick, clean finish. The Beverage Testing Institute's Buying Guide to Beer, Edited by Marc Dornan Check it out online at - New Passport Club Members! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Congratulations to the following folks who have recently completed their "Passports". Welcome! Now, just don't lose your sense of adventure! Jeff Seargeant Matt Brown Dan Whitman Andy Strain Doug Markott Mark Prout Dana Russel Chris King Stan Williams Elizabeth Aftaway Byron Kilgore Ed Hamrick Adam Nielson Mike Calvert Greg Allagood Dean Borud Shawn Littleton Jimmy Lane William Marsh Stephen Holder Brian Ullger Matt Geiger Nathan Camp Steve Bartlett Ryan Hartwig Russell Lundstrom Jon Quinn Robert Braddock Mike Hartley Greg Hartley Randy Cassagne Charles Green Ron Cosentino Ben Johnson David Sellers Greg Beaubien Jared Swan Johnathan Hamilton Wanna know more about our Passport Club? Check out . Already got your mug? Try for Passport Club Tier II! Cooking With Beer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Blue Cheese Salad Dressing 3/4 cup mayonnaise 3/4 cup sour cream 1/2 cup finely crumbled blue cheese 1/3 cup dry mead or still cider 1 shallot, finely minced 2 scallions, white only, finely minced 2 to 3 drops Louisiana hot pepper 2 tsp balsamic vinegar Combine all ingredients and refrigerate two hours before serving. (Great American Beer Cookbook, Candy Schermerhorn) Like this recipe? Check out the book at - Industry News ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ENZYME - NOT BEER - IS BLAMED FOR BELLY BY PATRICIA WEN The Boston Globe - Although the cure won't come in time for this holiday season's weight creep, Boston scientists think they have come up with information that could lead to a new way to reduce the mostly male problem known as beer belly. Researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center have identified a specific enzyme in fat cells that causes them to cluster around the abdomen. Mice with excessive amounts of this enzyme look like the rodent version of Homer Simpson. If drug companies can create medications to turn off this enzyme, the researchers say, it might help men lose abdominal fat. Paring down that paunch has implications far beyond male vanity. The kind of fat that sticks around the abdomen, creating a beer belly, is the kind most associated with a higher risk of diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease and certain forms of cancer, researchers say. Dr. Jeffrey S. Flier's study found that increased activity of a particular enzyme, called 11 beta HSD-1, in fat cells triggers an overproduction of the hormone cortisol. Fat cells with an increased amount of this hormone tend to park themselves in the abdominal area. Now @ TestyTimes.com... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Testy has a vision of big things to come! Check it out at: And of course our live news feeds for the latest top stories, sports, and beer news: Did You know? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rauchbier - A smoky-flavored lager made around Bamburg and Franconia, Germany, produced with malt that has been wood-smoked. Another more dramatic way to make rauchbier is to heat rocks over a wood fire until they are red hot, then plunge them into the boiling wort. A Scottish-style smoked beer is made with malt that is kined over burning peat. Some American microbrew sell peat-malted beer. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Beer, Stuart A. Kallen. Find these little tidbits interesting? Check out the book at Amazon.com - Beer Quote ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Beer makes you feel the way you ought to feel without beer." -Henry Lawson