| The Pabst Fraternity In what marketers believe is the first instance of a beer brand sponsoring a student group, Pabst has adopted the unaffiliated Oregon State University fraternity Pi Beta Rho. Fraternity members persuaded Pabst to sign on after a barrage of emails and phone calls to the San Antonio-based company's marketing team. Students from Washington State, MIT, Purdue, North Carolina State and the University of Michigan's rugby team, among others, have all emailed asking how they can start their own Pi Beta Rho chapter. . ------------------- Thirty-Two Ways to Open a Beer click on link http://www.gaffel.de/frames/biertest-start.swf The Beer Song (not for those musically inclined) click on link http://www.psychostick.com/beer_small.htm ----------------- Alcoholic Spring Water Wet Planet Beverages of Rochester NY has begun marketing the world's first alocholic spring water. The water is mixed with natural fruit flavor and alcohol at 5% ABV. The manufacturer claims the combination will never give the drinker a hangover. |

| You don't say..... Beersickles have become a fad in many German pubs. Simply put it's frozen beer in the shape of a popsickle. I guess that's what they mean when they want a really cold one. ----------------------------------- Pharmacologists at the Downstate (NY) Medical Center have found that alcohol binds to the same receptors as progesterone, a mood elevating hormone that relieves many PMS related problems. Bottoms up, ladies! ----------------------------------------- The Morimoto Imperial Pilsner bottle, a 750ml swing top ceramic beauty, won 2nd place at the Beverage Dynamics Awards for best designed packaging. First place went to, gulp, 7 Up. |

| Ya gotta love these guys Dave Barry I like beer. On occasion, I will even drink beer to celebrate a major event such as the fall of Communism or the fact that the refrigerator is still working. W.C. Fields - Now don't say you can't swear off drinking; it's easy. I've done it a thousand times. If I had to live my life over, I'd live over a saloon. I never drink water; that is the stuff that rusts pipes. What contemptible scoundrel has stolen the cork to my lunch? T- Shirts Slogans "Sobriety Is Transitory" ---------- "Beer Is Technically A Vegetarian Meal" |
