| You don't say..... The ashes of James Doohan, better known engineer “Scotty” on the classic sci-fi TV series Star Trek, flew alongside another special payload on Aerospace's SpaceLoft-2 rocket launched from a New Mexico space port on May 28. The companion package held the “ingredients” of what space commerce company, Microgravity Enterprises Inc. says is the “first true space beer”. The ingredients, the amounts and types of which are secret and patented, will be delivered next week to a “production facility” that in the span of a month which will generate an otherworldly brew called Comet Tail Ale to be sold nationally.. Maybe their slogan should be "Beam Me Up A Beer, Scotty." ------------------- A beer company wants to sponsor Paris Hilton's jail time. Ads placed in US papers by Aussie advertising king Jack Singleton implore authorities to send the socialite to Australia instead of jail. Singleton is cashing in on Paris Hilton's association with the Australian beer Bondi Blonde. The ads claim they are a "community service announcement" and read "Please send Paris Hilton to the world's biggest convict colony: Australia. Paris has already served time Down Under. We'd be happy (especially the blokes) to have her back". |

| Hedonism Controversy The Legacy Brewing Company's Hedonism beer is the center of controversy because of its label and packaging art. Some distributors are selling the cases wrapped in brown paper bags. Other wholesalers are turning away deliveries at the door. It seems the packaging is a little too risqué for some. The cartoonish characters on the bottles and cases seem to naked. To further the fuel the imagination the box reads "An orgy of ingredients." The artwork is by Deric Hettinger who traveled to a many of beer festivals where he painted and developed ideas for the design while festival-goers passed by. The publicity has proven a boon to the Legacy Brewing Company as sales of the beer has soared. It sure helps that that Hedonism is an excellent brew(American Strong Ale) and at110 IBUs it is a hop lover's dream . |

| Ya gotta love these guys |
| Grant Johnson “A fine beer may be judged with only one sip, but it’s better to be thoroughly sure.” John Ciardil “Fermentation and civilization are inseparable.” |
| Kurt Firemand I have a drinking problem. (2 hands 1 mouth) B.T. Lynch “Drinking beer doesn't make you fat, It makes you lean.... Against bars, tables, chairs, and poles.” |
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