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Welcome to The Brew Crew News - Feel free to pass it on. Close to 3000 regular boozers get the BCN. A html version of this newsletter can be seen at http://www.brewcrew.ie/ecard/bcn_oktoberfest_02.htm The Brew Crew - The Kegged Beer Specialists - reside at http://www.brewcrew.ie Subscribe and unsubscribe to the automatic newsletter at http://www.brewcrew.ie/mailadmin.htm The Brew Crew deliver 5 superb multi-award winning Irish Microbrew keg beers. More info here... http://www.brewcrew.ie/beerme.htm Herzlich Willkommen to Part 1 of our 2 Part Oktoberfest Special Edition. O K T O B
E R F E S T F A K T E N 1. The Munich Oktoberfest, also called "Wiesn" in german, takes place on the 'Theresienwiese', two kilometers away from das Hauptbahnhof. So, 'Wie komme ich am besten zum Hauptbahnhof?' will be a fairly limited chat-up line. 2. This year is the 169th Oktoberfest since 1810, when Bavaria's King Ludwig and Princess Therese of Saxony-Hildburghausen got married. The "Theresienwiese" above means 'Theresa's green' in hounour of the bride.
4. The official prelude to the opening of the Oktoberfest is the parade of the Landlords and Breweries on Saturday. About 1000 participants are involved, including the landlords' families in decorated carriages, the magnificent horse-drawn drays of the Munich breweries, waitresses on decorated floats and all the beer tent bands. 5. At the foot of the Bavaria statue, the huge Oktoberfest grounds also provide carousels, roller coasters and all the fun of the fair. 6. Our friends at The Dublin Brewing Company have assembled a team of crack beer commandos who will be attending this year. Part 2 of this edition will feature various photos and some recollections from this year's event. 7. Official site is http://www.oktoberfest.de/en Oktoberfest Competition: Free Keg Of Beckett's Dublin Lager
Stupid easy Oktoberfest question at http://www.brewcrew.ie/oktoberfest.htm
E V E N T A N N O U C E M E N T : Sat. 21st & Sun. 22nd September 2002 All Ireland Multicultural Soccerfest 2002: Blackhall Place, Dublin 7 Over 40 teams will travel from Belfast, Ennis, Limerick and Dublin to take part in the Sport Against Racism Ireland (SARI) 6TH Annual Soccerfest in the grounds of the Law Society of Ireland, Blackhall Place, Dublin 7. The all Ireland Multicultural Soccerfest seven a side tournament will host teams representing many different cultures - Kurdistan, Bosnia, Vietnam, Rwanda, Congo, China, Ivory Coast and of course our own Travellers. Other entries include Amnesty International, An Garda Siochana, Sinn Fein, Glencrea Rescue, Relocation Centre & John Rocha to name but a few. The Dublin Brewing Company will have their mobile bar set up at the event, featuring a full line up their draught beers. Gates open at 10am on both days. The bar is open from 12 noon on Saturday and Sunday. All welcome, admission free. W E F E E L U S E D - I N A G O O D W A Y Testimonials from satisfied Brewcrew users. "Would
have drunk a third. Great tasting beer, definitely see you again
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very well, we will be organising for another one soon." If you would like to see your testimonial here, email us at info@brewcrew.ie H A V I N G A 'M A R E A T W O R K ? These Should Divert Your Mind. Need sound for first two! 1. Help Alois keep the beers full in this downloadable game. http://www.oktoberfest.de/en/gaudi/zapfer.html 2. Phrases for the bar. Annoy pals with such classics as, "I brauch' a Mass! " and "Bier her, du Hundling." http://www.oktoberfest.de/en/gaudi/wichtige_woerter.html 3. Become a Reinheitsgebot pub bore with the fakten at http://www.oktoberfest.de/en/gaudi/bier_reinheitsgebot.html A S W E G O A R O U N D T H E B A R 1. H O R N Y S C I E N C E F A C T: B E E R G O G G L E S Scientists in Scotland have found that men and women who have consumed a moderate amount of alcohol find the faces of the opposite sex 25% more attractive than their sober counterparts.The study revealed that there was no difference in the beer goggles effect between men and women. Students at Glasgow University were shown color photographs of 120 male and female St. Andrews University students aged 18 to 26. Participants were asked to rate their aesthetic properties. Half of the students had drunk up to four units of alcohol, equivalent to two pints of beer or two-and-a-half glasses of wine. The 40 who had been drinking rated the people in the photographs as broadly more attractive than those not drinking. 2. N I C E B E E R I M P A C T None of the pamphlets we have received on the Nice re-referendum have examined the impact for the beer lovers' agenda. Why not? The German government is already out of the blocks ready to fight any efforts by the European Union to up the cost of beer. European Internal Market Commissioner, Frits Bolkestein wants to equalize taxes on beer and wine across the 15-member bloc. By "harmonizing" prices, the EU hopes to reduce smuggling and fraud. In Germany, the proposal would involve raising the beer tax by an estimated 30 euro cents ($0.29) on each case. It would also mean introducing a duty on wine, which is currently not imposed in Germany. "There will be no increase in beer tax with us," said a spokesman for Finance Minister Hans Eichel. Could the harmonisation of taxes on jar see a reduction in prices in Ireland? Perhaps this is the question you should be asking anybody canvassing at your door. 3. C L O S E C A L L A T B U D V A R Production of Budvar Budweiser has resumed after the brewery quit brewing for a few days because the recent floods within much of the Czech Republic. Budejovicky Budvar shut down operations for a few days last month when large parts of the town of Ceske Budejovice, 90 miles south of Prague, were flooded, officials said. Although part of the brewery was flooded, it escaped significant damage. Phew!!
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