Re: [CR] Beer for CR cirque 2003

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From: "joel metz, ifbma/sfbma" <magpie@messengers.org>
Subject: Re: [CR] Beer for CR cirque 2003
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 09:52:46 -0800

radler. half weissbier, half lemonade. perfect refreshment - and radler, yes, means bicyclist

-joel
>I recall a beverage from Germany that was a mixture of lemonade and
>some type of beer that had a cyclist on the lable. The name was
>something like "Radler Brau". "Rad" of course being german for
>bicycle. It was drinkable, any my wife preferred it to "real beer".
>Maybe there was some special beneficial properties in citrus.
>
>Tom Adams, Kansas City
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Steve Birmingham
>Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 9:55 AM
>To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>Subject: RE: [CR] Beer for CR cirque 2003
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>I don't know if it's still around here in the states, But some stuff
>caled "Saxer Lemon Lager" claimed on the label to be a traditional
>favorite of european bike racers. Maybe at some point in the classic era?
>if so probably really early, I don't imagine it's what you'd want after
>a hundred miles or so.
>
>Steve Birmingham
>Lowell, Ma
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>Message: 23
>From: Mark Bulgier <mark@bulgier.net>
>To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>Subject: [CR] Beer for CR cirque 2003
>Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 02:01:42 -0800
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>Tom Adams asks:
>>
>> Where does beer fit in this scheme? Any bike specific brews
>> out there besides Fat Tire (heresy!) ale?
>
>Several bike companies have had special limited-edition bottlings made to
>hand out at the trade shows, but mostly mountain bike companies and mostly
>too recent to be on-topic.
>
>Stella Artois and Duvel, probably others, sponsored racing teams and put on
>races in Belgium (maybe still do?)
>
>I'm pretty sure I remember Sierra Nevada made a special bottling for a
>skinny-tire race, I wanna say the Chico Criterium? Picture of racers
>leaning over in a corner on the label - can anyone else corroborate any of
>this? It would've been near the end of our on-topic years or a bit after.
>
>I'm also pretty sure the following beers were named after me: Old Peculiar,
>Old Numbskull, Old Knucklehead, and my favorite, Arrogant Bastard. (They
>make an even stronger variant called Double Bastard, check it out if you're
>person enough!) However, the rumor that Pike Place "Kilt Lifter" Ale was
>named after me is a scurrilous lie!
>
>Mark "yep, that Carly Simon song is about me too" Bulgier
>Trouble Brewing Co.
>Seattle, Wa
>USA
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