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Subject:Re: Serious question
From:Fran�oix
Date:Fri, 22 Feb 2002 08:27:21 -0500

Beer and Ginger Ale in a bottIe is called "Twist Shandy".
Available in every convenient store in Qu�bec.
It is poor in alcohol though, only 2.3%.

http://www.labatt.com/brand/fam/fb_twi.html

Fran�oix

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>Date:    Thu, 21 Feb 2002 23:51:59 EST
>From:    Rico Sapolich <JKrevnov@AOL.COM>
>Subject: Re: Serious question
>
>In a message dated 2/21/02 10:39:29 PM, developtrust@HOME.COM writes:
>
><< Why would I get more drunken from beer
>
>diluted with ice cubes that will water it down than drinking it straight?
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>
>William,
>
>I dunno.  But, this is what I do know.  One hot summer day when I had a bar
>business, a buddy came in who had just returned from a vacation in Canada,
of
>all places.  Other than a pocketful of funny looking coins, he brought back
a
>recipe for a drink he said was the latest craze in the Land of EH?  Take a
>tall tumbler half filled with ice, fill it half way with ginger ale then
top
>it off with beer.  He said it was really refreshing and tasty.  I was
>dubious, but I tried one.  It was great.  On a hot day it really hit the
spot
>so I had a few more.  They got me drunker than shit before I realized what
>hit me.  Oh, one other thing, since it seemed like a sissy drink, what with
>the ice and ginger ale, I was drinking them through a straw.
>
>Rich
>
>Rich
>
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