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Vol. 95, No. 108
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Photos/Tina DiFabio
Above, a J.l. Case steam engine chugs past
onlookers. It was one of about 20 entries in
the Thomas-Mashburn' Steam Engine Parade
Saturday. Right, members of the Forsyth
County Veterans Alliance march in the
parade. Among other duties, the group pro¬
vides color guards for veterans’ funerals.
Below, Timothy Reese, 2, watches the event.
See related story, page 2A.
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State’s new alcohol law offers beer
drinkers more brews to choose
ByToddTruelove
Staff Writer
The Georgia Legislature approved
a new alcohol law earlier this year
that took effect Thursday — increas¬
ing the amount of alcohol that’s
allowed in beer.
However, the new law won’t
affect the majority of beer drinkers in
Georgia, according to Wayne
Wambles, head brewer at Buckhead
Brewery and Grill in Cumming,
because 96 percent of those who
enjoy- such beverages tend to pur¬
chase brands from the larger distribu¬
tors such as Anheuser-Busch and
Coors.
Wambles said only about 4 per¬
cent of the beer drinking population
drinks micro brews such as the spe¬
cialty selections created on-site at the
brewery — and it’s these
brewers who benefit from the
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Brewing is sort of like
gourmet cooking with
chemistry.
- Head brewer Wayne Wambles
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state law.
“The biggest plus is that it unties
the brewers in the state of Georgia,”
he said, adding micro breweries can
become more creative in their craft
and the understanding of the beer
market in general should increase.
The 32-year-old said his interest
in brewing was sparked in his early
20s after experimenting with gour¬
met cooking.
“Brewing is sort of like gourmet
cooking with chemistry," he said.
He said he’s worked with the
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Buckhead Brewery branches for sev¬
eral years. Four of the restaurants
operate in the Atlanta area, with a
fifth set to open in Myrtle Beach,
S.C.
One of the primary benefits of
increasing the alcohol content in a
beer is that it extends the shelf life
and enables brewers to create “vin¬
tage” beers that age like wine,
Wambles said.
More traditional beers — which
contain from 3.9 to 5 percent alcohol
content, generally have a shelf life of
about three months, he said.
‘There are a lot of different beer
styles that are higher in alcohol," said
Wambles. “Some of my favorite
beers come from Belgium, England
and Germany.”
“The stronger the beer, the longer
See BEER, Page 2A
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New land for
fire station
purchased
Will replace existing station
By Nicole Green
Staff Writer
Forsyth County has purchased nearly 3 acres near down¬
town Cumming for a new fire station to replace an existing,
cramped station just off the city square, a county govern¬
ment attorney announced last week.
Senior county attorney Walker H. Bramblett received
the deed June 30 to property located at the intersection of
Castleberry Road and Castleberry Industrial Drive, he said.
The land was acquired for $340,000.
Architectural firms Heery International and Hussey.
Gay, Beel & DeYoung are in the final stages of designing a
floor plan for the 12,434-square-foot Station 1 replacement.
Fire Chief Danny Bowman said.
“Site preparation and initial construction should begin in
the latter part of this year,” Bowman said.
The station is second on the county’s list of Special
Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) facilities proj¬
ects, following an improved E-911 system for the sheriff’s
office. Though $1.23 million is left in the SPLOST budget
for construction, actual building costs are estimated at
upwards of $1.65 million.
See LAND, Page 2A
Firefighters not
set to unionize
By Nicole Green
Staff Writer
The Forsyth County Professional Firefighters is not a
union.
The president of the organization, Royce Bottoms, is
quick to point this fact out to non-members.
not to be used in
the South," Bottoms said.
“The adventure has been working ...
with non-members to show them that
we’re not an evil entity,” he added.
The local association, formed in
October 2002, is part of the International
Association of Fire Fighters (1AFF). The
Forsyth chapter has about 30 members out
of 260,000 1AFF members in 2,600 chap¬
are Bottoms
paid firefighters.
Lt. Kevin Weils has been with the paid Forsyth County
Fire Department since its inception in 1998. He joined the
local professional firefighters chapter from its beginning, as
well.
“We were trying to get a voice for the department
because we had no voice under a former administration,”
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Wayne Wambles, the head brewer at Buckhead Brewery in
Cumming, tapped two new beers last week that contained higher
alcohol content after a new state law went into effect.
Opinion
Columnist Bill Shipp
shams his perspective
of Georgia politics.
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