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August 12, 2005
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Soaring Gas Price Good News for Beer Drinkers

Chicago Pub Slashes Pint Prices Inverse to Gas Increases

Whether youre a motorist looking to drown your sorrows or a cyclist
celebrating the rising cost of gas, a Chicago bar is introducing a
promotion that will make everyone thirst for higher gas prices. The
Handlebar, a bicycle themed bar and restaurant in Wicker Park is
lowering beer prices as gas prices soar above $3 a gallon at the
pump.

"The beer pump is and forever will be affordable to hard working
Americans," declared Handlebar co-owner Josh Deth. "The European
Community has managed to maintain reasonable beer prices through
times of high gas prices and we should too."

According to www.chicagogasprices.com, the BP station down the street
from Handlebar is now selling gas at $2.99 a gallon. Once gas hits $3
a gallon, pints of Goose Island 312 Urban Wheat Ale will be
discounted to $3 from their normal price of $3.75. As gas prices
continue to climb, beer price will continue to fall according what
will be called the "Inverse Petrol-O-Matic Beer Pricing Scheme." For
example,
$3/gallon gas = $3 pints
$4/gallon gas = $2 pints
$5/gallon gas = $1 pints
$6/gallon gas = free pints

In addition to saving its customers money on beer, Handlebar also
promotes alternative to driving such as bicycling, walking and public
transit. The restaurant has private bike parking in its back yard and
supports several bicycling advocacy organizations such as the
Chicagoland Bicycle Federation.