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IT’S the beer for guys
who are hip, on the
lookout for cutting
edge suds, and in need
of a little ... ahem ...
boost.

recent
offices, chilled and ready for
drinking. The “herbal-
charged lager” is brewed by
the beer wizards at Kelowna’s
‘free Brewing, with uncon-
ventional marketing provided
by their partner Rethink
Advertising.

that accompanied the lagers,
the beer is concocted with “a
_ unique biend of herbal
extracts, including tribulus,
ginseng and gingko.”

herb most popular with those

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Ginseng is alse said to
boost energy levels and alert-
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who take it say it helps them
deal better with stress.

But it was as E went to
erack open a bottle of the
stuff for a much-needed,
post-workday drink, that [
noticed the highlighted sec-
tons on tribulus:

The hand which was
poised to twist off the cap,
froze.

Apparently, tribulus
“restores and improves libido
sexualis, improves and pro-
longs the duration of erec-
ton”; and “Studies have
shown a better than 50 per
cent increase in testosterone
levels ..."; and my favourite:
“Clinical studies ... showed
improved reproductive func-
tions, including increased
sperm production ...”

Huh. Low testosterone
levels and sperm count not
being among my chief healeh
concerns, I doled out the

A six-pack of Rethink Beer
arrived at News

According to press info

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bottles to the X¥-chromo-
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several were willing to sample
the gocds in the name of
journalistic research.

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was quite tasty, but the.”
majority said it was 2 tad on
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