Heineken Lager Beer (Dutch: Heineken Pilsener), or simply Heineken (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɦɛinəkən]), is a pale lager beer with 5% alcohol by volume produced by the Dutch brewing company Heineken International. Heineken is well known for its signature green bottle and red star.
On February 15, 1864 Gerard Adriaan Heineken (1841-1893) got his wealthy mother to buy De Hooiberg (The Haystack) brewery in Amsterdam, a popular working-class brand founded in 1592. In 1873 after hiring a Dr. Elion (student of Louis Pasteur) to develop Heineken-A Yeast for Bavarian bottom fermentation, the HBM (Heineken's Bierbrouwerij Maatschappij) was established, and the first Heineken brand beer was brewed. In 1875 Heineken won the Medaille D'Or at the International Maritime Exposition in Paris, then began to be shipped there regularly, after which Heineken sales topped 64,000 hectolitres (1.7 million U.S. gallons), making them the biggest beer exporter to France.
After prohibition was lifted in 1933, Heineken became the first European beer to be imported to the United States.
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Heineken (also Yamaha 1, Pontona Youth) is a Volvo Ocean 60 yacht. She finished ninth in the W60 class of the 1993–94 Whitbread Round the World Race skippered by Dawn Riley.
Yamaha 1 was the first Whitbread 60 ever built and was used as a trial boat for Ross Field's team. It was built by Cookson Boats in New Zealand. When Yamaha was finished the yacht was leased to American skipper Dawn Riley, who finished ninth among the W60s of the 1993–94 Whitbread Round the World Race having an all-women crew.
Yamaha 1 competed in the 2003 Volvo Baltic Race with the name Pontona Youth and crewed by a Danish youth team skippered by Thomas Dahl Jensen.
[Spoken intro]
I've got something on my mind.
I wanted to say for quite some time.
I think you know what I wanna say
'cause I'm sure it's bothering you, too
You've got me so involved a little too deep,
and you can't find a way to work it out.
Well, I go on hung as far as I can,
and it's time to come for us to talk it out.
I'm sure she wants to know, too.
Just what you intend to do?
Won't you be man enough? Oh, just let me know
[Chorus]
Who's it gonna be? Her or me?
Love can't be shared by three
You've got to set one of us free
(2x)
You can't be toyin' with my heart
This triangle must be torn apart
'Cause I can't go on fooling myself
I'm so unhappy knowing there's someone else
Heavenly mercy on a woman in need
Don't tear my life up if you don't wanna be with me
Let me know (let me know)
Let me go (let me go)
Did you say the same thing to her that you said to me?
Are you touching her like you're touching me?
Which one of us you need?
You've gotta make a choice, you gotta choose
I'm wondering and worrying, upset and confused
Was it something I said? What have I done wrong?
If the feeling's gone, don't keep me hangin' on
Tell me
[Chorus]
I'm sharing your loving and kissing
And I can feel the joy I'm missing
She come to us like a brick wall
I'm afraid one day it might fall
It would hurt me if I lose,
But it's time for you to choose