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From: reid@Glacier.ARPA (Brian Reid)
Newsgroups: net.wines
Subject: Re: English Beer--Real Ale campaign
Message-ID: <10083@Glacier.ARPA>
Date: Sat, 27-Jul-85 17:50:18 EDT
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Posted: Sat Jul 27 17:50:18 1985
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Reply-To: reid@Glacier.UUCP (Brian Reid)
Organization: Stanford University, Computer Systems Lab
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Summary: Eat (drink?) your heart out, easterners!

Here in the neighborhood of Stanford there are not one but two good brands
of beer. The first, Anchor Brewing Co. makes Steam Beer, Porter, and Liberty
Ale, all of which are quite different from another and quite wonderful in
different ways. Of these, Anchor Steam comes closest to being an
American-style beer. 

The second, Palo Alto Brewing Co. makes "London Real Ale", which is an
English-style still beer. Although Anchor Steam is available nationwide (I
have seen it in Cambridge Mass. and Austin Tx.), London Real Ale is not
available outside of the local delivery area here, and it is only available
in bulk (kegs and 1-gallon packages).

I have a gallon of London Real Ale in my refrigerator right now and I think
I'm going to go draw a glass, warm it up a little, and drink it.

As final frosting on the cake, I met some people a few weeks ago who have
just received a license from the appropriate authorities to open a tavern
that brews its own beer. I have had several bottles of beer made by these
folks, and it is a rich Scottish-style ale; they will probably open their
tavern somewhere within 2 or 3 miles of Stanford by the middle of next year.
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	Brian Reid	decwrl!glacier!reid
	Stanford	reid@SU-Glacier.ARPA