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From: rcd@opus.UUCP (Dick Dunn)
Newsgroups: net.wines
Subject: Barleywines?
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Date: Thu, 23-Jan-86 03:39:12 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan 23 03:39:12 1986
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Are there barleywines available out there that other folks know about?
I've only found a couple in recent years; I'd like to find more but I don't
know where to look.

I was fortunate enough to get some Old Foghorn (Anchor) when they did it
for the 50th anniv of repeal of Article 18.  I've heard that it's been
available sporadically since then in CA--any truth to this?  We get Steam,
Porter, Liberty, the Christmas ales and the recent Wheat beer, but no hint
of OF.

Sierra Nevada brought a little Bigfoot Barleywine to the Great American
Beer Festival in Denver last summer, but we didn't see it when it came out
in the winter.  There were rumors that they would be doing it this winter,
starting right after they finished their celebration ale (matter of limited
brewing or fermenting capacity), but I haven't heard any more about it.
Can anyone out Chico way (?!) help with info?  (Even a decent rumor would
be appreciated!)

Any other reasonable barleywines floating around?  Labeling laws being what
they are, it's likely that some will be disguised under other names.

We've finally seemed to shake the silly springtime weather; we might even
get some snow again soon; I'd like to find a new by-the-fireplace sipping
beer.  I would particularly like to find one with a little bit of black
malt or roasted barley in it--we brewed one like this once and found that
the roasted taste was a nice third emphasis beside the extreme malt and
substantial hops.  (I'll make another sometime, but in the meantime I'm
lazy--and thirsty.)
-- 
Dick Dunn	{hao,ucbvax,allegra}!nbires!rcd		(303)444-5710 x3086
   ...I'm not cynical - just experienced.