In article <ZsCYj.3866$HJ5.3361@trnddc01>,
"James Silverton" > wrote:

> BD wrote on Tue, 20 May 2008 04:37:23 GMT:
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> > "James Silverton" > wrote in
> > message news:1AIWj.2595$0h.1531@trnddc02...
> >> Hello All!
> >>
> >> I like beer (to drink not to make) but I don't seem to be
> >> able to find a ng that is reasonably active. Has anyone some
> >> suggestions? Most I've looked at have about 3 posts each
> >> month. I did not look at home-brewing groups.
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >> James Silverton
> >> Potomac, Maryland
> >>
>
> > INHO the best beer, Dogfish Head 90 minute IPA, made in
> > Delaware
>
> I agree; a lot of Dogfish Head beers are good tho' they tend to
> be on the expensive side and sometimes plain weird like, (what
> was it?) King Midas Beer! San Francisco Anchor Steam Beer is
> good too if expensive around here.

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Anchor Steam Beer! My favorite -- of course I live in the San Francisco
Bay area. It is about $6 or $7 per six-pack.

Fritz Maytag bought an old pre-prohibition brewery in SF and made it
into what we have today.

Fritz, if I counted correctly, is the fourth generation of the
well-known Amana, Iowa Maytag family. Maytag I was the washing-machine
maven. Maytag II followed his father in the business.

Maytag III makes cheese -- and it's damn good. Maytag blue is one of my
favorite cheeses.

And Fritz is Maytag IV.

I was not particularly impressed by their Summer Wheat beer. But their
standard is my standard.

earle
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