> Ever had the stuff they brewed at Wild Goose? The later editions of that
> were beauties. And...I was just talking to a former WG brewer who's
> hankering to get a batch of yeast from a Ringwood-brewing friend of his
and
> make a batch.
>
Second the motion will put money where my mouth is. I had a bottle of 1993
Snow Goose, cellar-aged, earlier this winter, from a GREEN bottle, and
although not as alcoholic as what else I'm about to name, it was in the
exact same league as Thomas Hardy's, Gale's Prize Old Ales, Fullers Vintage
Ales, and J.W. Lees Harvest Vintage Ales. All the positive character and
flavors, in a more drinkable, less stick-to-the-ribs format (for example,
think of Young's Old Nick as a similar "barleywine lite" of similar
strength--wait, weren't they both 6.8%?). Literally the best
non-super-premium beer I had had in a decade or more--and this was a beer
produced with NO aging aspirations whatsoever. Get someone with a Ringwood
plant to save this beer even if it means we have to fill bottles from kegs
in another location.

Hey, I think we just came up with another beer for Saxon/Phoenix to save
from extinction............ <:-)

Alexander D. Mitchell IV