In article >,
sf > wrote:

> On Sat, 03 Jan 2009 16:32:31 -0800, Dan Abel > wrote:
>
> >Beer history in the US is interesting to me. When I was a kid, any town
> >of any size had a brewery, or several. I suspect it just didn't keep.
> >I don't think they pasteurized back then, and refrigerated train cars
> >and trucks were still new. Gradually, there were fewer and fewer
> >breweries. Now the little ones are coming back, as some people tire of
> >the mediocre beer produced by the giants.
>
> Did you grow up near Hopland, CA?

No. Spokane, Washington. I never set foot in California until after
college.

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Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA