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Re: [Nobbc] Old Speckled Hen ride?

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Subject: Re: [Nobbc] Old Speckled Hen ride?
From: wendell bain <wbain@sonic.net>
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2011 16:17:35 -0800
Sounds great... Especially the beer part. I have been to Hopmonk.
Great place.

Cheers,

Wendell

On Feb 19, 2011, at 3:24 PM, Ron Engelhardt wrote:

> Sounds good Tim. There is a picnic area in a park behind the
> barracks that we have used in the past and sandwiches are available
> at the Cheese factory (among other places). So how does Trinity,
> Mt. Veeder, a visit to Hopmonk and picnic in the park sound for May
> or ???.
>
> Ron
> 58 MGA
>
> Tim Thresh wrote:
>> o;?Great ride by Dawson last week-end. I have to apologize that we
>> ended up
>> ahead of the caravan ( needed gas in Healdsburg) and sat at a
>> separate table.
>> During the week I visited HOPMONK TAVERN in Sonoma, and discovered
>> from the
>> owner Dean Biersch (think co-founder of Gordon Biersch Brewing Co)
>> that they
>> have OSH on draught ! He gave me a sample in a to-go glass, and an
>> invitation
>> to bring the NOBCC back there sometime.  See www.hopmonk.com,
>> there is another
>> location in Sebastopol which I have to check out.
>> I would like to organize something, perhaps in May. Ron mentioned
>> Mt Veeder
>> Road whilst we were talking b should be no Napa cops there? There
>> seems to
>> be a movement for a picnic, and that could not be at Hopmonk. So
>> is the group
>> interested in a ride to a bpubb-like destination for a lunch and
>> a pint in
>> the British tradition, sometime soon?.
>> If so, I will arrange a date and organize for a bcar-showb
>> reservation in
>> Hopmonkbs parking lot. Dean says they have hosted the Porsche
>> club before
>> (known  as slumming it by real Brit car fans).
>> Meanwhile I have to make another quick trip to the UK late March
>> so will be
>> forced to drink real ale again......oh well.
>> See you all again soon .
>> Tim
>> 1958 MGA (one of at least 4 red-uns in the club now, it seems)
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