After a bet on Australia day, I did some digging into the history of Pride of Ringwood and came up with info that may be of interest to others:
http://brewiki.org/PrideOfRingwood
http://brewiki.org/PrideOfRingwood
Like taking candy from a baby, Chimay Grand Reserve (mentioned at the link).Josh said:Thanks for the info. But more importantly, what was the bet and did you win?
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1795 When James was granted thirty acres at Kissing Point on 22 July 1795, he noticed other emancipists had not claimed the nearby land. Displaying his resourcefulness as the father of Australian brewing, James marched them into the Colonial Secretary's office to claim their land grants and then purchased each property for one shilling. By 1806, the Squire estate stretched across one thousand acres, from the current Gladesville Bridge to the Ryde Rail Bridge and from the harbour to north of Victoria Road.
1802 The revelation that the British Army was trafficking in rum created an uproar in the fledgling colony. Governor King was gravely concerned about the corruption spread by rum, and he began to officially endorse the brewing of beer. English hops and brewing equipment were regularly transported on convict ships at the government's expense; in fact, HMS Porpoise delivered an entire cargo of hops plants for Squire's farm.
1805 After three seasons of toil, James successfully grew the first Australian hops plants. The following summer, Squire attended Government House with two vines of hops. Governor King was so pleased with the flavour and quality that he "directed a cow to be given to Mr Squire from the Government herd".
Yep, just look for the White Subaru's with the brewing stickers on the bumper :lol:plunkett195 said:Further down. White picket fence in front of the pedestrian crossing at the high school.
You're near Dublin yeah?
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