Bill D,

New Albion! You damn bethca, that was great beer. We were fortunate enough to play a number of parties at the brewery and wash our throats in beers brewed especailly for the occasion. They all had polite names, but I remember the brewmaster referrring to one batch as Ol' Dick in the Dirt, and another as Ol' Toe Sucker.

That bottle is worth something to a collector. I'm luck enough to have a t-shirt and a beer case from back then, both of them clearly showing Sal Guardino's beautiful label art.

When the brewery shut down, the equipment went to Hopland, CA as the original brewhouse at Mendocino Brewing, makers of Red Tail Ale. That venerable micro succumed to an Indian mega brewing conglomerate in the 90's. Same name. Different tasing beer. Pity.