I ran across an interesting article on biere de garde in the New York
Times. Here's the link:
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/13/dining/13WINE.html
You may need an account with the NYT web site to get access. The account
is free. If there is any interest and you don't want to sign up for an
account, I'd be glad to copy the article to e-mail and send it to the
list or to individuals. Let me know.
John Reese