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 The FOSSILS club (Fermenters Of Special Southern Indiana Libations Society) was created in September of 1992 in New Albany, Indiana.  Sometime in August, Roger Baylor wrote hand-written letters and mailed them via the USPS (this is BEFORE email!) to 6 friends, Dennis Barry, Amy Baylor, Lee Cotner, Mark Francis, Barrie Ottersback, and Dick Lang.  Our first meeting was held at Richo's Public House (pub) in New Albany, Indiana.  Richo's would become a world-class establishment, featuring wonderful food and beers from all over the world.  They would eventually have more than 30 beers on tap, including many of their own. This wonderful pub would become our normal meeting location through the years.  Occasionally we would hold a meeting at a member's house, or perhaps at a local brewpub (there were NO brewpubs in Kentuckiana in 1992!), but Richo's was our 'go-to' location. As of January 2024 this is still the case!  Although we were called 'Fermenters', Denni