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      • The Lady Who Knows Is Coming
        05/30/10
        Since our brewery idea was first floated we have worked closely with AIE who have been a great support to our fledgling business.
        The lady we liase with is coming across soon to see various folk round the island and us - wait till she sees our shopping list!

      • Go Away For Weekend And Come Back With A Shopping List
        05/23/10
        We suppose it was inevitable. Chris and Sheena go off to Skye "to se how its done properly" and come back with a shopping list as long as your arm.
        Chris has long been in the brewery black books for his inability to drink a pint of any beer without swilling it round in the glass and i

      • Interesting Times
        05/21/10
        Chris and Sheena - heading of brewing and retail - are away up to the Isle of Skye Brewery vthis weekend for round two of our consultant excercise.
        Angus MacRuary asked us up for the second installment of "not that way you numpties - this way".
        Basically he's offering to show in

      • You Can Say That Again
        05/18/10
        We've got our own wee tourist board on Colonsay - set up to try and make sure visitors get the best out of the island and enjoy themselves so much they come back.
        We're not on the board directly, and anyway were too busy to go to the meeting today. However we have eyes and ears everywhere on th

      • Hold The Front Page - Two Colonsay Men In The Cabinet
        05/13/10
        Brewery wife and school teacher Sheena Nisbet points out that in fact Colonsay has two representitives in the new ConDem Cabinet.
        Danny Alexander, or little know Lib Dem MP Danny Alexander as the papers like to call him, went to Kilchattan Primary when his Dad, Dai the Potter lived on Colonsay.

      • Brewery At The Centre Of UK Power
        05/12/10
        The election has of course been exciting for everyone as we see history being made with a coalition government forming for the first time since the war.
        However here at the brewery there is an added dimension to the excitement. We have a Colonsay Beer drinker in the cabinet.
        New Schools Se

      • Disaster Over as Jim Fixes It
        05/08/10
        You can rely on Colonsay to throw up solutions to the problems faced by its inhabitants. There we were scratching our heads and staring at the fizzled wire and wondering what to do when onto the scene came Jim McLoughlin like Superman to the rescue. Jim is one of those characters who likes to get th

      • Distraction
        05/07/10
        You know how it is. You go online for a minute to do one thing, and then you end up somehwere else entirely. We went online to find a new element (see below) just thought better hasve a quick look at Facebook - and guess what -- we have over 500 friends. 501 to be exact --- heading for 1000 now!

      • Kettle Disaster At Local Brewery
        05/07/10
        Early start this morning to get a brew of lager underway - - disaster!
        The kettle element has got, rather spectacularly.
        We reckon it was actually close to blowing up our high tec (ish) control panel.
        Brew abandoned and off to the internet to try and find a new element that fits. Migh

      • How Much Do You Love Our Beer
        05/04/10
        Further to the German chap who enquired about sending IPA to Germany -- Just got a quote from Keith the post - £50 to Germany plus the cost of the beer which works out at £6.91 a pint. You'd have to like it a lot for that. Mind you I'd check the figures with our numeracy record.
        We've told him

      • Adult Numeracy Course Required
        05/03/10
        They've done it again. Our friends at Peckhams are pro's. They run a slick operation interfacing with top suppliers all over Scotland and the wider world. It makes us proud as we roll up and make our contribution to the shelf filling of their chain of stores, including their posh new one in Aberdeen

      • Facebook Friends Outnumber Island Friends 5 to 1
        05/03/10
        We are close to having 500 Facebook friends - That's almost five times the population of the island. Lets try and get 1000, then delete the page and go back to a quiet life.

      • Fame Spreads
        05/01/10
        A German visitor to Islay had some IPA at the lovely Port Charlotte Hotel and wants us to ship to Germany. Coals to Newcastle or what?

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