2012-05-18T01:21:15Z Colonsay Island Micro Brewery Copyright 2012, Colonsay Island Micro Brewery SPHPBLOG Today when we arrived it was obvious that at least two lots of folk had been in and taken beer. One had left the correct cash - the other an IOU which they came back today and settled.
Imagine if Tennants forgot to lock up at Wellpark - I bet there would not be much left by the morning.
Colonsay looting - close the door carefully after you and leave the right money. Looks to us like a good way of cutting the wage bill.]]> http://www.colonsaybrewery.co.uk/blog/index.php?entry=entry120412-151404 2012-04-12T00:00:00Z 2012-04-12T00:00:00Z Royal Miles Whiskies, which also owns the expanding Drinkmonger Chain, got a delivery from us yesterday and they were saying the beer is shifting in all their outlets -- but the IPA is going down particularly well in London - perhaps we should sponsor the Olympics.]]> http://www.colonsaybrewery.co.uk/blog/index.php?entry=entry120323-180037 2012-03-23T00:00:00Z 2012-03-23T00:00:00Z I know that this is not the cutting edge of logistics but a real milestone for a wee brewery that has largely been operating out of the back of family vehicles and the local carrier.We are aiming to significantly ramp up production this year and its starting to look as though it may work.]]> http://www.colonsaybrewery.co.uk/blog/index.php?entry=entry120320-175728 2012-03-20T00:00:00Z 2012-03-20T00:00:00Z http://www.colonsaybrewery.co.uk/blog/index.php?entry=entry120316-175538 2012-03-16T00:00:00Z 2012-03-16T00:00:00Z However its a great bar, on Brougham Street in Edinburgh -- good beers and good food. Kind of like pubs used to be, without the smoke. ]]> http://www.colonsaybrewery.co.uk/blog/index.php?entry=entry120307-172414 2012-03-07T00:00:00Z 2012-03-07T00:00:00Z We had a great day -- took lots of real orders - but better still found there to be real interest and enthusiasm for our beers which will, we believe, turn into orders in the coming weeks as the tourism industry wakes from its winter slumber.]]> http://www.colonsaybrewery.co.uk/blog/index.php?entry=entry120307-170949 2012-03-07T00:00:00Z 2012-03-07T00:00:00Z Now we have the best ever. We lost the password. We thought the password was Scalasaig - the name of the capital city of our island. In fact it was not. However we spent many a dark evening coming up with various permutations of what we recalled was our user name and password. None was correct. However anonymous still have a few operatives out there to get into our little site. So here we go again.]]> http://www.colonsaybrewery.co.uk/blog/index.php?entry=entry120307-170414 2012-03-07T00:00:00Z 2012-03-07T00:00:00Z
Acting on intelligence received we spome to Barry at the Cloisters Bar and sold him Colonsay IPA in cask, being casked up today for delivery on Saturday.
Talk about a brewery on a roll. The sales director (new proper name) will be looking for a,pay rise. Or even pay!
We'll let you know how we get on. However the Cloisters seems to us to be the perfect balance between a student bar, a tourist bar and a beer lovers bar. What would you call it? Oh yes. A proper pub.]]> http://www.colonsaybrewery.co.uk/blog/index.php?entry=entry111027-154403 2011-10-27T00:00:00Z 2011-10-27T00:00:00Z
So the skiver was dispatched to Belhaven to find the cask. Some chance. We expected to be met with indifference at best, distain more likely.

How wrong can a brewer be? When he turns up looking for one cask amongst possibly 50,000 kegs and casks, the folk at Belhaven could not have been better.

The first to be asked jumped from his seat in a warm dry office and poked about the rain soaked yard and the casks and kegs for the best part of 20 minutes -- and there tucked away out of sight was our cask.

It may be a nuisance to them but its £50 to us---- so thanks guys.
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They reckon that Porter is a bit of a niche product, which we agree with, best suited to a bar, probably in Edinburgh, with a reputation ofr said beer style.

However they liked the product, liked the brewery and have bought a keg of Colonsay Lager to try. Now on sale at the Nether Abby.

It should work well there -- they have an excellent restaurant and our low gas high taste lager is great with food - isn't it.]]> http://www.colonsaybrewery.co.uk/blog/index.php?entry=entry111021-134749 2011-10-21T00:00:00Z 2011-10-21T00:00:00Z