Anyway Jim was telling us he recently visited a producer rearing chickens for the supermarket trade and was stunned to be told they received only 3p a bird.
One can only hope the new campaigns by celebrity chefs to wean the nation off cheap chicken works.
Perhaps we could get Jamie Oliver to rant against Tennents in favour of island lager lovingly produced in small batches in remote communities.
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Back at the Partick Farmers Market in Glasgow and what promised to be a rather quiet "no thanks son I'm off the booze for January" sort of a day turns out to be quite the opposite. It is also the first time since July last year that this market has gone its full four hours without any rain.
There seems to be a market law. Whatever you are short of sells the best. Last time the 80/- went a storm and ran out. This time we could float the market in 80/- so what to the customers want - IPA of course. There is now none left on the mainland.
Bags - market man forgot to take bags for the beer...we usually use a pile of them this time no one asked for one so good result there.
Licence. The stall has to be licensed under section 33 of the Licensing Act (Scotland) with the document available for insepction. A slight slip up by us meant we had to ask licensing lady Shiela to help out - she did pulling out all the stops and rushed it to us. Market man left in in the house at 7 this morning meaning we were not licensed. We sold anyway lets hope no one reads this.
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Chris has been to the mainland to fill up the Regional Distribution Hub hidden away in the central belt countryside. As ever though in island life things rarely go as planned. Instead of a quick trip down and back returning today the boat is cancelled because of storms
So he has to stay two nights in Oban to wait for Friday's boat. The board of directors will be meeting in his absence to determine if his pay should be docked for missing work for three days.
Just in case you are worried the picture is nicked off the net - its a famous shot of a former Calmac boat somewhere off New Zealand.
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Well that's hogmanay over - the bottle bank is awash with Colonsay beer bottles so it must have been a good one.
Beer is a living thing - it's just like a person - turns out different depending on how is is brought up.
We we reckon the 80/- Ale that has just been bottled is the best we have prodiced to date. It just seems to be better balanced that we have managed before and its gone straight onto draught at the hotel andn has been going down a treat.
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Remember we told you we had ordered a new fermenter. Well we came close (ish) to getting a free one.
This fine specimin was washed ashore in Benbecula
Causing some concern until it was worked out exactly what it is.
Just think a few miles further south and we could have saved a fortune.
Still that's it for 2007.
What a year its been - a brewery up and running - quality ales and lager - and across the island for visitors and locals alike the required item of dress - a brewery zipper top.
More blogging next year - but for now its party time - Happy New Year - and may all your bottles be pint ones
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