Market Stalled 
Wednesday, September 5, 2007, 03:17 PM
The below of course means that for the second month running we will not be at the Glasgow farmers market. We are Committed to these markets and they work for us but we need a decdent level of stock to take to make it worthwhile once the ferry and stall charges are taken into consideration.
We will be back in October, if we still have a space, and everymonth thereafter.


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Crisis at the Brewery  
Wednesday, September 5, 2007, 03:14 PM
It had to happen. We are very nearly the brewery with no beer. Sales have, you will have gathered by now, greatly exceeded all expectations and the result is that by the end of August we had just a smattering of bottles of the three beer styles left in stock.
The mini kegs have sold well, hotel sales along with those in the shop and the pantry have been bouyant and so we are having to wait for beer. An 80/- should be ready tomorrow - IPA will be started as soon as possible. More capacity is urgently being sourced.

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Blogging is Back - But Only Just 
Wednesday, September 5, 2007, 03:11 PM
Blogging has been interupted by a sales trip to East Afria - It seemed natural, if you are making beer on a remote island with all the challenges that brings, then we ought to find markets which will be just as difficult to serve.

Unfortunately at our first sales call of the trip the proprietor set his guard elephant on us



and that was that ..... all talk of sales abandoned.

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Getting There Again 
Tuesday, September 4, 2007, 05:47 PM
Well at least we have decent stocks of 80/- now. The latest brew bottled today and ready for action. Until this happy moment brewery stocks were something like a total of 56 bottles of assorted beers. The IPA brewed on Tuesday is coming along nicely and even though the island is still busy we hope to be able to restock our mainland outlets shortly (if they remember who we are). Extra capacity sourcing still continuing.

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Stressed Out 
Sunday, July 29, 2007, 08:57 PM
Just to assure regular readers the novelty of the blog is not wearing out. The entries are a little thin on the ground because of competing pressures on our time. The weather here on God's favourite island continues to be pretty amazing and there are too many beaches to sit on, parties to attend and boats to play with. Unlike the rest of the country our boats stay firmly in the sea. We have resisted the temptation to sail them down the main street like they do in so many places there days(not that we have one as such).
Off to the ceilidh.

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