Job Done Two Years Late 
Thursday, March 26, 2009, 05:54 PM
We all agreed in those far off days of 2007 that what every wee brewery needed was a nice little presentation pack to hold one of each of our three beers. Ideal as a gift or for a connoisseur wanting to try our beers. So as we busied ourselves getting up and running we spoke to several folk about getting said boxes, even had samples sent but the large size of our PINT bottles meant that none really fitted. So the job went on the back burner - and every now and then Keith or someone would say 'did we ever get anywhere with the presentation packs'. No, and a shuffling of feet was always the response. Well believe it or not - we have them now. Ina burst of activity the brewers putting demarcation issues to one side (with the pallet trolley) sourced and ordered dinky wee boxes that hold one each of the three beers in record time and they have been delivered to David this very day. All he has to do is get them here ..............

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Kegs Off 
Monday, March 23, 2009, 05:50 PM
We were brewing IPA today --- and because the visitor season is nearing a lot of it will be going into kegs. The last IPA brewed had, deliberately, a slight variation in flavour. The brewers decided it needed a little more bitterness and so a small change was made to the hopping. They seemed pleased - I wonder if anyone else noticed.

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Quo Vadis - Who Cares 
Sunday, March 15, 2009, 11:11 AM
We have just received our first order from the now island owned Crianlarich Hotel - recently bought by the Byrne Family.
They're stocking Colonsay IPA from opening day and hopefully the trade will grow as the hotel takes off.
Guerilla distribution is the name of the game at the Colonsay Brewery. Hanging round the ferry queue and talking folk into taking beer here and there. Glasgow and Edinburgh are the main outlets but Crianlarich is just the best ever place for us because you pass it whereever you go in the central belt. So no more I'm off to Edinburgh excuses when we are looking for a free ride to Glasgow.
In the meantime lets all drink a toast to the success of the Crianlarich Hotel.


Cheers

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Perks Of The Trade 
Tuesday, March 10, 2009, 04:29 PM
Amongst today's deliveries was lager to the Atrium - the posh Edinburgh restaurant with the tasteful customers who like a drop of Colonsay's finest. The restaurant is in the middle of a huge modern biuilding housing a threatre, a bar and lots and lots of prestige offices. So one little bit of the Atrium has been cordened off 8am-2pm I think and used to sell rolls and coffees. To copy M and S not just any rolls...but Atrium Rolls. So first delivery of the day was finished off with the best bacon roll and coffee you could imagine. The next delivery was almost a disatser. The shop wasn't open for business though the door was unlocked so when we went in the poor guy who own's it thought it was a raid and looked very shaky for a while. At least there's plenty on hand to calm him down.

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Forget The Previous Entry 
Tuesday, March 10, 2009, 04:25 PM
Pride, as we all know, comes before a fall. There we were boasting of our professionalism in the palletisation of the Peckhams Order and guess what - they screwed it up.
No names, brewery individuals refered to only as B and C were so busy with their shrink wrap and pallets they appeared to have lost the ability to count.
12 cases if IPA is what was ordered 13 is what was delivered. Come on boys its easy 12 is the one between 11 and 13. We obviously need the man with the calculator and sharpened pencil down on dispatch days to check the counting. The good news is the nice lady at Peckhams says she'll pay for it anyway.

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