Look at the time. Its seven am. There used to be nothing stirring on this island until a respectable, well semi-respectable - 8, probably 8.30 and sometimes 9. So what's up. Yes - another lager brew. There are just a few boxes of lager bottles left. Instead of sending the skiver round potential mainland outlets he should be going to Southeby's ( if that's how you spell it - not much need of fine art auction houses here ). Its goping to be a collectors item. So the third lager brew is underway and will be in the fermenter by tonight. Will it be ready for the first farmers market outlet next month. Beer Farmer - no there is a job description.
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The lager brew is done, all went well (ish), at least since it wasn't a sunday brew the brewers could swear with impunity.
There is a first mainland outlet for draught beer, the Cropwn Hotel in East Linton which is putting on 80/- over the next few days once they have capacity for it.
East Lothian sales generally seem bouyant not least because of Chris' connections to the county.
Then a man phoned having read some of the weekend coverage saying Colonsay Beers are just what he needs for his Scandanavian beer wholesale business.
We're fighting to see who goes to Stockholm to clinch the deal, but at the same time fearing its likely to end up in a dreary meeting in Aberdeen - nothing to loose.
It does seem a hurdle too far at the moment. Oban is about the limit of our overseas ambition for now.
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I think it’s fair to say the top brewing team imagined their work was done for some months when they cast their eye over the stock of product (big business chat). However Keith being the clever counter that he is has worked out that two thirds of what has been produced so far has been sold. This was not part of the plan.
So again before the rest of the island has stirred, Bob and Chris made their way to the brewery to start all over again. Lager, predicted by us to be the potential slow seller, has all but gone thanks to its great taste and the sunny weather and so lager is being brewed today.
IPA is being bottled tomorrow, and there will have to be more brewing next week. After hundreds of years of laid back peaceful existence Colonsay now has its first stressful enterprise.
We have PR too. After the oban times came the Press and Journal, now the Daily Mail and Mirror. It may be in other papers too but it will be monday before Saturday's papers get here. If you see it anywhere add a comment please (it will save us buying)
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On the road - selling beers and lager. 11 am and Stravaigin becomes our favourite restaurant as the assembled staff and proprietors have a tasting of the three beer types currently produced and give them the thumbs up. An interesting day all round. An order has been delivered to Stravaigin including IPA which they were not too keen on. However across in Patrick and at the Islay Inn the barman reckons the IPA is fantastic. Samples left at a number of discerning outlets and phone calls next week will determine the success or otherwise.
In Edinburgh Cornelius Beer Seller at Easter Road (great shop and a marvellous french bakers next doot) says he's had people asking for it. Must be our Hibbie pals.
He's planning on ordering next week when he has spece on the shelves. Selling beer.....its easier than making it.
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The gentlemen of the press have been beating a telephonic path to the door following the revealation in the island online newspaper the Corncrake of our existence. The Oban Times carried a nice piece, a news agency is sending the story round the nationals tomorrow for Saturday's papers and the P and J are doing it tomorrow.
All this from a few paragraphs in the Corncrake. We did not speak to the corncrake and sustpect we have a mole. A leak inquiry is underway, and a leak is under the mash tun but that's different.
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