With uncharacteristic business like dermination we sat down today and discussed the outstanding issues and made decisions on them. Firstly that there is to be a bored meeting on the first monday of EVERY month. Second we are going to give up our lonely furrow and follow the rest of the brewing industry into 500 ml bottles. We have had a brave, perhaps foolhardy, stand but our delicate economics deamnd it. Thirdly we are going to expand again and are started on the process of sourcing more tanks and a semi automated bottling line to speed up packaging.
Our label order is about to go in and a big load of bottles is being fired up. All this and production is at its full capacity as we struggle to meet summer demand.
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There was a lady in the shop today who was on a visit somehow connected to a wedding. SHE was going to be the best man at the wedding. Somnehow or other, ok the shop was busy and we we're able to listen all that well, she was with the wedding party on Loch Lomond and there was a keg of Colonsay Lager in the boat too. Somehow or other the keg went over the wide unopened and is now residing on the bottom of the loch. Anyway she was wanting a new one. We felt a little sorry for her and knocked a bit off. This could have been quite interesting if we'd time to listen properly.
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Above the din of the brewing and the jolly jingling of the till can be heard a slow a deliberate scratching sound.
Yes its that time of the month again - the sales figures. At his high desk Keith sits with quill poised as he crunches the figures for yet another month of the brewery.
And what a month it’s been. As the sealing wax slowly drips onto the parchment to be impressed by the company seal it is clear that things are looking pretty good for the brewery.
In fact June has been our best month ever. Sales on the island have been buoyant and off the island we have shifted more beer than ever before.
Lets hope is a sign that double dips are not going to happen and we are continuing on the path to recovery.
I don't suppose the world cup made a big difference to our sales. Just people feeling a bit better about things and splashing out on quality beer.
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When George takes the beer to Islay quite often if we are busy elsewhere we'll leave the kegs at the pier with a wee something on top for the crew. It can be there an hour or two, or even overnight if plans change and the boat does not come in. No matter beer and cash will be untouched.
That's generally the way things operate here. It seems that this island honesty travels with the beer.
An Edinburgh couple were unloading their car in the capital's swanky Great King Street, a mixture of posh flats and student flats occupied by children called Annabel and Henry in the main, and out came their half drunk case of Colonsay 80/- Ale. That is to say there were six full bottles in the box.
It was overlooked and left on the pavement overnight --- from 9pm until 10 the following morning it sat there unattended and untouched. We like to think a little bit of island honesty travelled with it. In reality the Henry's and Annabel’s were so piddle on Pimm's they didn’t even see it.
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Yes change it is - we are out getting quotes for labels, thinking about new wording, etc etc. However we have yet to push the button. No final decision has been made and we are running out of existing label stock and bottles. Quick - someone say something!
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