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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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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We have at last made the major breakthrough of bottling lager before the entire stock of the previously bottled lager had sold out. A major triumph of planning and foresight. We rather fear the trick may not be repeated next time as the hotel has upped its already healthy order for lager and so fewer bottles than usual have been run out.
If by chance anyone ever reads this drivel and if by chance they have never been to Colonsay (making the possibility double remarkable) I can tell you without bias that the quality of the draught Colonsay IPA in the hotel is fabulous. I don't know what possesed me to put that sentecne in rather randomly as I have - but it is and I have so there.
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We have managed to track down and purchase a supply of mini party kegs. Sorry I mean party mini kegs making it the keg rather than the party that is smaller than one would expect. They hold an impressive 8.80281690140845 pints or five litres as it’s sometimes referred to in places that have deviated from the path of common sense and learning. It was a bit of a laugh getting them here because they came on Chris's trailer along with two giant bales of straw for Wattie's hens and ducks. Calmac required us to fill in a dangerous goods certificate, as required by the Merchant Shipping Act to alert the crew and officers of the good ship Lord of the Isles that we were carrying a dangerous cargo. The straw that is not the kegs. As so often with Calmac it turned into a bit of a saga as the ticket staff at Oban revealed they did not keep stocks of this form but they were available at nearby printers. It was Sunday, we pointed out, the Oban printers day of rest. We also pointed out that the cupboard she was standing in front of was packed to the roof with these forms (black for the use of). She said she would check with her supervisor. A form was eventually handed over and handed back nicely filled in. The tall chap taking the tickets on the pier asked what had taken so long and when told of the story remarked: "Sometimes Calmac seem to go out of their way to make things difficult." This same man who was once heard to opine: "There is nothing more stupid that the British public when travelling." Obviously the pier head philosopher.
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Glasgow Farmers Market, July 14, 2007 - Reporting fro mthe front line of beverage retailing. How odd - for the first time we take a sensible quantity of lager to Glasgow and it sells well, as one would expect. However the IPA goes much faster and seems much better received.
This annying little man came up and asked if we would do a deal on four bottles as outr beer is more than the beer he buys in his local supermarket. I patiently explain to him the costs involved in making beer on an island mean one can't compete on price so we aim to compete on quality. Unimpressed he continues to witter on about a beer from the borders that he really likes that a pound a gallon on somesuch in Morrisons, which is apprently a supermarket. Tactic? Couldn't be sure, perhaps knock something off and win a customer for life. Be even more patient and go to further lengths to explain the difficulty of brewing two and a hlaf hours from the mainland.
OR face reality and realise he ain't listening and serve the next person. That plan prevailed. Bet he was tee toal and just wanting a wind up. He did buy some of Barry's chutney thought, he'll be back next market complaing the nettles were not stingy enough or something,.
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