Here on Colonsay and our wee neighbour Oransay considerable effort is put into protecting the rare old bird the Corncrake, or the Crex Crex as I think it may be known.
Our East Africa sales team discovered that over there they are not so rare and are indeed even killed for the pot by passing peasants.
They are, report the team, delightful if not a little thin on the meat side. Here is an adapted recipie for anyone who should come across a dead Crex Crex that looks eadible.
They do not need hung like game but should be plucked and drawn straight off, especially if found lying by the side of the road.
The birds should simply be halfed and then browned in Olive Oil.
Once a nice colour pour over a couple of spoons full of flour and mix in. Then, the magic ingredient: add half a pint of Colonsay 80/- ale and some bay leaves and black pepper. Stew for about 45 minutes or until the flesh is coming away from the bone, then serve.
They are of course protected so don't kill one just to try out the recipie.
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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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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 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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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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