Any all was well - had a good chat - and the chap left buying a case of IPA - one of the very best says he. Naturally ever keen to cement relations with officialdom we said there would be no charge for the beer. He did not utter a word - but merely smiled and handed over the right money. Thank you kind sir.
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Wednesday is always a big day during the summer in the brewery shop. Its the day visitors can come from Islay for a few hours on their near neighbour. Today did not look good. Blowing a gale, showers, actually a little cold. The council workers that usually come across on wednesday's didn't come today for fear of not getting back.
So it was going to be a long slow day in the brewery shop. Wrong it was about the busiest day we've had since opening.This despite few brave souls braving it from Islay. So perhaps wet days are good days. Can't go to the beach - lets go to the brewery shop. Who knows?
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We've been bottling IPA today - filling kegs and mini kegs - so the sales director was - obviously - having a picnic with friends at Balnahard.
The bottling went well - the IPA has turned out pretty fine again...anyway for a non brewery moment.......on the way back from the picnic they came across a pod of dolphins - one of which did a spectacular jump just in front of Glassard -- and the skiver's pal managed to work out how to put it on You tube - and here it is:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=4xdAUytDyM4
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Saturday evening - feet up - contemplating the Ceilidh - and ping the brewery inbox splutters into life. Its another order from Calmac for Loti - the third in a week, and much bigger than the first two. Good heavens perhaps they've started drinking Colonsay beers on other runs Loti does not just to us.
We may soon be getting a call from Viccy wines in Castlebay wanting stock. Chirs and David are on the boat tomorrow - so that's be a fourth order soon. Do you think Victoria wine have a branch in Castlebay? I'll away and look at their website.
I knew they didn't have a Victoria wine on Barra - I just thought it would brighten the blog to have a picture of Kisimul Castle and so went off on this entirely irrelevant tangent.
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Made the first delivery to the Lade Inn Scottish Beer Shop near Callender. What a place. It has, now, literally every beer brewed in Scotland by the independent sector. It was a bit of a nightmare as our beer sale turned into a bit of a cash negative beer swap. We found beers we had heard of but never seen let alone tasted aplenty.
So there's going to have to be another brewery research evening. Its a bad as going to Peckhams. When we were going round the branches telling the key folk about the beer, and island, when they first started stocking it, it ended up costing us a fortune. Anyone living close to a Peckhams is pretty lucky. Anyone living close to the Lade Inn better like beer.
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