No such thing as.......
..........bad publicity. Especially when we've had a couple of very good articles in the local papers. One was a small piece in The News and the other was a much larger piece in the Daily Echo. This came complete with a colour photo in which I made a very good impersonation of a large Cheshire cat. We hope to appear on Radio Solent within the next few weeks to talk about beer and stuff so keep an ear open for that. All of this sudden media interest is a result of a press release prepared by McKenna Campaigns and many thanks to them for that.
All things being good and true we hope to brew the Wallops Wood on Friday. It would have been tomorrow but we've run a bit low on oil for the boiler so it will have to wait another day. I'm really looking forward to this one. It is always more difficult to sell darker beers but I do believe we need something like it to create a comparison with the Swift One and the Quiver Bitter. I'm also rather partial to a more malty than hoppy pint on occasions, so that's me catered for.
We've picked up another couple of customers this week with the addition of The Alresford Golf Club and The Southdowns Hotel. Welcome to the fold. At long last I've also spent some time trying to sort out the delivery days so I'm not flying around Hampshire, Wiltshire, West Sussex and a little bit of Surrey like some blue bottomed thingy. And now... It's the Wallops Wood Nature Page
The last two days have had a tangible hint of Spring in them and the dawn and dusk chorus have responded with a massive increase in volume and participants. Arriving at work this morning I was greeted by three Skylarks vying for supremacy in the heavens, our standard pair of mewling Buzzards, noisy and nosey Pied Wagtails, the peeping of the feral Pigeon squabs in their nest above us, the harsh cry of the Sparrowhawk as it blasted through between the buildings, a Green Woodpecker laughing like a drain on the other side of the lane and the distant calls of Blackbirds and Robins. Not bad for the first week in March!
There are also signs of greenery. The hedgerows are just starting to show a little emerald with the first few shoots of Hawthorn bursting through. This used to be picked by kids on their way to school to put into their cheese sandwiches. Which reminds me. I saw my first Yellowhammer yesterday. I haven't heard his call of "little bread and no cheese" but it can't be long.
Out delivering yesterday I passed a massive patch of Lesser Celandine which was so poke your eye out yellow that it is beyond description. Amazing! The primroses are starting their first show as well and if the weather holds the banks will soon be decked with their beautiful pale flowers.
All things being good and true we hope to brew the Wallops Wood on Friday. It would have been tomorrow but we've run a bit low on oil for the boiler so it will have to wait another day. I'm really looking forward to this one. It is always more difficult to sell darker beers but I do believe we need something like it to create a comparison with the Swift One and the Quiver Bitter. I'm also rather partial to a more malty than hoppy pint on occasions, so that's me catered for.
We've picked up another couple of customers this week with the addition of The Alresford Golf Club and The Southdowns Hotel. Welcome to the fold. At long last I've also spent some time trying to sort out the delivery days so I'm not flying around Hampshire, Wiltshire, West Sussex and a little bit of Surrey like some blue bottomed thingy. And now... It's the Wallops Wood Nature Page
The last two days have had a tangible hint of Spring in them and the dawn and dusk chorus have responded with a massive increase in volume and participants. Arriving at work this morning I was greeted by three Skylarks vying for supremacy in the heavens, our standard pair of mewling Buzzards, noisy and nosey Pied Wagtails, the peeping of the feral Pigeon squabs in their nest above us, the harsh cry of the Sparrowhawk as it blasted through between the buildings, a Green Woodpecker laughing like a drain on the other side of the lane and the distant calls of Blackbirds and Robins. Not bad for the first week in March!
There are also signs of greenery. The hedgerows are just starting to show a little emerald with the first few shoots of Hawthorn bursting through. This used to be picked by kids on their way to school to put into their cheese sandwiches. Which reminds me. I saw my first Yellowhammer yesterday. I haven't heard his call of "little bread and no cheese" but it can't be long.
Out delivering yesterday I passed a massive patch of Lesser Celandine which was so poke your eye out yellow that it is beyond description. Amazing! The primroses are starting their first show as well and if the weather holds the banks will soon be decked with their beautiful pale flowers.
