Orcadians seem to be banned Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device -----Original Message----- From: stephen davie <stephen.davie@sympatico.ca> Sender: orcadia-bounces@rootsweb.com Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:22:48 To: <orcadia@rootsweb.com> Reply-To: orcadia@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] beer Ah...Tuck... I had my first Skullsplitter in the dockside pub on Rousay. Unbeknownst to me, there was a very dignified senior citizen lady watching me out of the corner of my eye, and she determined that I was Canadian. Weeks later I had dinner in Stromness with this wonderful gal, who lives in an old stone croft near Stromness. She is a long lost distant cousin. The pub we went to had many Hudson's Bay era pictures on the wall. She commented that she saw me in that dockside pub on the adjacent island that day, and figured it was me, but was intimidated to outright ask at the time! The beer as we know, is strong. The name Skullsplitter was a controversy some time back. Seems the idea was that the bureaucrats there decided that Skullsplitter meant..."Ya drink too much of this powerful stuff, and your head will feel like it is splitting the next morning." NO brewery would make that a marketing goal, if they wanted to stay afloat in the fickle marketplace. Nothing enjoyable about a headache. Further, it seemed rude, irrevereirreverentnt, and very prejudicial towards the descendants of the Thorfinns. The attempt was to disregard the legitimacy of the name, the history, and the culture. The point was made that there was a legal case to be mount, in respect of the slur the authority was making against this family. I knew of this, and was not surprised to see the name recognized and endorsed, however reluctantly. It was simply stupid. I tried to have our LCBO send some beer here, which they agreed to do, at about the same price as gold nuggets. Nice to know there is some available next door in Michigan. Actually, as I recall, it went down much smoother than you would expect of a jacked up potent brew. Loved the label! So....Michigan then....hmmmm. On Jun 18, 2010, at 4:21 PM, Tuck wrote: > All, > > Skull Splitter (named not because it splits YOUR skull, but for > Thorfinn Skullsplitter, who got his name by his unique method of > political negotiation) is but one of the several beers from Orkney > Breweries in Quoyloo. It's a dark beer , rather malty, and not too > hoppy. But there is also Dark Island to try and Red MacGregor, and my > favorite, Raven Ale. We can get several of those here at a place > called Zeke's in Dowagiac, Michigan, where they boast about 300 beers > on their extensive list. But none taste as good as when sipped before > a blazing sunset over the Loch of Harray. > > I understand there is now a second brewery in Orkney. Can anyone tells > us what they know about that? > > > Tuck > On Jun 18, 2010, at 3:19 PM, James Thompson wrote: > >>>> People who live in Orkney may not understand this phenomenon, >>>> but I discovered by accident, that some there, surly do. >> >> But it's not just the surly ones! >> >> Jim >> >> >> --------------------------------------------- >> This message was sent using the UIA Web Mail Server. >> ULTIMATE Internet Access, Inc http://www.uia.net/ >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORCADIA- >> request@rootsweb.com >> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and >> the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORCADIA- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORCADIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message