Thanks all for the news on the new brewery. Our plans call for us being in Orkney sometime during the summer of 2011 and I'll get to taste some their product, as well as tour the facility. Is Orkney Brewing still going? Do they still make my favorite, Raven Ale? Tuck On Mar 9, 2010, at 3:22 PM, Steven Heddle wrote: > Hi Bruce > > I have taken the liberty of adding your blog to my 'Best of Orkney > Blogs' page on my http://www.allaboutorkney.com site- hope that is OK. > > Re the site, tell all your pals, as I am in the audience-building > phase. Maybe I should add Beer pages to it. And an anonymously > written pub guide. > > Cheers, > Steven > > --- Steven Heddle, Newington, Holm Road, Kirkwall, Orkney KW15 1PY > --- E: steven@stevenheddle.co.uk W: http://www.stevenheddle.co.uk > --- T: 01856 877119 M: 07719 762165 F: 08714 335639 Skype: > therealkw15 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Bruce Fletcher (Stronsay, Orkney) > To: Email ORCADIA > Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 8:07 PM > Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] Swannay Brewery wins awards in National > Beercompetition > > > On 09/03/2010 19:35, Tuck wrote: >> I haven't heard of a Swannay Brewery in Orkney. That's not a new name >> for Orkney Brewery, is it? Or is it another one which must be new. >> >> >> Just wondering. >> >> Tuck > > > The Swannay Brewery is near Evie > <http://www.highlandbrewingcompany.co.uk> > > The Orkney Brewery is in the old Quoyloo schoolhouse > <http://www.sinclairbreweries.co.uk/home.html> > -- > Bruce Fletcher > Stronsay, Orkney > _______________________________________ > Orcadia Group Photo Album > http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x > ------------------------------- > 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 > _______________________________________ > Orcadia Group Photo Album > http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x > ------------------------------- > 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

Hi Tuck, They are still brewing. They are expanding their premises at the moment. A new visitor centre is being built but I am not sure when it is due to open, and Yes, Raven Ale is still available. Mike ----- Original Message ---- > From: Tuck <tuck12@comcast.net> > To: orcadia@rootsweb.com > Sent: Wednesday, 10 March, 2010 3:08:05 > Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] Swannay Brewery wins awards in National Beercompetition > > Thanks all for the news on the new brewery. Our plans call for us > being in Orkney sometime during the summer of 2011 and I'll get to > taste some their product, as well as tour the facility. > > Is Orkney Brewing still going? Do they still make my favorite, Raven > Ale? > > > Tuck > On Mar 9, 2010, at 3:22 PM, Steven Heddle wrote: > > > Hi Bruce > > > > I have taken the liberty of adding your blog to my 'Best of Orkney > > Blogs' page on my http://www.allaboutorkney.com site- hope that is OK. > > > > Re the site, tell all your pals, as I am in the audience-building > > phase. Maybe I should add Beer pages to it. And an anonymously > > written pub guide. > > > > Cheers, > > Steven > > > > --- Steven Heddle, Newington, Holm Road, Kirkwall, Orkney KW15 1PY > > --- E: steven@stevenheddle.co.uk W: http://www.stevenheddle.co.uk > > --- T: 01856 877119 M: 07719 762165 F: 08714 335639 Skype: > > therealkw15 > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Bruce Fletcher (Stronsay, Orkney) > > To: Email ORCADIA > > Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 8:07 PM > > Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] Swannay Brewery wins awards in National > > Beercompetition > > > > > > On 09/03/2010 19:35, Tuck wrote: > >> I haven't heard of a Swannay Brewery in Orkney. That's not a new name > >> for Orkney Brewery, is it? Or is it another one which must be new. > >> > >> > >> Just wondering. > >> > >> Tuck > > > > > > The Swannay Brewery is near Evie > > > > > > The Orkney Brewery is in the old Quoyloo schoolhouse > > > > -- > > Bruce Fletcher > > Stronsay, Orkney > > _______________________________________ > > Orcadia Group Photo Album > > http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > _______________________________________ > > Orcadia Group Photo Album > > http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > _______________________________________ > Orcadia Group Photo Album > http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x > ------------------------------- > 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

Mike, Thanks for the information. I look forward to quaffing some Raven next visit - if I can find it. It seems they sell precious little of it in Orkney but ship all of it south. A couple of visits ago I bought a keg of Raven for our stay at Odin, set it up outside in the back, and we all enjoyed beer whenever we wanted it. Heck of a deal. I also remember the Barony Hotel used to have Raven in a slick looking bar pump which looked like the bird, and it was wonderful. But you just can't seem to get it much anymore. Here in the hinterlands of middle America, we have a small town called Dowgiac, Michigan, and they have a bar called Zeke's which has about 300 kinds of beer (bottles and cans, of course) including Dark Island, Red MacGregor, and Skull Splitter, so I can get a taste of Orkney rather near my house. But I know of no other place in the states with Orkney beer. That's not saying there isn't any, just that I know of no other. Tuck On Mar 10, 2010, at 2:40 AM, Mike Williams wrote: > Hi Tuck, > > They are still brewing. They are expanding their premises at the > moment. A new visitor centre is being built but I am not sure when > it is due to open, and Yes, Raven Ale is still available. > > Mike > > > ----- Original Message ---- >> From: Tuck <tuck12@comcast.net> >> To: orcadia@rootsweb.com >> Sent: Wednesday, 10 March, 2010 3:08:05 >> Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] Swannay Brewery wins awards in National >> Beercompetition >> >> Thanks all for the news on the new brewery. Our plans call for us >> being in Orkney sometime during the summer of 2011 and I'll get to >> taste some their product, as well as tour the facility. >> >> Is Orkney Brewing still going? Do they still make my favorite, Raven >> Ale? >> >> >> Tuck >> On Mar 9, 2010, at 3:22 PM, Steven Heddle wrote: >> >>> Hi Bruce >>> >>> I have taken the liberty of adding your blog to my 'Best of Orkney >>> Blogs' page on my http://www.allaboutorkney.com site- hope that is >>> OK. >>> >>> Re the site, tell all your pals, as I am in the audience-building >>> phase. Maybe I should add Beer pages to it. And an anonymously >>> written pub guide. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Steven >>> >>> --- Steven Heddle, Newington, Holm Road, Kirkwall, Orkney KW15 1PY >>> --- E: steven@stevenheddle.co.uk W: http://www.stevenheddle.co.uk >>> --- T: 01856 877119 M: 07719 762165 F: 08714 335639 Skype: >>> therealkw15 >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: Bruce Fletcher (Stronsay, Orkney) >>> To: Email ORCADIA >>> Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 8:07 PM >>> Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] Swannay Brewery wins awards in National >>> Beercompetition >>> >>> >>> On 09/03/2010 19:35, Tuck wrote: >>>> I haven't heard of a Swannay Brewery in Orkney. That's not a new >>>> name >>>> for Orkney Brewery, is it? Or is it another one which must be new. >>>> >>>> >>>> Just wondering. >>>> >>>> Tuck >>> >>> >>> The Swannay Brewery is near Evie >>> >>> >>> The Orkney Brewery is in the old Quoyloo schoolhouse >>> >>> -- >>> Bruce Fletcher >>> Stronsay, Orkney >>> _______________________________________ >>> Orcadia Group Photo Album >>> http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x >>> ------------------------------- >>> 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 >>> _______________________________________ >>> Orcadia Group Photo Album >>> http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x >>> ------------------------------- >>> 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 >> >> _______________________________________ >> Orcadia Group Photo Album >> http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x >> ------------------------------- >> 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 > > > _______________________________________ > Orcadia Group Photo Album > http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x > ------------------------------- > 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

TUCK... So, you are sure that the MIchign store has Skull Spllitter? What is the name of the michigan store in Dowgiac that sells it? Thanks: Stephen On Mar 10, 2010, at 9:36 AM, Tuck wrote: > Mike, > > Thanks for the information. I look forward to quaffing some Raven next > visit - if I can find it. It seems they sell precious little of it in > Orkney but ship all of it south. A couple of visits ago I bought a keg > of Raven for our stay at Odin, set it up outside in the back, and we > all enjoyed beer whenever we wanted it. Heck of a deal. I also > remember the Barony Hotel used to have Raven in a slick looking bar > pump which looked like the bird, and it was wonderful. But you just > can't seem to get it much anymore. > > Here in the hinterlands of middle America, we have a small town called > Dowgiac, Michigan, and they have a bar called Zeke's which has about > 300 kinds of beer (bottles and cans, of course) including Dark Island, > Red MacGregor, and Skull Splitter, so I can get a taste of Orkney > rather near my house. But I know of no other place in the states with > Orkney beer. That's not saying there isn't any, just that I know of no > other. > > Tuck > On Mar 10, 2010, at 2:40 AM, Mike Williams wrote: > >> Hi Tuck, >> >> They are still brewing. They are expanding their premises at the >> moment. A new visitor centre is being built but I am not sure when >> it is due to open, and Yes, Raven Ale is still available. >> >> Mike >> >> >> ----- Original Message ---- >>> From: Tuck <tuck12@comcast.net> >>> To: orcadia@rootsweb.com >>> Sent: Wednesday, 10 March, 2010 3:08:05 >>> Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] Swannay Brewery wins awards in National >>> Beercompetition >>> >>> Thanks all for the news on the new brewery. Our plans call for us >>> being in Orkney sometime during the summer of 2011 and I'll get to >>> taste some their product, as well as tour the facility. >>> >>> Is Orkney Brewing still going? Do they still make my favorite, Raven >>> Ale? >>> >>> >>> Tuck >>> On Mar 9, 2010, at 3:22 PM, Steven Heddle wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Bruce >>>> >>>> I have taken the liberty of adding your blog to my 'Best of Orkney >>>> Blogs' page on my http://www.allaboutorkney.com site- hope that is >>>> OK. >>>> >>>> Re the site, tell all your pals, as I am in the audience-building >>>> phase. Maybe I should add Beer pages to it. And an anonymously >>>> written pub guide. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Steven >>>> >>>> --- Steven Heddle, Newington, Holm Road, Kirkwall, Orkney KW15 1PY >>>> --- E: steven@stevenheddle.co.uk W: http:// >>>> www.stevenheddle.co.uk >>>> --- T: 01856 877119 M: 07719 762165 F: 08714 335639 Skype: >>>> therealkw15 >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: Bruce Fletcher (Stronsay, Orkney) >>>> To: Email ORCADIA >>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 8:07 PM >>>> Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] Swannay Brewery wins awards in National >>>> Beercompetition >>>> >>>> >>>> On 09/03/2010 19:35, Tuck wrote: >>>>> I haven't heard of a Swannay Brewery in Orkney. That's not a new >>>>> name >>>>> for Orkney Brewery, is it? Or is it another one which must be new. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Just wondering. >>>>> >>>>> Tuck >>>> >>>> >>>> The Swannay Brewery is near Evie >>>> >>>> >>>> The Orkney Brewery is in the old Quoyloo schoolhouse >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Bruce Fletcher >>>> Stronsay, Orkney >>>> _______________________________________ >>>> Orcadia Group Photo Album >>>> http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> 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 >>>> _______________________________________ >>>> Orcadia Group Photo Album >>>> http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> 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 >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> Orcadia Group Photo Album >>> http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x >>> ------------------------------- >>> 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 >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> Orcadia Group Photo Album >> http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x >> ------------------------------- >> 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 > > _______________________________________ > Orcadia Group Photo Album > http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x > ------------------------------- > 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 >

stephen davie wrote: > TUCK... > So, you are sure that the MIchign store has Skull Spllitter? What is > the name of the michigan store in Dowgiac that sells it? There is a chain here in California - don't know if they're nationwide - called "Beverages and More" or "BevMo" that usually stocks Skull Splitter. I haven't seen Raven or Dark Island there yet. They also have a website for online ordering - www.bevmo.com ... Alan Hepburn