Here in Maryland, there is a Scottish pub called the Royal Mile which serves Dark Island and Skill Splitter.  They have Scottish sessions one Sunday each month.  Pretty good. --- On Wed, 3/10/10, Tuck <tuck12@comcast.net> wrote: From: Tuck <tuck12@comcast.net> Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] Swannay Brewery wins awards in National Beercompetition To: "Mike Williams" <mike@mistra.co.uk>, orcadia@rootsweb.com Date: Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 9:36 AM 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