Over the years of brewing I have often thought how great it would be to sell to the public, its been a kind of pipe dream but you read so much about councils destroying the dreams of many artisan's. There is a great deal of red tape but over the months I've battled through it, invested money and now finally have my Ale in my local The Scolt Head. The most memorable part was going down the cellar with Lewis, my partners father and watching them tap it. Id only ever seen this on youtube let alone my own beer actually in a real pub cellar being tapped. It was very surreal seeing it pulled through into the bar and looking around at the public all paying for my Ale. The first brew wasn't great, I was far from happy but it seemed to go well, in fact the 30c sunny days have helped get rid of 3 firkins in 3 days, good timing I say.
This has been a huge jump towards the farm, I feel more confident and although I need to improve my Ale, I know I'm in the right ballpark. I'm close to cracking it after many books, many video tutorials, many infected Ales, many spillages, many arguments, many bank notes and many hours sat in bed wondering and contemplating. Rhonda has been very patient, brewing beer not only takes over the house, it takes over relationships at times.
Its been a good week..
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