Big Lusty May

Here she is. Big Lusty May. All the way from Houston. The voting for ale of the festival continues and as we get through more of the ales lined up for Mayfest, its anybody's guess as to who'll come out on top. Big Lusty May perhaps? On top?! Oo, er...! We'll, there's a thought..!

Last night saw the Beer Tasting session with the Isle of Skye Brewery. Clachaig was so busy, even midweek, that we had to move the tasting through to the restaurant area. And things were looking a little embarrassing for a while as there was a slight dearth of Skye ales to taste (not our fault!) Still, interesting trying to see them be constructive about other breweries beers!

Tonight? Music in the Boots Bar with Scott MacDonald.

Top marks from Cask Marque

Clachaig's beers were recently 'inspected' by the Cask Marque assessor. In an unannounced visit, the Cask Marque assessor will call in and sample a number of available beers and check them for temperature, appearance, aroma and taste, and award points accordingly. Through such independent inspections, the Cask Marque scheme aims to encourage quality of cask ales in the licensed trade.
So how do you think we did? Well, the beers sampled were Peter's Well from Houston Brewery, An Teallach Ale from the Dundonnell based brewery of the same name, and An Teallach's Brewhouse Special.

In each of the 4 categories (temperature, appearance, aroma, taste) each of the beers scored the full marks giving us a 60/60 100% score. Well would you expect anything less from Clachaig!