Sunday 26 Feb 2006

Guest Ale:
Our guest ale for the forseeable future will be Farne Island from the Hadrian and Borders brewery in Newcastle.

Direct from cask!
As our cellar is a long way from the bar, the ale travels through the chilled dispense system and becomes excessively cold. Because of this we've taken to dispensing directly from the cask. This gives a much better looking pint at a more acceptable temperature.

Promotions:
Smirnoff Black Ice £1.80 while stocks last (normally £2.20)

Continental beers

We're going to change the range of continental beers. We currently have 5 beers from the Andechs brewery in Munich, but I have to drive to Glasgow Airport to pick them up.

Currently remaining:
Andechs Weisse (about 20)
Andechs Dunkel Weisse (about 15)
Andechs Hell (about 20)
Andechs Spezial Hell (only 2 left)
Andechs Bergbock Hell (about 15)

Continental beers currently stocked
Poland:
Zywiec

Continental beers planned once the Andechs runs out:
Pilsener Urquell
Budvar
Leffe Blonde
Erdinger Weisse
{if there is anything you'd like to see us stock please leave a comment}

Room news
Once renovations get under way (anticipated: April) room 9 will be unavailable.

A first note

Lorna spent yesterday updating the Spread Eagle website. Since this isn't something that can be done in a few seconds We'll use this blog for occasional announcements that don't warrant a major rewrite.
The kinds of things we're thinking of are drinks promotions, events, special offers and stuff like that.

A final note

Because it's difficult to separate the renovations from the running of the hotel I have decided to discontinue this blog and put all future posts here instead.