Brew ha ha
Posted: Wednesday, 13 June 2007 |
See what I did there?
I am very tired, have spent a lot of time recently gadding aboot and working and having island jaunts (Rousay on Tuesday - scorchio! Got a very sunburnt nose). Now lying in bed with laptop and biscuits and small black cat.
So to the brew....this event is held in Orkney in Finstown, in the parish of Firth, hence its name, the Firth Brew. It is basically a home brew/winemaking competition featuring several different categories. You can enter beer made from a kit, beer from trad ingredients, wine from a kit and wine from trad stuff etc. Each category has subdivisions of local and non-local. Local is wine/beer made in Firth, non-local is wine beer made anywhere that is not Firth, ie the rest of the world!
We entered our 12 month old Elderberry and Sloe traditional wine (non-local, we live in Stromness which is not in Firth). Sadly we did not win a prize, and consider ourselves duly robbed. Anyhow, here is a selection of pics from the event. You may recognise a few shady characters....
Once you have bought your ticket, you can sample as much as you like...
The public get a voting slip and write down their favourites...
So many drinkies, so little time!
'Right, whit's this? Rhubarb and custard?'
Lots of Orkney folk still use the thick traditional bottles with the screw tops
Our Westminster MP Alistair Carmichael (spelling of Alistair? It's a minefield) enjoying the evening
You must be fu', you're all blurry
That's the very stuff for me!
Pea pod 2006 or Blue Nun? I know which I'd prefer....
Lots of folk enjoying the night
Here's the spittoon
No Orkney event is complete without a supper of some kind.
The bottles are collected up.....
The beneficial effects are felt
The lucky winner claims his prize
The last waltz
A fine night had by all, and many thanks to the Firth folk for hosting the event. I still think we wuz robbed, though.
Cheers!
I am very tired, have spent a lot of time recently gadding aboot and working and having island jaunts (Rousay on Tuesday - scorchio! Got a very sunburnt nose). Now lying in bed with laptop and biscuits and small black cat.
So to the brew....this event is held in Orkney in Finstown, in the parish of Firth, hence its name, the Firth Brew. It is basically a home brew/winemaking competition featuring several different categories. You can enter beer made from a kit, beer from trad ingredients, wine from a kit and wine from trad stuff etc. Each category has subdivisions of local and non-local. Local is wine/beer made in Firth, non-local is wine beer made anywhere that is not Firth, ie the rest of the world!
We entered our 12 month old Elderberry and Sloe traditional wine (non-local, we live in Stromness which is not in Firth). Sadly we did not win a prize, and consider ourselves duly robbed. Anyhow, here is a selection of pics from the event. You may recognise a few shady characters....
Once you have bought your ticket, you can sample as much as you like...
The public get a voting slip and write down their favourites...
So many drinkies, so little time!
'Right, whit's this? Rhubarb and custard?'
Lots of Orkney folk still use the thick traditional bottles with the screw tops
Our Westminster MP Alistair Carmichael (spelling of Alistair? It's a minefield) enjoying the evening
You must be fu', you're all blurry
That's the very stuff for me!
Pea pod 2006 or Blue Nun? I know which I'd prefer....
Lots of folk enjoying the night
Here's the spittoon
No Orkney event is complete without a supper of some kind.
The bottles are collected up.....
The beneficial effects are felt
The lucky winner claims his prize
The last waltz
A fine night had by all, and many thanks to the Firth folk for hosting the event. I still think we wuz robbed, though.
Cheers!
Comments
I don't think you were robbed. It looks like the grand prize was just being there.
CVBruce from CA,USA
Thanks for that, SD, it made interesting reading, I like the comic-strip effect!
Ruthodanort from Unst
Baksheesh, Stromness, in the form of a few bottles of Highland single malt would have done it. It certainly would if I had been the judge and jury [I guess I am kidding]. Seriously though, looks like fun. I assume the organizers provided free transportation home for those whose consumption was uninhibited? Shady characters, Stromness? I thought many in the picture looked rather florid, not excluding the honorable MP ...
mjc from NM,USA
Well, mjc, a friend of ours gave us a lift, but I reckon the local taxi companies did a bit of business. Yeah, the florid look is very this season in Orkney. And last season, and the one before that! Disappointingly, today's young farmers change out of their boiler suits to go out for the night, whereas their fathers and grandfathers would have just put on a clean one (boiler suit), with a suit jacket on top for best!
Stromness Dragon from Safely home
Life in Stromness, writing stuff, staring out of the window, history, growing veg at the allotment.
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