Of course Rajmund and I hang my head in shame for typing that!
There is now a cask brewery on the island (Islay Brewery), I was hoping to have for our beer festival but sadly we were unable to get hold of it. Last time I was on the island the only two pubs serving cask were the Lochindaal and the Port Charlotte Hotel. Both worth a visit.
Although there are cases where it is -- we had a bottle labelled "Sauvignon -- Bordeaux" the other night. And French wine growers are right now desperatly entreating the French government to allow them to label wines by varietal, rather than AOC.
The licensee used to run a Hardy and Hansons pub in Derbyshire and said to me he couldn't imagine running a pub without cask ale. He was the first Islay pub to sell it. Now that the brewery has started it is good to see others are giving it a go though I guess most of it is for the visitors. Great food and a good selection of reasonably priced malts to boot!
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