And In This Tank...

After 3 - 4 hectic weeks trying to keep up, we have again run out of empty barrels. So it's a quiet week this week, with just a fresh brew of Royston Pale Ale (RPA to it's friends) gently fermenting away. We have a good stock of Challenger & Highwayman in the cellar, but both are getting alarmingly low - but then that is good, we don't brew it to keep it sat in the cellar! Next week will be a double brew week, but only if we get enough empties back. Or we get the 100 new ones we are waiting for. And at the moment 100 firkins is just enough for a double brew week.

Such fluctuations in our brewing volumes marks out the increasing number of 'tour groupies' we seem to be getting. We have noticed for a while that some faces in tour parties were familiar, but this has now been confirmed when someone asked why we had full tanks a few weeks ago, but now had empty ones. When he was answered, he sagely agreed that we had mentioned cask shortages in the past. He then had to admit he was on his fourth visit this year. So far. So it's not just rock bands that have groupies, breweries have them too. And do you know what, I think it's great. I am sure that some Rolling Stones groupies offer more services than ours do (thankfully), but ours certainly do us great benefit in raising our profile in the local pub trade. And whilst I don't want to sound ungrateful, the more I thinka bout it, a few screaming females would certainly add a bit of extra cheer that middle-aged men just can't provide.