Mary Ann's Kitchen | |
 | Welcome to my kitchenI'm Mary Ann and hopefully this should make a good read about what's happening around the brewery. David and I started out with a plan 20 years ago. We decided to build our brewery in a dream situation planted in the hills of Luppitt. I am just one of those natural Mums who enjoy every job that's thrown at me. Some of those jobs are better than others, but when David asked me to brew beer, well, I could not have been happier. I come from a long line of brewers, but as men have it, or certainly my father would have it, ‘ladies' didn't brew beer - so I learnt to cook and type and nurse. Then, 20 years ago, my dream came true. Now of course I'm using my other training as well. I look after everyone here, and take care of the garden, vegetables and willow beds which clean all our dirty water. Of course, I'm always around to help with any job that needs an extra pair of hands and I'm never short of ideas! |
The Veggie GardenWell, I think the time has come to fill you in a little more on the Veggie garden. David and I have long dreamed of having our own garden again. Whilst the children were growing we used to be almost self sufficient in the days when they were all at school and I had long sunny days to weed and watch the veggies grow. So here we are again. The bomb site of waste mud that came from under the new cellar formed the platform for the beds which we have made as raised bed to help us when in wheel chairs! Patrick says its down hill all the way to weed and much harder work on the way up again! We have 3 sections now in our easy to run garden. 2 polytunnels, veggie garden, and fruit cage which is under construction and will be up and running next year. On the... |  |
These last few months have been very busy for my Mum, who after all, like any good woman, ran Dad. Now Dad has gone my Mum has moved up with us to make sure the whole family is working properly!
It is staggering to think when she was born, planes, cars, and telephones didn't really exist for most people. Her father was a Doctor with the...
Now I know I'm getting older when a group of really good value young'ns turn up after an excited phone call. I was meant to know who they were, and I am ashamed to say I didn't.
Scouting for Girls, it turned out, are great Otter fans, probably both the animal and the beer!
They had been performing in Plymouth the night...
Last Friday David and I went to Ludlow because he had been asked to judge beer along with other friends we've met through our time here.
I wasn't allowed through the gates until after the judging was finished, so I had a magic afternoon in Ludlow finding my way through the great range of normal shops. There are no chains in the town...