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The Coll Hotel now officially sells Real Ale. All winter we have had a barrel (or two) resting on the bar in the restaurant and the beer has come out of the tap into the pint glass. I think secretly the real ale enthusiasm was expected to die down, but eventually the bullet was bitten and an official shed was built to house the kegs and a hand pump was installed. This took some time as it is very crowded behind the bar, and any left-handed bar staff are going to find it quite difficult. The hand pump was put into operation on Friday; and we are now on our third barrel! The problem will be maintaining a supply, as shopping trips to Glasgow are limited by weight. The choice will be more beer, or more chips. The drawback to having the beer on hand pump is it will be more complicated to have a ‘guest’ beer, as the system will need flushing out. I’m still trying to work out a way to get some Latitude from Atlas brewery, but there is absolutely no room for a second hand pump.