New menu board - As it often rains and at this time of year it &  snows you can not put a blackboard menu on the street , so how do you advertise what you sell ? . I have just finished building a water proof menu board. It is painted in light brown outdoor wood stain and then coated with varnish with a small roof to defect the water . a black sign board will slide in from either end and is protected by 3mm acrylic sheet .Should be perfect once the blackboard is fitted as then everybody can see whats for sale !. 

If you love live Celtic music you are in for a treat in March as on the Friday the 4th we will be hold our monthly Celtic music session which is always great fun and then on Sat the 5th the popular band Fireflies made up of Celtic musicians from Niigata university will play their last live show before their graduation , they are fantastic musicians and if you have never seen them play this is your last chance !.  For further details see the poster below.

Just the thing for a cold Niigata winter day - Albannach Guinness lamb stew  plus our famous home made rye bread !

A few weeks ago Ema who hails from Cessnock in Scotland & her co worker visited Albannach ,  they had lunch and of course some fantastic Black Isle Isle beer from Inverness. Thanks for dropping by and hope to see you both again sometime !

On tap this week, Black Isle porter 4.2 % - Porter is my favorite style of beer and a great beer for winter , this is what the crew at Black Isle have to say about it - 

​Masses of dark roasted malt produces this dry full-bodied ruby black beer. This beer glides across the palate like a mythical monster on a frozen loch - a wonderful balance of bitterness with a light chocolate finish.