BURNS NIGHT AND LOCAL CELEBRATIONS TAKING PLACE THIS WEEK IN BILLERICAY!

 IT'S SCOTTISH WEEK! 

Robert Burns  

Bard

Description

Robert Burns, also known familiarly as Rabbie Burns, the National Bard, Bard of Ayrshire, the Ploughman Poet and various other names and epithets, was a Scottish poet and lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland and is celebrated worldwide.

Born: 25 January 1759, Alloway  Died: 21 July 1796, Dumfries

Tonight is, of course, Burns' Night, so Billericay's local microbrewery team have organised a week of Scottish celebrations. Unfortunately the Burns Night Supper tonight and the Whisky Tasting on Thursday are now truly sold out but the Scottish theme continues through the week. The team have a couple of kegs from Scottish breweries Loch Lomond and Tempest for customers to try and their brewer Rick has made a cranachan version of Woody's Bark. For those of you unfamiliar with this traditional Scottish dessert, it's based on oats, cream, raspberries and whisky - can't wait to try some! Sounds wonderful and I will have a try at creating this fascinating sounding dish in my kitchen.

Cranachan Scottish dessert

Cranachan is a traditional Scottish dessert. It was originally a celebration of harvest, made following the raspberry harvest in June. The dessert of cream and fresh seasonal raspberries is bolstered by Scottish oats and whisky. It has been called 'the uncontested king of Scottish dessert'.

Credit: Wendy Pike l to r:  Dave Golding, Ethan Kannor, Head Brewer at Brentwood, Roland Kannor, MD at Brentwood, me and Trevor Jeffery, Director Billericay.

On Saturday evening in the micropub Trevor and his team  are inviting you to wear Scottish fancy dress with a prize for the best costume - so get out your tartan and have a great time.  

Service options: Drive-through · No-contact delivery

A 3-min walk from Billericay Library

Address: 

54 Chapel St, Billericay CM12 9LS

Hours: 

Closes soon ⋅ 9PM ⋅ Opens 3PM Wed

Phone: 01277 500121