Bar bosses Lewis Boddy and Les Ross have released a new craft beer during lockdown and sparked a stampede of orders.
The duo run Dumfries’ pub The Douglas Arms at Friars Vennel and hit on the idea of producing their own real ale for home deliveries.
And now regulars and craft beer fans have been piling in orders online for the Attacked by Gulls with deliveries being made from as far afield as Hartlepool to Edinburgh.
Lewis, 32, and Les, 47, conjured up the recipe themselves and with the help of Lowland Brewing in Lockerbie they produced 500 litres of Attacked by Gulls.
A total of 700 bottles were manufactured along with several casks with the aim of having poured pints in The Douglas Arms when lockdown regulations are finally lifted and people can drink in bars once more.
Lewis said: “Les and I have known each other for quite a long time. We worked together for a few years in the Dumfries and Galloway Council.
“So we took over the business in 2019 here at ‘The Dougie’ and everything had been going well then coronavirus happened and since then we have been trying to adapt and find new ways of keeping in the public eye and keep the business afloat.
“We launched an off-licence and now we have launched our Dougie Brew called Attacked by Gulls.”
Both told how the response has been overwhelming, with orders flying out the door and Les added: “We wanted it to be local to Dumfries and Galloway so it is bottled and brewed here.
“The name comes from the fact that nearly everyone in the town has been attacked by a gull at some point in the street.
“And our artwork on the label was done by artist Paul Winter with the Mid Steeple in the design.
“We made the recipe ourselves and based it on an IPA recipe and had great help from Michael Tough in Lockerbie who let us use his brewery.
“So we have come up with a mix of a traditional taste of old and a bit of the new IPA to it and punters have loved it.
“The bottles cost £2.50 and it has a four per cent strength.
“And we will have a few other brews coming out soon.”
