Sunday Shine

It’s a lovely Sunday morning in late July, as the 5.32am Chilcompton to Frome goods snakes between the colliery and the rear of The Pedant & Armchair pub, hauled by Templecombe shed’s former GWR tank engine number 4631. Today Wee Willy Winkle and Wobbly Wilfred are in charge of the engine, you can just about see Wee Willy in the cab, he’s a shy soul, and hates being photographed. 

Over on the left, multiple pub owner and moonshiner, Shamus O’Shandy, accompanied by Bob Geeza Cat, stand next to their still enjoying the soft morning sunlight next to the brew house at the rear of the pub. Shortly they’ll be firing up the still for another intoxicating 180% proof run using liquor from fermented apples, turnips and anything else that they could find like Nasal Nigel’s underwear. 

In addition to ‘shine, the beer brewed here is said to have psychedelic qualities due to the water being drawn from the stinking orange mine-water contaminated pond. The ‘psychedelic’ aspect is more likely due to a huge depth-charge of moonshine being added to the fresh beer at the barrelling stage, purely to extend the shelf life of course. 

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