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17 years 2 months ago #25

[quote:rsdv5cfl]TheBeerNut
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Yeah, fair point. I didn't say that having an outlet was a guarantee of success, but there's a reason why the established beer specialists are all in the big cities.[/quote:rsdv5cfl]

Well biddy early seemed to need other pubs selling their beer to make money whereas MM always seems to have been self contained*.

Does the closing of the Kilkenny/Dundalk and Cork breweries leave the way open for more "local beers for local people"?



*warning as soon as I go on the internet I become an expert in how to run a pub/brewery and how to make buddy road movie beer documentaries. My theories have no basis outside internet forum reality.

17 years 2 months ago #26

"a_friend_in_mead":axvg4qcm wrote: Does the closing of the Kilkenny/Dundalk and Cork breweries leave the way open for more "local beers for local people"?[/quote:axvg4qcm]

Since they where part of the Diego brand they are probably to big for a start up to take over

17 years 2 months ago #27

[quote:3l8il4i2]oblivious

Since they where part of the Diego brand they are probably to big for a start up to take over[/quote:3l8il4i2]

Oh yeah no way any big company would let a small guy brew their beer. I mean more could you see a brewpub in cork selling "Beamishish". One in Killkenny selling "livekenny" and one in Dundalk where they get tramps to fight each other for the amusement of the public.

17 years 2 months ago #28

"a_friend_in_mead":3v0njj9p wrote: MM always seems to have been self contained[/quote:3v0njj9p]I think the economics are just very different. Biddy Early was an independent operation, MM is part of a much bigger business where a loss-making brewery can probably go unnoticed. And yes, that's probably a more important factor in its endurance than the fact of the on-site keg fonts.

"a_friend_in_mead":3v0njj9p wrote: I mean more could you see a brewpub in cork selling "Beamishish". One in Killkenny selling "livekenny" and one in Dundalk where they get tramps to fight each other for the amusement of the public.[/quote:3v0njj9p]While I think there's a case for the punters buying into this (as they did when the Leeds Brewery borrowed[/url:3v0njj9p] the Tetley brand colours from Carlsberg), remember that the new supplier isn't going to be able to provide the service and discounts that the macros can.

17 years 2 months ago #29

Pardon my ignorance but who owns Messrs?

17 years 2 months ago #30

Philip Hickey. Owner of such classy establishments as Q (next door), Tram Co and The Barge.
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