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[quote:rsdv5cfl]TheBeerNut
PostPosted: 04 Feb 2009 11:00 Post subject:
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.

"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

[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.

"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.

Pardon my ignorance but who owns Messrs?

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