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"TheBeerNut":kx0989kq wrote: You can get lots of decent imports from only two or three wholesalers. Irish beers mostly need to be ordered from the brewery, who don't do other beers.[/quote:kx0989kq]


Very good point.

My local used to get in O'Haras a few years ago and when he stopped he said that the fella he was dealing with never came back to him. I think he deals with one particular supplier for his good beers.

"JamesM":13fd369j wrote: so is there an opportunity for someone to specialise in representing all the irish micros and supply to the off-license trade. Cos there are a good few now.[/quote:13fd369j]


I'd assume so. With cooperation with and between the breweries it should be possible.

I'm sure if there was one distributor a small(er) off-licence had to deal with to get the Irish micros more would take the chance. Especially in those places where they're starting to get in some "world" beers ie. non-Diageo/pissy stuff.

O'Haras seems to be a staple of O'Brien's "world beer/other" section separated away from the pissy and Diageo stuff. Setting up distribution networks can't be easy though.