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"bigears":v7usib46 wrote: Personally I am prepared to pay a little more for supplies from an Irish stockist as long as there is a justifiable reason for the differential. It's in everyone's interest that we have local supplier(s) who stock a wide range of products - ...[/quote:v7usib46]
A very good point. The worst thing that could happen is that we put others out of business by being 30% cheaper on some products but then not carrying a full range.

But thats not where we are coming from. Its just that Ireland is at least 30% more expensive for everything! From restaurant prices to fridge/freezers to groceries (Tesco in Galway just dropped prices by 22%, why now? Why not years ago? Maybe its got something to do with Aldi and Lidl, and the fact that a lot of Galway people are travelling up north to shop). And why should Galway people have to drive to Enniskillen to shop? We think its ridiculous!

Our mission is to bring quality products to Irish consumers at real prices (UK prices + the 6% VAT differential; check our prices . . . this is what we already do).

But currently we dont carry as large a range of products. We will though. We will be expanding our range every time we re-order.

With some products, we will need grow our volume before we can stock them because we will have to order in very large volume (e.g. grain) before the shipping costs drop, and they do go off.

We have strong connections with manufacturers and distributors in the US and in Australasia (Fermtech, and Brewcraft), so in time we hope to be able to offer a hugely extended product range. But we need the volume, because we would need to ship in a 40 ft container to make it worthwhile. And we will get the volume because our pricing is here to stay (its not just some kind of introductory pricing). We figure 6 months to a year before we are stocking everything our competitors stock, and much more too.

As for Starsan, we would have to get it from US.

Brian
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&amp;quot;Wallacebiy&amp;quot;:1ntslkrg wrote: bitr spotted today in the white shirt in the car park of IITC !

Looking slick biy ![/quote:1ntslkrg]

are you following me? was actually in there getting some metric 22mm fittings to modify my mash tun manifold, modified it last night should work considerably better come sunday when i try my next brew.

&amp;quot;beeristhereason&amp;quot;:1xqxeha5 wrote:

&amp;quot;Wallacebiy&amp;quot;:1xqxeha5 wrote: bitr spotted today in the white shirt in the car park of IITC !

Looking slick biy ![/quote:1xqxeha5]

are you following me? was actually in there getting some metric 22mm fittings to modify my mash tun manifold, modified it last night should work considerably better come sunday when i try my next brew.[/quote:1xqxeha5]

Nice one ,

I was passing by going for lunch in the chinese buffet
( you'd be amazed what you can buy in that asian wholesalers y'know )

&amp;quot;Saruman&amp;quot;:2gro3z0y wrote: www.homebrewwest.com/

Anyone know of them or hear of them? They asked me to link to them on my blog.[/quote:2gro3z0y]
Hey there Saruman I was wondering if you got around to linking us on your blog? We are still coming in way down the list on google searches and it seems that, if we have more links, we might finally get up there with the rest!!

Cheers,

Brian
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