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VB is only about 10% last i checked.. it is mainly to speed up fermentation, (quick start)

"MasterBrewer":2r6azubj wrote: VB is only about 10% last i checked.. it is mainly to speed up fermentation, (quick start)[/quote:2r6azubj]

I think they maybe be reformulating it due to the drought and grain crises up to 20% i think as cane sugar is readily available, but i could be wrong .

MasterBrewer are you still with dean or someone else?

did 3 months back in 2005, and left.... lion-nathan was a better oppertunity.....

Thanks MasterBrewer, it's good to get some insider knowledge. I have always thought it strange that his brewery was not part of the Irish Craft Brewing 'scene'. Most of the breweries appear at the likes of the Franciscan Well's festival but never a sighting of Celtic Brewing or their beers. I guess they're following a different path *cough* - would it be fair to say, quality issues apart, that the brewery is underutilised?

[quote:3oqw6bql]lion-nathan was a better oppertunity.....[/quote:3oqw6bql]
So you're in Oz now? When are you coming back to start up your own brewery and what will you be brewing? <!-- s;) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_wink.gif" alt="" title="Wink" /><!-- s;) -->

its part underutilized, but mainly because hes looking for a quick buck.... one company required 1000 cases for their fist year of their beer to be brewed. dean produced it all in a week and tried to charge them storage in his warehouse... they refused... so he relabelled it and redated it and sold it as a special.... he dosent have a clear plan for expansion or reliable core brews....

Just finished in Oz and I am now working outside london... not much going in Ireland at the mo. and brewery start up is costly....
It will get harder when S&N/Heineken close one of their cork breweries. the country needs time to start supporting their local brewery's


Just to be clear on biddy's. I know what Dean did I dont know if Niall was aware of it.

&amp;quot;MasterBrewer&amp;quot;:3kn8gj43 wrote: Never saw finnans in a bottle shop[/quote:3kn8gj43]Superquinn always stocked it. Back in the day they carried all the bottled Irish craft beers. These days they stock all one of them.