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"yarmot":3d00p5t4 wrote: It begs the question why some of the contributors haven't started their own breweries[/quote:3d00p5t4]
It take's more that a good recipe of even a whole clatter of good beers to start up a brewery.
This wonderful little country of ours does quiet a bit to make it difficult to start up breweries, especially with out considerable financial backing.

"Spud 395":1hvykpce wrote:

"yarmot":1hvykpce wrote: It begs the question why some of the contributors haven't started their own breweries[/quote:1hvykpce]
It take's more that a good recipe of even a whole clatter of good beers to start up a brewery.
This wonderful little country of ours does quiet a bit to make it difficult to start up breweries, especially with out considerable financial backing.[/quote:1hvykpce]

Would there be scope in the concept of a co-operative micro brewery?

The co-op ( or existing micro ) with the license and bonds etc then invites subscribing member to brew batches of beer to thier own recipes ( experimental ?? ) and so the beer can then legally be sold into the retail trade.

The members would probably have to pay a membership fee.

They would source the ingredients, do the work, brew the beer, market the beer and split the revenue back with the parent license holder

In order not to impinge on the day to day bulk brewing ( if its a larger brewery ) then the mebers could use an existing empty building and use their own 25/50/100 litre brew equipment

Would this be legal??

Cheers

Will

"Spud 395":3is8mlzs wrote: This wonderful little country of ours does quiet a bit to make it difficult to start up breweries, especially with out considerable financial backing.[/quote:3is8mlzs]
Ah right.
So then it's our job as a consumer organisation to jump on the back of the brave few - who have taken the time, jumped through the hoops, cut through the red tape and invested their own money in their business - demanding they be more inventive than the standard red, gold and black and only brew what we want them to brew?
Or should we support them fully in what they do, in order to gradually create the market conditions that demand ever more extreme styles of beer?
It took CAMRA 35 years to embed this in GB. In the meantime, we can brew the ridiculously hoppy stuff at home.

"mr happy":361924z1 wrote: So when are we going to see an Irish micro producing a sour beer? [/quote:361924z1]

The lads from Trouble Brewing came out to give a talk in Maynooth and brought along some beer including a lambic. As far as I remember they said they were due to take a visit to a lambic brewery in Belgium to try and learn a bit about brewing sour beer.

"yarmot":1ypj3pp0 wrote: Ah right.
So then it's our job as a consumer organisation to jump on the back of the brave few - who have taken the time, jumped through the hoops, cut through the red tape and invested their own money in their business - demanding they be more inventive than the standard red, gold and black and only brew what we want them to brew?.[/quote:1ypj3pp0]
You got it in 1

"yarmot":1ypj3pp0 wrote: Or should we support them fully in what they do, in order to gradually create the market conditions that demand ever more extreme styles of beer?.[/quote:1ypj3pp0]
You got it in 2.

"DEMPSEY":1z4fs8zl wrote:

"yarmot":1z4fs8zl wrote: Ah right.
So then it's our job as a consumer organisation to jump on the back of the brave few - who have taken the time, jumped through the hoops, cut through the red tape and invested their own money in their business - demanding they be more inventive than the standard red, gold and black and only brew what we want them to brew?.[/quote:1z4fs8zl]
You got it in 1

"yarmot":1z4fs8zl wrote: Or should we support them fully in what they do, in order to gradually create the market conditions that demand ever more extreme styles of beer?.[/quote:1z4fs8zl]
You got it in 2.[/quote:1z4fs8zl]
Exactly