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"Jenky":37ay1ezw wrote: Also

NOHOVAL BREWING COMPANY LIMITED
THE TURRETS
NOHOVAL
BELGOOLY
KINSALE CO. CORK

Anyone know anything of these two?[quote:37ay1ezw][/quote:37ay1ezw]

Nohoval are the people who recently launched Stonewell Cider, although you don't brew cider any more than you brew wine ![/quote:37ay1ezw]

Some info as per my last post

"Tube":2vj3zt86 wrote: The reliefs under the Business Expansion Scheme are much less in the East of the country (Dublin, Kildare etc) and Cork, as these counties are deemed to not need industries as much as the rest. If they can come up with baloney like that, they can decide that we have enough micros that are paying only half the excise that Diageo etc are paying. Believe me, anything is possible![/quote:2vj3zt86]

I'm just making an educated guess here but don't certain parts of Ireland qualify as regionally disadvantaged under the EU? Perhaps that's where the funding for reliefs come from?

Also, our recovery is going to be export led according to the numbers and to be fair, it was exports that drove the real initial boom so I can't see any government doing anything to kill any export trade.

Finally, as a by-line, the more craft beer we export, the more we boost Ireland's image abroad as a food haven and like or not, it reinforces certain stereotypes (diddley dee, spuds and drink) which has never been any harm to our tourism industry. The more Europeans & Brits we have drinking in our pubs, the more the pub will be able to flog the craft beers, it's a virtuous circle.

PS. It's worth knowing that the majority of publicans detest diageo and would love to be able to sell good beer. However, most are struggling to trade as it is and they know they can't tell their customers "don't mind that pish I've been serving you for the last 20 years, try some of this stuff". So really the only hope is to drive a demand led craft beer industry and that's a whole new thread altogether. Ideas on the back of a postcard <!-- s:idea: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_idea.gif" alt="" title="Idea" /><!-- s:idea: -->