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I think we'd be more than happy to help with points 1 and 2.

&amp;quot;Laurent&amp;quot;:23w6rv4d wrote: Well, for a start, we will be extremely happy to have a permanent contact in Ireland, in order to have a possibility to exchange information, experience, to try and get to understand the specific strengths, trappings and idiosyncrasies of the Irish beer market, and ICB as it is can already be a very precious contact point.

Contacts with brewers and breweries in Ireland, large and small, is also something ICB could probably provide EBCU, for instance to encourage import of craft irish beers in our countries. [/quote:23w6rv4d]

For the rest, as Séan suggests, we'd need time (both elapsed and time from people) and money, so lets just see. <!-- s:) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_smile.gif" alt="" title="Smile" /><!-- s:) --> 2-5 Years sugests a hell of a lot of organisation!

Absolutely. As a point of contact and source of information, we are here and happy to help.

Being a new member here I don't know the motives and aspirations that caused ICB to be set up but on the basis that it is growing nicely in the last 18 months then a natural progession would probably be a more formal group.

[quote:f4nt342d]We're talking the likes of two to five years to get something off the ground.[/quote:f4nt342d]

This sounds likely to me although whether it would be ICB or an offshoot it would most probably be rooted in this group. It is a good thing to have a target to aim for especially if the short term target is a piss up in a brewery. <!-- s:D --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_biggrin.gif" alt="" title="Very Happy" /><!-- s:D -->

&amp;quot;mikewest&amp;quot;:1sywl49d wrote: ...growing nicely in the last 18 months [/quote:1sywl49d]Only 12 months since the original site, IrishCraftBeer, that Séan set up, and only 8 months since ICBrewer in the form you see it in now. <!-- s:) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_smile.gif" alt="" title="Smile" /><!-- s:) --> But yes, growing slowly but surely as a web community!

And in its infant days as a thread on boardsie methinks

Meh, I'm not sure we count that. We set it up as a dedicated site exactly because boards.ie was too generic. This was set up to focus on amatuer and commercial craft brews, not booze. We're talking ICB as a site and dedicated community. <!-- s:) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_smile.gif" alt="" title="Smile" /><!-- s:) -->