Capital Brewers potential co-location with TOG

[ferg]

01. Shiny
02. Vermelho
03. brian_c
04. phoenix
05. molc possibly??
06. armedcor
07. pdb
08. Ferg

[beerfly]

01. Shiny
02. Vermelho
03. brian_c
04. phoenix
05. molc possibly??
06. armedcor
07. pdb
08. Ferg
09. Beerfly

[brian_c]

Is this list for those interesting in co-locating with TOG, or for something else?

You mean its not the list for the free toaster?

[winstonia]

€1400 a month is nuts tbh. You're going to need 60+ people to keep costs reasonable

I was offered a place where Motley brew is located, bigger than his shop for €800 a month.

I'd be interested but not at that price.

[Shane Phelan]

€1400 a month is nuts tbh. You're going to need 60+ people to keep costs reasonable

I was offered a place where Motley brew is located, bigger than his shop for €800 a month.

I'd be interested but not at that price.

The whole point of the thread is about a co-location with TOG. They already are paying €1400 a month with approximately 40+ members and they have been doing this sustainably for 5 years so I wouldn't worry about that aspect. What is being proposed there is that we join up with them as we do not have the means of paying €1400, €800 or anything like it ourselves at the moment. The idea is that we would bring something like 200-300/month and get a certain square footage of their space. 

[phoenix]

25-45 quid a month to be a keyholder for a city centre space like this seems like good value to me.

I could store some of my gear, drop in weekdays after work to do a starter or some bottling, brew there and leave my FVs there, look to work on projects for temp control etc with the other members and eventually look to get a larger kit together for bigger co-brewed batches. Space permitting we could hold the monthly meets there. Stick in a few tables and chairs, some kegs and taps and youve got a social club for Capital too. Its a no brainer with loads of potential to develop.

[winstonia]

25-45 quid a month to be a keyholder for a city centre space like this seems like good value to me.

I could store some of my gear, drop in weekdays after work to do a starter or some bottling, brew there and leave my FVs there, look to work on projects for temp control etc with the other members and eventually look to get a larger kit together for bigger co-brewed batches. Space permitting we could hold the monthly meets there. Stick in a few tables and chairs, some kegs and taps and youve got a social club for Capital too. Its a no brainer with loads of potential to develop.

Well if that's the price than it sounds reasonable. I'm in D3. Could donate a 60L mash tun that needs a bit of tlc in the seals and a 33L stock pot..

[molc]

Space permitting we could hold the monthly meets there. Stick in a few tables and chairs, some kegs and taps and youve got a social club for Capital too. Its a no brainer with loads of potential to develop.

That in a nutshell is why an idea like this is great. You give a space for members to coordinate and meet. The rest will just evolve dynamically. Though I think it should be a more inclusive NHC thing rather than just capital. We have a big brew community in Dublin, so the more the merrier in my mind. Think of even just having a space where all the group buys can be delivered and distributed. You could even bulk buy grain as a club and have members buy from the club on brew days; basically operating as a co-op for the group.
The possibilities are endless when you have a centralised space...

[Vermelho]

Okay so updated list:

01. Shiny
02. Vermelho
03. brian_c
04. phoenix
05. molc possibly??
06. armedcor
07. pdb
08. Ferg
09. Beerfly
10. Phoenix
11. Winstonia

[phoenix]

01. Shiny
02. Vermelho
03. brian_c
04. phoenix
05. molc possibly??
06. armedcor
07. pdb
08. Ferg
09. Beerfly
10. Winstonia

Im enthusiastic about the idea but not so much that I need to be added twice

[Boycott]

01. Shiny
02. Vermelho
03. brian_c
04. phoenix
05. molc possibly??
06. armedcor
07. pdb
08. Ferg
09. Beerfly
10. Winstonia
11. DCBrewing

[cruiscinlan]

Sign me up too, if within 20mins of O'Connell St it's doable for me on the bike.

[Shane Phelan]

Initial comments are positive from some of the TOG members so I will have a good deal of support at the AGM on Saturday. Thing's I'm going to mention are:

- Tiered pricing
- Space available (for equipment, parking depends on the final space chosen)
- Water/Electricity charges
- Fund for new/specialist equipment (ie a portion of the monthly fee should go towards this)
- What type of facilities are we aiming to have (Yeast bank & slanting kit, Temperature controlled chambers, microscopes, grain/hop storage etc...)

Is there anything else that people want me to ask for clarification at the AGM?

[ferg]

Its probably way way down the road but should we get our area in there HACCP certified?

[Padraic]

I remember the first ever brewday we had there!

Great work Shiny on setting the ball rolling on a more formal relationship between the capital brewers and Tog!!

Best of luck this afternoon!