A communication from MCI in the past few weeks says the bagging plant should be complete in about 6 weeks.
We're starting into silly season, so realistically this means 2014.
I will update here if I hear any more.
It will make our next gb easier :)
Hey Paschal Sheehy, can you look over the fence?
I suppose that means me then.
I will touch base with them tomorrow, like.
No cork accent here, boy.
Any idea when roughly the next gb will be, just started into my second bag, great stuff. Thanks again to the Cork lads who made it happen last time.
Start an interest list Covey.
Logistics is the fun bit.
Need to see how much a pallet ships for.
Count me in for 4 X 25kg bags of Maris Otter pref uncrushed to start with.
Quote from: Parrot on December 08, 2013, 07:49:45 PM
Count me in for 4 X 25kg bags of Pale Ale pref uncrushed to start with.
K?
Back on topic (ahem)
The latest launch date is the end of January 2014 - I'll update here.
They are still bagging by hand and have started dispatching using freight forwarders with tail-lifts on a small scale. There is still no fork on site.
Chris has suggested organising a drop somewhere more central than Cork for further distribution by ourselves, but as always we are welcome to come and collect at the plant.
Quote from: johnrm on December 10, 2013, 06:59:27 PM
The latest launch date is the end of January 2014 - I'll update here.
Any chance of a bit of PR celebration here?
For Example:
The President of the NHC "Launches the new bagging line" by cracking a bottle of MCI beer over it!
More realistically:
Drop down a case of mixed beers brewed form their products?
Cheers johnio
I had a call from Chris in MCI yesterday.
Plant is in place, but they need to put a lid on the building otherwise you will have damp malt.
Mid Feb.
He mentioned PRL for Groupage/Pallet or regular courier (name escapes me) for Single bag @EUR10
Additionally, they are talking about reselling speciality malts.
This will mean that you order a pallet of Malt and you can get your specialities, Weyermann etc. in the one drop.
The mix of specialities will depend on demand.
Is there any reason why we can't forward the qty and mix from the last speciality GB to MCI?
@johnrm, did the mention when they would start reselling the specialties?
Pretty much.
Um, post#13? 3rd paragraph?
Saw this in this months Zymurgy, obviously getting their ducks in a row.
Mods feel free to delete pic if you think I'm infringing copyright although should be ok with an ad?
I used to drool over:
Hornby shite
Anna Kournikova (briefly)
Minis (not the feckin' BMW ones... this is so not the place for a BMW mini rant, sorry)
Saxophones
Powertools
And now malt! How did they manage to make malt look sexy?!
At present they send 2Kt of grain to the US in containers to one central bagging point and have the extra costs of bagging and transshipping across the US and has made their premium product uncompetitive, the new bagging line will give them massive flexibility in that they can send 20 or 40Fts directly to the final destination in an appropriate time-frame and will ultimately increase their market through price competitiveness and service, fair play to them.
The sheeting for the roof arrived today.
They say end of March, I say mid-April.
Still bagging by hand.
I had a conversation with Chris today.
The plant is currently being commissioned and will be up and running next week.
They will have a stock of bagged malt on hand for walk-in buys.
I imagine this will be week days so may not suit weekend visitors to Cork.
Additionally, they plan a Plant tour sometime in May.
Thread here...
http://www.nationalhomebrewclub.com/forum/index.php/topic,6251.0.html
Hi Johnrm
Any idea on prices yet or will they deliver? It might make the next group but easier if they deliver.
Shanna
I don't honestly know, but I imagine the prices will be the same as before, about EUR20 for 25kg?
Search the forum for one of the previous GBs for an indication.
MCI are close to having a new website in place to allow online malt purchase.
The bagging plant well broken in at this stage and shipping is nationwide.
By Mid Aug MCI will be able to offer their delicious malt freshly crushed and bagged ready to ship to anywhere in Ireland or the UK.
http://www.maltingcompany.ie