This came via a mate involved in it... might be handy if you have a good recipe you want to up-scale at some point.
http://craftworks.ie/Contract%20Brewery%20Announcement.pdf
I'm hoping to get a few guys in work interested, and go do a big collaborative batch :)
John
What's a ball park figure for say an reg IPA
And the quantity? Could be funky to make a club beer or something from time to time:)
https://www.facebook.com/BYOBV/timeline?ref=page_internal
No webpage yet, but I love their branding - more power to them, hope they make it a success ;)
The press release say they got the old kit from the Galway Hooker guys, so 500 litre batches.
I was wondering - what's good to do with proper kit, that's hassle for smaller ones ? I was thinking something like a Pliny the Elder, which would use a lot of space in my boiler... or maybe stuff like a Belgian Quad or an Imperial stout, that has a high FG ?
John
Quote from: bigvalen on November 18, 2014, 03:07:38 PMI was wondering - what's good to do with proper kit, that's hassle for smaller ones ? I was thinking something like a Pliny the Elder, which would use a lot of space in my boiler... or maybe stuff like a Belgian Quad or an Imperial stout, that has a high FG ?
John
Good idea. Depending on the system it might allow different mashing techniques that you can't do on your own home kit e.g. step/decoction.
Or do something sour/bretty so you don't contaminate your own plastic FVs. ;)
You should ask how they package the beer too, in case you end up with a 50l keg each.
Amazingly, if the price was right, I wouldn't miss and a 50l keg. SO might have a different idea though... ;)
Ooh. Could also be the mother of all barrel projects!
Would be cool if, say for example a club brewed up a batch, if we could then have a keg of it up at the NHC Competition. We give a few pints away to volunteers on teh day so why not make it a few pints of a homebrewer's beer.
They have started an indigogo campaign to raise cash... https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/craftworks-contract-brewery
(Myself and a fee friends are going to go for the "collaborative brew" :-)
And, woohoo, I've made the €2500 perk happen :)
Nearly there...
John