MCI - Malting Company of Ireland - bagging line

[johnrm]

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.

[alealex]

It will make our next gb easier 

[Ciderhead]

Hey Paschal Sheehy, can you look over the fence?

[johnrm]

I suppose that means me then.
I will touch base with them tomorrow, like.
No cork accent here, boy.

[Covey]

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.

[johnrm]

Start an interest list Covey.
Logistics is the fun bit.
Need to see how much a pallet ships for.

[Parrot]

Count me in for 4 X 25kg bags of Maris Otter pref uncrushed to start with.

[Parrot]

Count me in for 4 X 25kg bags of Pale Ale pref uncrushed to start with.

K?

[johnrm]

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.

[Will_D]

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?

[Ciderhead]

Cheers johnio

[johnrm]

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?

[AJ_Rowley]

@johnrm, did the mention when they would start reselling the specialties?

[johnrm]

Pretty much.

[Taf]

Pretty much.

Cryptic!