Guinness to close its Waterford Brewery

[CARA]

http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/diageo-to-close-waterford-brewery-36-jobs-lost-590967.html

Who do you think will try and snap it up??

[johnrm]

 What were they producing there?
Where else have they got production other than Dublin?

[Stitch]

I believe that Dundalk is gone also. A certain craft whiskey distiller was looking to buy it but they larger tanks up there are not of much use to them and take up an awful lot of space. I have heard that they built around them and they go through 4 floors. With the new brew house in James gate I don't see them going to Liexlip any time soon.

[Will_D]

And just wait till the "East European Water Meter Installation Team" arrives at the "gate of the Gate" to dig up the road!!!

[Will_D]

Mind you East.Euro labour is getting more expensive - they will probaly be (fill in yer own ethnic minority you don't like at present)

[Weiss]

What I don't like about water charges is Irish Water (a Bord Gais company) is a billing company. The water system will still be run by your local council, but Irish Water will bill you. There will be no economies of scale. There will only be an extra 400 bodies in Irish Water, all working in a call centre, which will need to be paid. Most of what you pay in charges will be wages. The rest of the supply chain won't change.

I dpubt their top man who'll be pulling four hundred large a year will be working in a call centre.... 

[Stitch]

With the new brew house in James gate I don't see them going to Liexlip any time soon.

No, but I believe they haven't had their property tax estimate letters from the Revenue yet

And they won't either.They are only leasing the property

[irish_goat]

What were they producing there?

They make high strength Guinness 'syrup' that gets exported and then mixed with lager to make stout. Magic.

[Stitch]

Thought that was where they made the Harp. The make the extract in James Gate.

[irish_goat]

They make Harp (and a few others) in the Dundalk plant, although they are planning to move production to St.Jame's Gate.

[Stitch]

Was getting Dundalk and Waterford plants mixed up there!!

[DEMPSEY]

Well lager or pale ale, mash it then using a high tech handle or button let the essence(marketing girl),syrup(man from Donegal),black gooee stuff(any 7 to 10 year old) mix with it.

[Stitch]

They make high strength Guinness 'syrup' that gets exported and then mixed with lager to make stout. Magic.

Essence I think they call it. Are you sure about the lager bit?!

They call it extract and have a plant dedicated to just it. It is mixed with a pale malt base I thought???

[DEMPSEY]

I was told they mash a pale malt mash and add the gooee stuff after mash along with the hop extract and boil that in the kettle.

[Stitch]

That is roughly what I had said - I thought :-?