MCI - Malting Company of Ireland - bagging line

[johnrm]

Um, post#13? 3rd paragraph?

[Ciderhead]

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?

[Tom]

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?!

[Ciderhead]

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.   

[johnrm]

The sheeting for the roof arrived today.
They say end of March, I say mid-April.
Still bagging by hand.

[johnrm]

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

[Shanna]

Hi Johnrm

Any idea on prices yet or will they deliver? It might make the next group but easier if they deliver.

Shanna

[johnrm]

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.

[johnrm]

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