MCI Malt Group buy Interest List

[Ciderhead]

This is like spin the bottle.

[Covey]

  i can manage to look after the Conaught consigment. I should be down in cork in a month or so.

Anyone have a Van/lorry/Train/Horse and Cart.......wife with a gud back

[AJ_Rowley]

I have fiat multipla that the back seats can come out. I'm not sure of how much load it can carry though. And depending on on work but I'm sure I could try and sort something out.

[Covey]

Where are you AJ, you might be able to sort out a few people

[AJ_Rowley]

Bray

[Shanna]

I'd be all over this like a rash but I don't want anyone else catching it - it's real itchy ;
Wexford isn't central to the members in this GB, especially the hovel in the ditch where I live :
It's almost 50 bags of grain and I've nowhere to store that much safely
I'm too junior to have such high level of responsibility thrust on me
Quite apart from anything else, I'm chicken
Back to you Covey

P

Reading this thread with a bit of bemusement. This kind of group buy will realistically only work by arranging the pickup and distribution from the supplier in a single go. Everybody who steps forward and does the logistics for a group buy exposes themselves themselves to things that go wrong.  Nobody in there right mind does this for glory they do it out of a shared sense of solidarity with others involved in the group. Johnrm & CH will be beatified at some point in the future for (hopefully long in the future ) for their work in group buys. Previous efforts worked because someone stepped forward with a van and volunteered to drive to Cork & collect & distribute the grain to 5 different locations.  Storage of the entire amount should not be required here.  The model in the past was to move it on to other points as close as possible to where others can collect. Last gb grain went from Cork, Tipp, laois, kildare, Dublin and orders for different people were dropped along the way. Others drive to those points to collect grain for members of their clubs. 

This kind of thing only works if people involved are c willing to make pitch in and make an active contribution.  Case in point was last Gb I collected & stored grain for myself & other SD members. Prior experience should not n preclude somebody from taking the lead as otherwise how anybody gain  experience

Shanna

[Shanna]

Short memory there Declan! As someone who has probably done more group buys than anyone else, all I can  is where there's a will there's a way. Anyone can do one if they want to enough.

No disrespect intended "your tubeness", only mentioned two previous characters as examples. I doff digital cap to your own involvement. I would hope my own modest involvement in group buys would put me up with any other average member of the club.

I was trying to make the same point as yourself but maybe not as succinctly.

Shanna

[Garry]

MCI are fairly flexible. The last MCI group buy, johnrm collected the Cork/Waterford malt one day, then the following day myself and alealex collected the rest.

@Covey, I can help you out within reason! I reckon I could get 16 - 17 bags into my car without burning the clutch out of her! I can store these in my garage (you know where I am) until someone else can collect? So if I met you in MCI, we could probably collect the whole load between us? Let me know what you think.

[johnrm]

Rule of thumb for weights...
An average person is 75kg or 3 full sacks.
A family car will take driver plus 4 bodies, and one in the boot, 2 at a push weight wise. That's 18sacks safely.

[Parrot]

Jeeees! You guys take yourselves waayy too seriously....especially after sniffing a beer or two.

I was only being semi-serious  :

On the assumption that MCI, with a proper bagging line, will be doing 25kg bags, the 49 bags indicated on the interest list makes for some serious weight!!!!!

I only have a Nissan Almera but I'm happy to pick up what ever I can carry from Cork but it's not possible to fit 49 X 25kg bags into an Almera and it wouldn't work out logistically either. I've no problem doing Cork, Waterford, Wexford & Wicklow, subject to actual weight, but that's my limit :

Anyway, when I asked " Who's driving this train", I was referring to who has contact with MCI and who is organising collection of monies and payment to MCI and that part won't be me 'cause I'm sober :

P

[AJ_Rowley]

I has a quick look online and priced a van for 70 euro for a day. As I said if that us a viable option for the Leinster lads I'm sure we could sort something out.

[AJ_Rowley]

The only thing is I have f-all storage here so would need to organize to have drop off points on the day if collection.

[lordstilton]

I havn't pulled my weight yet on group buys. I only have a car but I can take what I can fit in. I can drop off in Dublin on the way back to Mullingar. I should be able to organise so storage in Palmerstown too

[johnrm]

Per my last communication...
MCI are supposed to be live end January. This is Irish so allow another couple of weeks.
They are bagging by hand for now.
They are however using freight forwarders with tail lifts on a small scale. (I imagine that means to the likes of us.)
They might be able to organise a pallet drop.
Pick somewhere that is central, accessible and vermin free, drop there. Buyers ferry from here rather than exercising your Micras suspension between Cork and Dublin.

The Galway run has a channel, just to organise the timing to coincide with bagging.
Cork - One sack Andrew? That would sling over the crossbar of your bike!

As for finance, I put my cash into it, people paid the club including transit cost, I invoiced the club and was reimbursed less my cut. Alex was covered for his distribution costs (Diesel, Tolls, probably a few Jumbo rolls too!)
I made nothing, the club made a few quid.

I have loads of grain (actually, no Crystal :-( ) so I am pretty good for now.

MCI: http://www.maltingcompany.ie/

Chris is the chap there, I have just emailed him and I will report back.
I have a lot on right now so its up to you to go down the rabbit hole.

[lordstilton]

1. Covey   3xAM, 1xSM
2. AJ_rowley - Garden County Brewers - 1xAM 3xLM 1xSM
3. Ratsathome - North County Brewers - 3xAM
4. Parrot - Wexford - 3XAM, 3XLM, 4XDM
5 brenmurph ( Kildare) 1 of each at least (4 bags),
6. Bogwoppit - Kildare - 1xAM
7. Eanna - Galway 1xAM, 1xLM
8. Nigel_c - NCB - 4xAM  2xLM
9. Cronan - 3xAM
10. Brewerhooer - Capital Brewers - 2xAM 2xLM 2XSM
11. Is Mise - Liffey Brewers - 2xAM, 1XSM, 1xLM
12. mr happy - Rebel Brewers - 1xAM
13. Lordstilton - Liffey Brewers - 1xAM, 1xLM