I considered taking the short swim, but I had to stay at home this time around. It'll have to do with a few beers and Barnsley player.
HI NF...how much is beer in Bergen now,my mate worked there in the 1980's,and he said it was about £1000 a pint then...possibly exagerrating..I think what he meant was it may as well have been that price...he couldn't afford it anyway,especially as he generally did a gallon a night in the Railway in Wombwell.
Sadbrewer... ever had an aust bottled premium lager called 'James Boag'......? you couldn't bore me with sadbrewing tales, here. I've been wondering for a while what it would take to consistently produce 100 bottles a week of consistant taste and quality... I'll bet that this question is like asking 'why is the sky blue' or how do you play the harp.... give me your first thoughts and we'll see if we can start a micro-brewery....
sadbrewer here;- http://www.slurp.co.uk/specialist-beers/australian-beer/10148-james-boags-lager/ chilled... a coldie on a hot day..... mmmmmmmm
Hello, mate. It does vary a bit, but I would say an 0,4L (which is the standard size sold by most pubs/bars in Norway these days) averages about £6-7. During summer it's even more expensive if you have a drink at one of the bars close to the fish market, etc. We suffer from a poor selection of beers as well. I do like the English prices, and selection a lot better, and remember before x-mas, when I was in Barnsley, that we bought two nice ales and a drink for approximately the same price as a 0,4L back in Norway.
Hi MN,yes I've had Boags and although it was a few years ago now I remember it as being much better than the average Aussie stuff sold here...although most of that,Castlemaine and Fosters for example is actually brewed here and tastes very little like the original product,another one to look for, is in my opinion Australias finest brewery and thats Coopers of Adelaide,South Australia,their beers or 'Sparkling Ales' as they call them are excellent. If you're wanting to brew at home,forget the idea that you may be able to brew one that tastes like a particular commercial brew,it's not possible,or at least highly unlikely,even multi million pound global companies cannot match the flavours when shifting production from one brewery to another,that said you can produce beers at home of a very high quality,with the right ingredients, a bit of decent kit and sound brewing practise.As to the micro brewery I can tell you from experience it's not a market to be entering at the moment,there are about 1300 small brewers now in the UK,more than at any time since before WW1,the number of pubs has shrunk alarmingly in the last 5 years,and is still continuing,so more and more are bidding for an ever decreasing share of the pie.At the moment keep the day job,but if you feel like having a crack at home I'll be pleased to give you any help you need.
Wins for Blackburn, Millwall, Burnley, Forest, Charlto, Cardiff, Us, Leicester, Derby and the White 5hite would be great.
Tomorrow just like any match is massive from now until the end of the season. But the next two of Wolves at home and Brizzle away within four days is the nervy period in our season.
SadBrewer, thanks for your thoughts. I know Coopers and they sell home brewing kits, too. I wasn't so much thinking that I could copy a lager, I was thinking that I would have to match the quality and style. Is it possible to match the quality of Boags or Coopers and recreate the same lager month after month? I have a mate with a big pub and I could (maybe) brand a lager for him. Take a stab at the start up cost of equipment to brew 50 litres per week... 3ksqid? 30ksquid? I really have no idea... Judging from the number of micro breweries around I would guess that there would be plenty of kit to found on ebay and other sites..
I think we should prepare for a bump. It's going to be such a tough month. I think a point tomorrow would be brilliant. On paper you would have to back them to win. The next week we have the Cup while others around us have games. We could be going in to the Wolves game with a much bigger gap than we have today. Feb is not for the faint hearted
If you're intending to brew a true lager you need some slightly different kit to what UK micros would use,and I think you would find it difficult to buy kit to brew as little as 50l...other than homebrew stuff,it takes all day to brew a batch so you really need to be brewing a lot more than 50l,the profit on such a small quantity would be so small it wouldn't be worth a day spent brewing,the other snag is to get an authentic pilsner type flavour you really need to use live yeast(rather than the packet stuff)I can only think you could obtain it from the Weihenstephan Institute in Germany,with ale,many commercial brewers can give you a sample willingly,but the lagers are brewed under license which usually prohibits a third party from having any,if you did obtain the right yeast,you would then be committed to brewing every week to ten days just to keep the yeast going,all in all I think the idea is nice(I'm an enthusiast myself,so I understand)but honestly I don't think it is feasible,and then don't forget you would have to register with HM C&E,and environmental health and god knows whoever wants to stick their oar in these days.Sorry to be so negative,but it is an honest opinion,however if you fancied having a go for yourself anytime,I can help you out with a high quality yeast and some good hops...the malt you would have to obtain elsewhere as I am prohibited from giving it away,but you really can brew excellent beer at home if you spent perhaps a couple of hundred quid,maybe less if you're a bit handy,if you ever fancy a look at our kit,please feel free to send me a PM and we can arrange it sometime.
