[IBU] IBU Digest, Vol 38, Issue 14

Mon May 12 09:09:18 CDT 2008

Derek, 
We went to Beer Crazy in Urbandale. Mark has a great selection of whatever you want. We had a "Bock Fest" and for those non beer crazy people we got a smaller keg of Schell Orginial and it was a hit and gone in a day.  He is also very reasonable priced.  
www.gobeercrazy.com 

Good luck!

Becka> From: ibu-request at iowabrewersunion.org> Subject: IBU Digest, Vol 38, Issue 14> To: ibu at iowabrewersunion.org> Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 12:00:02 -0500> > Send IBU mailing list submissions to> ibu at iowabrewersunion.org> > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit> http://www.iowabrewersunion.org/mailman/listinfo/ibu> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to> ibu-request at iowabrewersunion.org> > You can reach the person managing the list at> ibu-owner at iowabrewersunion.org> > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific> than "Re: Contents of IBU digest..."> > > Today's Topics:> > 1. Where do you get kegs of beer locally (Derek Brooks)> 2. Guinness To Overhaul Brewing Operations In Ireland> (Becker, Steven)> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------> > Message: 1> Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 13:38:34 -0500> From: "Derek Brooks" <derek at broox.com>> Subject: [IBU] Where do you get kegs of beer locally> To: "Iowa Brewers Union" <ibu at iowabrewersunion.org>> Message-ID:> <7bffb6520805091138h1926d455m6db56a4294a92039 at mail.gmail.com>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"> > So I'm hosting a little graduation party for my wife this friday and I'd> like to get a keg of beer on tap.> The bar in my house has 2 shank tappers in the wall which lead to a> regulated deep freezer.> > In the past, I've just had my ball-lock pepsi kegs filled at Raccoon River> or Rock Bottom - however I have a feeling most of the guests at this party> won't enjoy "good" beer. (sad, i know...).> > So I'm currently looking for the best place to get standard kegs of beer> around here. I'd like to get a regular 16gal keg on tap or possibly 2> smaller kegs.> Also, any beer recommendations for a non-beer crazy crowd would be> appreciated... I was thinking of something along the lines of amberbock?> > I've only checked 2 places so far, but a 16gal keg of amberbock was...> $130 at Hy-Vee> $88 at Spirit Boulevard in Ankeny.> > Any input would be much appreciated!> Derek> > -- > Derek Brooks> www.broox.com> derek at broox.com> 515-770-6226> -------------- next part --------------> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...> URL: http://www.iowabrewersunion.org/pipermail/ibu/attachments/20080509/32338baf/attachment-0001.html > > ------------------------------> > Message: 2> Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 14:35:22 -0500> From: "Becker, Steven" <steven.becker at pioneer.com>> Subject: [IBU] Guinness To Overhaul Brewing Operations In Ireland> To: <ibu at iowabrewersunion.org>> Message-ID:> <D5959ED29A0E574D87CE44F732698E4402AE26CE at jhms08.phibred.com>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"> > http://www.manufacturing.net/News-Guinness-To-Consolidate-Brewing-Ops-In> -Ireland.aspx?menuid=36> > Guinness To Overhaul Brewing Operations In Ireland> By Shawn Pogatchnik, Associated Press Writer> Manufacturing.Net - May 09, 2008> > > > DUBLIN, Ireland (AP) -- Guinness beer owner Diageo PLC rattled an Irish> icon Friday, announcing plans to lay off more than half of its brewery> workers, close two breweries and shift most beer production to a new,> high-tech plant in the Dublin suburbs by 2013.> > The British beverage company decided not to close the landmark Guinness> brewery, one of Dublin's oldest businesses and a top tourist attraction,> after concluding this would do too much damage to its brand image and> customer sentiment.> > Diageo expects to lay off about 250 people, or 58 percent of its current> brewery work force in Ireland, over the next five years. Brewing staff> at the flagship Guinness brewery at St. James' Gate in west Dublin will> be slashed from 230 to just 65.> > Half of the riverside St. James' Gate site will be sold for private> development, and the volume of Guinness brewed there will be cut by> about a third -- to about 500 million pints annually. This will> exclusively supply the Irish and British markets, where demand has> slipped over the past decade in line with pubgoers' diversifying tastes.> > David Gosnell, Diageo's managing director of global supply, said the> move to a new suburban mega-brewery was necessary to compete with the> rise of lower-cost breweries in Eastern Europe, Russia and China.> > ''The business is hugely competitive. ... Smaller breweries are> consolidating and closing in Western Europe,'' Gosnell told a news> conference inside Guinness' panoramic Gravity Bar, which offered a> 360-degree view of a mist-shrouded Dublin.> > The new plant is expected to employ about 100 people, many of whom could> come from the central Dublin brewery. Two other breweries employing more> than 170 in the towns of Dundalk, north of Dublin, and Kilkenny to the> south would close by 2013, and few of those workers would be expected to> relocate.> > Gerry O'Hagan, supply director for Diageo in Ireland, said the current> production capacity of the Dublin, Dundalk and Kilkenny breweries was> less than 1.25 billion pint glasses of beer annually, while the new> plant would be able to produce more than two-thirds of that on its own.> > Diageo executives said they planned to spend 800 million euros ($1.25> billion) on the plan. Nearly three-quarters would go on building the new> plant at an as-yet-undisclosed location, most of the rest on the costs> of closing the two breweries and paying off staff.> > About 100 million euros ($150 million) has been earmarked to build a new> brewhouse and refurbish other facilities at the St. James' Gate brewery,> where English entrepreneur Arthur Guinness began brewing Ireland's> hallmark dark brown, creamy stout in 1759.> > Brian Duffy, who travels the world promoting Guinness as its global> brand director, said Arthur Guinness was a visionary but unsentimental> businessman who negotiated a bargain 9,000-year lease on the St. James'> Gate site. He noted that Arthur Guinness had moved there from another> location in search of better profits.> > ''I firmly believe if Arthur was here today, he would tell us to hurry> up and get on with it, and would endorse it as the right thing to do,''> Duffy said of Diageo's plan.> > The company estimates that much of the cost of the project can be> reclaimed by selling land at the Dundalk, Kilkenny and Dublin sites> valued at an estimated 500 million euros ($775 million). Property prices> in Ireland have soared over the past decade as the economy has grown,> but have dropped this year in line with the global credit crisis.> > Officials in the two towns losing breweries expressed shock at the news.> > The Great Northern Brewery in Dundalk mainly produces Guinness' sister> beers -- Harp lager and Smithwick ale -- as well as continental European> lagers under license, including Denmark's Carlsberg and Germany's> Warsteiner.> > The St. Francis Abbey Brewery in Kilkenny produces Irish-brand ales and> U.S. brand Budweiser for the Irish market, where lighter beers, ciders,> wines and vodka-based drinks have made steady inroads versus Guinness> over the past decade.> > The new suburban Dublin brewery would absorb all of the beer production> currently carried in Dundalk and Kilkenny. It also would produce> Guinness for continental European and global export, as well as the> secret-recipe ''essence'' extract that Guinness ships to its nearly 50> breweries worldwide.> > Diageo's smallest beer-related facility in Ireland, in the city of> Waterford, also will continue to produce the ''essence'' extract. But> supply director O'Hagan said staff there would be cut from 27 to 18.> > Production of the company's two world-recognized local spirits --> Bailey's Irish Cream in the Irish Republic and Bushmills whiskey in the> British territory of Northern Ireland -- will not be impacted by the> brewery shakeup.> > Diageo shares slipped 0.5 percent at 1,023 pence ($19.99) on the London> Stock Exchange.> > > > Thank you. > > Steven Becker > > Pioneer Hi-Bred International > > A DuPont Company > > 7200 NW 62nd Ave.> > P.O. 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