OCUK brewery

Chicken #16 · 1 Feb 2011 at 22:49

any chance our collective skills could set up a brewery?

I'd be very happy to spend a few evenings helping out (if it is in London 'ish)

only problem is keeping me away from the product.

HeadlessChicken · 1 Feb 2011 at 22:54

Large scale, no. As you need insanely expensive kit.

Micro style (i.e <25l per brew), sure. But collectively? Doubt it, more importantly, why? Just find a brew forum and exchange brews on there!

Mik3 · 1 Feb 2011 at 22:58

It would go bankrupt after the first brew.

Clum · 1 Feb 2011 at 23:04

Could be a good way to make enough profit, to finally be able to afford that missile silo.

Chicken #16 · 1 Feb 2011 at 23:21

I didn't mean go commercial (immediatly). It takes 6-8 weeks to brew and would make a very good excuse for a booze up / meet. Just trying to be slightly sociable.

Thousands view these pages daily, if we managed to persuade one of the brewers with extra capacity to brew our own then that would be fun in itself. Shepherd neame are always asking their landlords to come up with a brew....and they tend to be rubbish.....but that's not the point....4-4-2

But ok, how much would it cost to set up a small brewery. Ignoring staff costs.

PapaLazaru · 1 Feb 2011 at 23:30

I am in, if we make cider.

Chicken #16 · 1 Feb 2011 at 23:34

if it's really dry cider then yes

other ciders are ok too

J-FRO · 1 Feb 2011 at 23:44

Do we need heat to do it? If so, why not just get all those folk with watercoolers to majorly overclock their CPU's, run the ingredients through the pipes and let the heat from their CPU's do the work.

CPU Brew

Chicken #16 · 1 Feb 2011 at 23:49

J-FRO said:
Do we need heat to do it? If so, why not just get all those folk with watercoolers to majorly overclock their CPU's, run the ingredients through the pipes and let the heat from their CPU's do the work.

CPU Brew

now that is an interesting idea for a case mod......bagsy

Cosimo · 1 Feb 2011 at 23:51

Mik3 said:
It would go bankrupt after the first brew.

Indeed it would and what a way to go bankrupt.

Darg · 1 Feb 2011 at 23:54

London, check. Drink, check. Meet up, check.

I'm in!

Ahleckz · 2 Feb 2011 at 00:44

I bagsy head brewer.

NickK · 2 Feb 2011 at 01:28

If you're commercially selling alcohol then you will need to be declared and pay the customs and excise taxes. HMRC are very strict on this.

J-FRO · 2 Feb 2011 at 01:42

we wont be selling it, we will just be drinking it.

asakura797 · 2 Feb 2011 at 08:13

What kind of booze we talking here? :confused:

Hencore · 2 Feb 2011 at 09:58

I wanted to make some proper Cider but I don't have access to a shed load of apples or a cider press although there's plenty of guides on making a home made version.

cHk4 · 2 Feb 2011 at 10:01

I want to start home brewing but don't know where to start

HeadlessChicken · 2 Feb 2011 at 11:18

cHk4 said:
I want to start home brewing but don't know where to start

What would you like to brew?

-westy- · 2 Feb 2011 at 11:45

The costs for setting up a brewery are absolutely eye-watering.

But if it's a home brewery in someone's shed or something, and everyone pitches in, then it would actually work out fairly cheap