The future of homebrewing?

[Alestar]

I was reading in the Business section of The Times today that SABMiller is considering commissioning floating breweries on ships as a serious proposition for the future of their business. It would be an oil tanker-sized ship with the whole malting, desalination, brewing, bottling and packaging operation onboard.

All I could think to myself was: I wonder who will be the first homebrewer to put a mash tun and a copper in their rowboat. :lol:

 

[Muddydisco]

:whistle:

 

[jamesb]

Moley of course!

Joking aside, I've a vague memory of someone on Jim's doing extract on their narrowboat. Couple of years back now.

 

[hairybiker]

Can't really see the reason for it, we are not going to get all that VAT back and the hassles of fresh water etc ... :grin:

 

[Bru4u]

Now I'd go back to sea for that, those product pumps would be the best maintained in the world, routine rebuild every other day

 

[evanvine]

:whistle:

Somehow MD, I don't think they believe you! :whistle:

 

[jamesb]

Someone's made a start... http://www.boingboing.net/2010/10/12/how-to-brew-beer-in.html

:sick:

 

[markp]

I read a book recently that described one brewer actually building a brewery on a ship during the war years (can't remember if it was WWI or WWII).
At that time beer was a very important food and regarded as essential for the morale of our troops and those at home.
The brewery contained some very tecnologically advanced stuff for the day - de-salination equipment, etc etc. But it took that long to comission the plant, that by the time it was ready to work the war was over :lol:

I'll dig the book out later and see if it gives any more specifics.

 

[graysalchemy]

Someone's made a start... http://www.boingboing.net/2010/10/12/how-to-brew-beer-in.html

:sick:

That reminded me of something someone I used to work with told me. He worked as a cook in the merchant navy and if he was aboard a 'dry' ship he used to hollow out potatoes add a bit of water sugar and yeast and leave them hidden strategically placed around the ship on warm pipes to ferment :whistle: :whistle: . Don't know if it was true or not :hmm: :hmm: but would probably work.

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AG