Antigonish Townhouse

[mr x]

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[mr x]

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[mr x]

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[hogie]

SUDS Club Member Bonus!
We're pleased to announce that a $1000 subscription will now give a member 12 x $25 coupons each year, or 1 per month, every month for 4 years. That's 2 extra coupons per year, for a total return of $200 on your generous investment in a community-supported pub! But you have to act quickly - there is a limited number of subscriptions available, and the deadline to sign up is February 11th.

Nice idea.

[mr x]

It is, but one major problem is that the coupons expire, if you don't use them on a monthly/bi-monthly basis as they are issued. That's a deal killer for out of town involvement. And there still aren't any real details...

[hogie]

Payment
Only after our location has been secured, and all other funding is in place, will we contact you to collect your payment and pick up your membership/coupons. In the unfortunate event that we are unable to secure the location or funding, we will thank you for your support, but you will owe us nothing.

That's reassuring anyway...

I just sent an email out to some friends who have connections to Antigonish. I might chip in if they're interested.

[mr x]

It sort of is, but it sort of isn't. Suppose their business plan is an absolute disaster, they take your money, and go bust in 5 months with a huge debt. You'll be far from a secured creditor...this is the problem for me with everyone of the schemes I've seen so far. The devil is in the details.

[hogie]

TimG just pointed out the fact that the vouchers are for food only. I'm an idiot who can't read.

[mr x]

Well, it seems they've wrangled out $45,000 so far. Fairly successful on that front.

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[mr x]

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Man, are they going to get tired of that Sabco...but I guess it's a start.

[know1]

Nice looking setup for industrialized HB but I would suspect a commercial scale PITA.

[GAM]

I'll keep an eye for it on Kijiji.

Sandy

[mr x]

At $6000 , your money is faaarrrrr better spent on a Morebeer system.....

[KMcK]

I bet the General could outbrew that thing.

[LiverDance]

I bet the General could outbrew that thing.

Agreed, although our stand is in the shop now for upgrades

[CorneliusAlphonse]

I bet the General could outbrew that thing.

Agreed, although our stand is in the shop now for upgrades

stronger stand... bigger batches !

[KMcK]

I bet the General could outbrew that thing.

Agreed, although our stand is in the shop now for upgrades

Miller Lake?

[hogie]

FYI...

thanks for the note. We will start out just brewing one variety, probably a classic english style bitter, and then ramp things up form there. Unfortunately we've run into some issues around clearance and fuel safety regs and will have to move the brewery upstairs, and even more unfortunately, we can't do that until September because there are tenants upstairs at present! So the brewing will have to wait until the fall. In the meantime however, we will have 8 taps of Maritime Craft Beer! Propeller, Garrison, Granite, & Pumphouse, plus bottles of Picaroons and SeaLevel. We're hoping to open next week, so keep your eyes peeled...

I just asked them how often they planned on brewing (and how many styles of beer on tap) given the Sabco batch size limit.

[benwedge]

FYI...

thanks for the note. We will start out just brewing one variety, probably a classic english style bitter, and then ramp things up form there. Unfortunately we've run into some issues around clearance and fuel safety regs and will have to move the brewery upstairs, and even more unfortunately, we can't do that until September because there are tenants upstairs at present! So the brewing will have to wait until the fall. In the meantime however, we will have 8 taps of Maritime Craft Beer! Propeller, Garrison, Granite, & Pumphouse, plus bottles of Picaroons and SeaLevel. We're hoping to open next week, so keep your eyes peeled...

I just asked them how often they planned on brewing (and how many styles of beer on tap) given the Sabco batch size limit.

That's not very good news. Regardless, it sounds like they may have something on tap at Thanksgiving, though they won't have anything for my next trip down, which could be soon.

[brufrog]

So the Townhouse opened already! I see a big story on the front page of the Chronically Horrid today. Of course there is no comment on what types of beer they will make, what it might taste like, or what type of food is on the menu. Or what it looks like inside. Or whether they have entertainment, or a view or a patio, etc. Not a very useful article for pub lovers.

Still, it is a nice story on how they got the funding and got it going. Did anyone go down for their opening? I wish I had the time this week to pop down.

I hope to check it out later this summer.

EDIT - I guess I'll probably wait until they have their own beer on tap...

[mr x]

Judging from the size of that system, if they have any amount of traffic, you'll be hard pressed to time that right. And considering the time it takes to brew a batch of beer, I think that brewing on that size of a system will be re-valuated in short order.

At any rate, I may take a spin down this week.

[brufrog]

That looks exactly like the system the boys use at Shiretown in Dalhousie. Very small...

[mr x]

It was not a good decision for a number of reasons AFAIAC. But at any rate, I think the location is right.

[brufrog]

I'm sure you, like me, wish them luck. As long as they brew good beer, they should be OK. They can always expand, right?

[mr x]

I'm not sure what's up. From what I read, they couldn't even use the little system because of code restrictions, so I'm not sure what they can do to expand. But I do wish them good luck so long as they're moving good beer.