Big Dry May Lift Beer Prices.

[Steve]

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200610/s1776385.htm

Ian Watson sounds like a pretty switched on kind of guy :blink:

Cheers
Steve

 

[DJR]

Hmm... i predict that the imported malts are going to be a bit more popular in the coming year or two! Not a huge difference in price between JW specialty malts and the Weyermann stuff at the moment either.

 

[beersom]

Ian Watson sounds like a pretty switched on kind of guy :blink:

Cheers
Steve

LOL ... ummm ... thanks, I think.

I take it you are reffering to this quote-
"Australian beer sommelier Ian Watson says without malt, beer is just starchy water."

That appears to be an edited piece of two quotes-
-- without grain, beer is just water ( i could have said hoppy water)
and
-- without malt/malting the beer would be very starchy

cheers
Ian

 

[Steve]

Ian Watson sounds like a pretty switched on kind of guy :blink:

Cheers
Steve

LOL ... ummm ... thanks, I think.

I take it you are reffering to this quote-
"Australian beer sommelier Ian Watson says without malt, beer is just starchy water."

That appears to be an edited piece of two quotes-
-- without grain, beer is just water ( i could have said hoppy water)
and
-- without malt/malting the beer would be very starchy

cheers
Ian

oops sorry h34r: I just thought it was a funny description.
Cheers
Steve

 

[beersom]

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oops sorry h34r: I just thought it was a funny description.
Cheers
Steve
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It was ! I am still having a chuckle after reading it.
Cheers

 

[crozdog]

An article in yesterdays Sunday Telegraph (or was it the herald) stated that due to the drought this years crop of malting barley is expected to only amount to 40% of what was anticipated! Thhe article went on to say that the combination of demand for beer & reduced malt supply is worsening inflation & applying upward pressure on interest rates.

So maybe we should stock up on grain now.... or wait for cheaper imports as DJR mentioned even if they do nothing for the local economy.... Bulk bulk buy?

yeah it is a good line by Watson

 

[DJR]

Here is that info straight from the source

http://www.abb.com.au/NewsInformation/Medi...62/Default.aspx

A particularly damning quote about conditions in Oz:

Under normal malting barley standards there is a requirement that at least 70% of grain is retained above the 2.5mm screen to achieve malt 1, which weve now reduced to a 2.2mm screen. If wed left the normal retention limits in place this year, then almost no barley would make either malt 1 or malt 3 grades.

Pretty poor ain't it!

 

[WildebeestAttack]

Here is that info straight from the source

http://www.abb.com.au/NewsInformation/Medi...62/Default.aspx

A particularly damning quote about conditions in Oz:

Under normal malting barley standards there is a requirement that at least 70% of grain is retained above the 2.5mm screen to achieve malt 1, which weve now reduced to a 2.2mm screen. If wed left the normal retention limits in place this year, then almost no barley would make either malt 1 or malt 3 grades.

Pretty poor ain't it!

I've seen it straight from the source. There will be little to no harvest in a lot of areas this year. A lot of farmers are already running their stock on their crops to keep them alive, as no-one can afford to buy feed, and the price of stock is so low it's not worth selling them. (Makes you wonder why it still costs so much at the butcher/supermarket when prices are well under half what they were 12 month ago).

Those that do get a harvest will be very low quality, and probably will be only good for feed.

 

[therook]

Thats why it is so dear at the butchers, its costing them a fortune to buy feed to fatten the beef cattle.

rook

 

[WildebeestAttack]

Thats why it is so dear at the butchers, its costing them a fortune to buy feed to fatten the beef cattle.

rook

The farmers are paying for the feed, not the butchers.

 

[therook]

Correct, but the Butchers are still paying top dollor for good beef cattle, if you dont believe me go to the next beef sale.

 

[WildebeestAttack]

True, they are still paying good prices for the quality stock.

Dearer beer and steaks on the way. What is the Aussie male to do?

 

[Steve]

cook the coat of arms!!!

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

Good quality beef cattle are worth $$$$$ because there are not many of them and are expensive to feed them up to the quality that butchers require

The rest of the cattle are worth bugger all because they dont have any quality, so the butchers wont buy them and no one else has any feed so no one is buying them

If you have a few spare bucks, and a big paddock full of lush grass you could make a small fortune


Its all about supply and demand....low supply of good quality cattle means high demand from butchers

high supply of low quality cattle means over supply and low prices..


Simple really...