I'll let most of what you just said slide, because you haven't been here for a long time.
A couple of points though, because it's 520am and I'm bored, the part about Colonial knowing what they're doing... apart from owning the Royal, their distribution is essentially zero and the beer has gone downhill ever since the sell out.
The IBS is NOT indicative of what beer costs, they are the most inflated prices known to man, I haven't been back in nearly two years since my eyes opened to how hard they were ripping me off - often for stale beer. I know exactly what the Leg charges wholesale and they've never even done a 4pk, it would have been the IBS repacking into generic 4's and jacking up the price. If I was a bottle shop, I could make acceptable margin selling it at $70/ctn.
This is still the highest traffic tourist destination in the state, and the people that are here, are generally here to taste things and spend money. It's as much a personal lifestyle choice as a business decision. Sure, I'd sell a shit load more beer if I lived in Perth, but... then I'd be living in Perth - yo?
Flicks for talking. I said I'd get some snaps of the brew house for you guys.
CIP tanks
600L brew house
Auger head (so fuckin' jealous of this bitch right here)
Concealed grain mill room
Grain mill to auger (UNGGHHH)
Ferment vessels, fully skinned and controlled.
Coolroom for brights;
Holding tanks for transfers;
Basically. I am jealous.