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Yeah, I'm not planning on bringing 240 liters of beer via plane. I'll put the kegs in in a shipping container with all of our household stuff.... so this would be unaccompanied goods.

Shipping it in 6 X 5gal (20liter) kegs. I also have tons of sour beer in bottles, but we'll see if I can bring them...

Hehe, I love all the "moving to Australia" advice! We're planning on keeping the electronics/appliances to a minimum (although my espresso machine has to come with). ....and yeah, I'm used to 40C+ ~90% humidity from my Argentina fieldwork years..... at least Townsville is dry.

Yeah, as I stated, I'm a scientist, so am far far off from being "well heeled." My burner is the only piece of Blichmann equipment I have.... but it's been worth every penny. That burner is a beast. Yeah, I'll need to buy a used fridge or freezer to convert into a fermentation chamber. Otherwise...

Big thanks Bribie G! Crap, I read this: https://www.ato.gov.au/Business/Excise-and-excise-equivalent-goods/Excise/Excise-rates/ and interpreted it to mean no excise taxes on homebrew (regardless of origin). ......and yeah, imperial measurment is a habit that dies hard. I'm a scientist, so I use...

No, not bringing a car. I cannot imagine that my Honda Fit would sell for big bucks.....

OK, I'll leave my propane tanks in the US (I can imagine that the shipping company would not be happy shipping those anyway). I imagine that finding a new fitting for my burner shouldn't be too hard.

Nice that TYB is available in Australia! Some friends just just brewed a killer IPA with the TYB Funktown blend, so I'll take the recipe with me! ECY is difficult to buy in the US, so I cannot imagine that many/anybody has used it in Australia. OK, so the consensus is that I do have to pay taxes...

Long story short: read the Michael Tonsmeire book: American Sour Beers. Tons of info about brewing with brett. Two things to note: 1) The Yeast bay saison/brett blend isn't overwhelmingly funky. If you want heavy funk, use some White labs or Wyeast Brett Brux. Adding bottle dregs from funky...

It looks like we're probably moving to Townsville from the US in early 2016. I'm currently sitting on ~30gal of Flanders red and faux-Lambic beer that needs quite a bit more time aging. I was looking up what the tax rate is for importing beer to Australia, and my god it's expensive! I also read...