I want a Brewie! Any Tax Deduction Experts On Here?

[chrisluki]

Magic.
No more questions.

Its piss easy!
You run it once to clear any gun, then chuck in some napisan and do it again. Wipe it clean .

 

[Batz]

That looks great.
Now a lot of brewers are going to say they like more hands on brewing, as they pack the dishwasher, turn on the washing machine, use the microwave and drive their cars.

Batz

 

[Lyrebird_Cycles]

That looks great.
Now a lot of brewers are going to say they like more hands on brewing, as they pack the dishwasher, turn on the washing machine, use the microwave and drive their cars.

Batz

And commercial brewers install as much automation as they can afford.

As the old joke says: the ideal brewery has two employees: one to watch over the process screens in case something goes wrong, the other to shoot the first if he changes anything.

 

[Roosterboy]

I have spoken to these guys. Remember for a machine and shipping your looking at $2029 USD so that is around $ 2536 plus GST plus customs plus paypal fees.
So you would be looking at over $2850 Aust dollars.
It's the best type of these machines but I would wait til they fix a few problems in their production.

 

[Lyrebird_Cycles]

Typically the seller pays the PayPal fees and considers them a cost of doing business on the Ws.

If you meant PayPal's appalling exchange rate offerings, they also typically affect the seller.

 

[Roosterboy]

Typically the seller pays the PayPal fees and considers them a cost of doing business on the Ws.

If you meant PayPal's appalling exchange rate offerings, they also typically affect the seller.

That's what they tell you.

 

[Lyrebird_Cycles]

No, that's direct business experience. Most of my sales are OS.

 

[Blind Dog]

How many people read your blog? Might be worth talking to the brewie people about getting one for a discount / free to review with maybe a monthly posting on your ongoing use and experiments? They link to you, you link to them. So long as you make it clear in your blog your arrangement, everyone's a winner.

 

[chrisluki]

How many people read your blog? Might be worth talking to the brewie people about getting one for a discount / free to review with maybe a monthly posting on your ongoing use and experiments? They link to you, you link to them. So long as you make it clear in your blog your arrangement, everyone's a winner.

On average I am about 1000 - 1500 visitors per week on the site, then some additional exposure via my Twitter, FB and YouTube pages. Last week I had 5,000 visitors...my largest ever. Not sure if the numbers are large enough though?

You may be on to something though. I would be happy to produce some videos, write done articles, share my recipes etc.

 

[chrisluki]

I have spoken to these guys. Remember for a machine and shipping your looking at $2029 USD so that is around $ 2536 plus GST plus customs plus paypal fees.
So you would be looking at over $2850 Aust dollars.
It's the best type of these machines but I would wait til they fix a few problems in their production.

Can you elaborate on these problems you speak of?

I might have to sell my existing keg setup to offset the cost a bit.

 

[Roosterboy]

I"m not talking about the machine, I don't know of any machine problems. I'm talking about the scale of production and who makes it for them.

 

[chrisluki]

I"m not talking about the machine, I don't know of any machine problems. I'm talking about the scale of production and who makes it for them.

Aaah...ignore my PM then. I thought you meant the product was flawed.
They have taken a while to get their first machines out and about!

 

[LAGERFRENZY]

Someone else mentioned that the element is only 1800w for these systems...would that really matter that much if it is all computer controlled? i.e. less strength but I am assuming the computer would still know how to run the system to make sure the water was as hot as you need when you needed it and bring it to the boil easily?

I'm pretty sure that the 1800 watt element is due to US gov restrictions. Grainfather people had to downsize their 2200 watt elements for US market. They still come to a rolling boil - just takes a bit longer.

 

[wynnum1]

With the Us there power is different are the 220 V different to ours.

 

[good4whatAlesU]

Reminds me of my Panasonic bread maker (albeit a little more complicated). We have made about 1 loaf a day for the last 18 months. Parts are now starting to wear out and need replacing.

If the alcohol excise keeps rising these things are going to become a lot more popular (and cheap as chinese knock-offs come on the market).

 

[chrisluki]

Reminds me of my Panasonic bread maker (albeit a little more complicated). We have made about 1 loaf a day for the last 18 months. Parts are now starting to wear out and need replacing.

If the alcohol excise keeps rising these things are going to become a lot more popular (and cheap as chinese knock-offs come on the market).

but i dont want to wait for a knockoff, i want one now!!

 

[chrisluki]

That looks great.
Now a lot of brewers are going to say they like more hands on brewing, as they pack the dishwasher, turn on the washing machine, use the microwave and drive their cars.

Batz

haha!

I am keen to just brew more beer, more often...I think this will help with its options delay starts and do its own thing when hooked up to the water tap!

 

[wide eyed and legless]

You could offer to be an agent in Australia, your only stumbling block would be when they ask what would you expect your projected sales to be like, the other thing is their sales tax would be taken off that figure, it isn't much in the USA and depends on the state but every little helps. I did see it advertised for $1750 or there about, I bet if you tried hard you could get them down to $1500 US.

 

[chrisluki]

You could offer to be an agent in Australia, your only stumbling block would be when they ask what would you expect your projected sales to be like, the other thing is their sales tax would be taken off that figure, it isn't much in the USA and depends on the state but every little helps. I did see it advertised for $1750 or there about, I bet if you tried hard you could get them down to $1500 US.

Shot them an email today to see whats up with the "international pricing"!

 

[Crusty]

but i dont want to wait for a knockoff, i want one now!!

There's already another player in the market,