AG Shipping Weight

[Catfish]

I'm looking into going all grain. It'll be another few months before I even consider changing. One of my concerns is weight. Living in Japan it is easier and cheaper to get my supplies from abroad. What kills me is the shipping. I can get 4-6 kits shipped by sea for about 60 bucks or 1.. yeah 1 by air for the same price. If I go AG will I save any money? How much grain does it take to make the L/DME? How will it survive the 10 weeks at sea being peed on by albatros?

 

[david_42]

Figure 1.2 times the LME weight or about 1.5 times for DME. There are calculators that I'm certain people will post. You would also have to buy a mill to crack the grain, as 10 weeks is too long for cracked grain to stay fresh. Your best bet would be to buy pale by the bag and learn to roast it. I think you would be ahead financially and each brew would be even more satisfying.

 

[Catfish]

I don't know what I love more, the beer or the process. Switching to all grain is an inevitability. The mill etc. aren't a big issue (I order them, they ride on a slow boat here and eventually find me).

The cracked grains (steeping) which came with my kits so far seemed okay after the ocean voyage. No noticible spoiling; condensation, mold, staling etc.

 

[Baron von BeeGee]

Grain would weigh more and take up more space. I'm thinking in your circumstances that the increased shipping costs would outweigh the decreased material costs and that extract would continue to be cheaper, but just guessing.

 

[DeRoux's Broux]

i would do as david 42 said. maybe order one 50 lb. bag of 2-row, and learn how to roast some of your own malts. you may be limited to the styles you can brew, but that might be the cheapest, freshest option? master a pale ale, IPA, and an amber ale. re-use your yeast 3-5 times and that will help too.

 

[subwyking]

arent there brewing places in australia? would it be cheaper to buy and have them ship from there?

 

[DeejayDebi]

I'm looking into going all grain. It'll be another few months before I even consider changing. One of my concerns is weight. Living in Japan it is easier and cheaper to get my supplies from abroad. What kills me is the shipping. I can get 4-6 kits shipped by sea for about 60 bucks or 1.. yeah 1 by air for the same price. If I go AG will I save any money? How much grain does it take to make the L/DME? How will it survive the 10 weeks at sea being peed on by albatros?

Here are two places in Austrailia maybe it would be cheaper from there:

http://www.geocities.com/lesjudith/
http://www.grumpys.com.au/index.php3