Transporting a corny to Dunedin

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Permalink Reply by Barry on May 24, 2008 at 7:53am

Empty one shouldn't be too hard to get back, but I don't envy you the freight on a full corny of beer! They're not exactly light.
I don't have any advice on what would be the best/cheapest way, but I do know that unless you filter you'll need at the very least a week to let the beer settle once it arrives. I took 2 kegs on the road earlier this year, they were no where near crystal clear by the time they got to the destination. Still drinkable but not presented at their best.

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Permalink Reply by Stu McKinlay on May 24, 2008 at 11:35am

Pretty much agree with Barry.

A couple of other thoughts:
You could carbonate in one keg and then transfer to another just before heading off. I moved 4 kegs 500m about 15 months ago and wished, later, that I'd done this. They tasted ok but didn't present all that well.
Take a car? Or ferry to Picton and hire a car from there.
Courier - probably $20 or so - maybe a bit more.
I imagine getting it on a pallet with commercial kegs being more of a hassle than the courier fee you might save.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Baker on May 24, 2008 at 2:09pm

I think my best bet is to find a friend of the bridegroom who is driving down.

I was thinking of conditioning in the carboy in the fridge before kegging to prep it for travel.

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