Skrazybrews
Well-Known Member
Finally got around to inputing my recipe. I'm planning on shipping later today
Good luck! I would be too nervous too wait that close to the deadline. I mailed my speciality cider on 5/22 and it will get there on 5/29. Can't imagine how much it will cost you to overnight. I am on the iPad and can't see your location. I got extremely lucky with my entry. I had exactly 3 bottles left. I didn't think mine had a chance.
Looks like it will be $128 if I can get it into a 12x12x12 box and $108 if I use smaller bottles and a 10x10x10 box.
Surprisingly for a wee heavy it is very drinkable at 3 weeks with only a mild chill haze. I'm now a huge fan of Servomyces. I just need to carbonation of smooth out a bit.
My wife doesn't want the stress of delivering it in person, but I guess after the baggage fee and Uber ride I'd be about $70 in anyway..
GTLA :rockin:
I had similar quotes when I setup my shipment today. Decided to go with 3-day shipping for ~$65 in a 12" cube. I used a ton of bubble padding and an ice pack used to ship vaccines that stays cold for a good long while (it pays to be married to a doctor ), so hopefully everything will get there by Friday without issue.
I had similar quotes when I setup my shipment today. Decided to go with 3-day shipping for ~$65 in a 12" cube. I used a ton of bubble padding and an ice pack used to ship vaccines that stays cold for a good long while (it pays to be married to a doctor ), so hopefully everything will get there by Friday without issue.
But when do they get chilled once they reach the destination and what temp do they keep them stored? I can't see them having a cooler big enough to store all the entries, but I could be wrong. I don't if going to all that effort is worth it. Just my opinion though.
Looks like it will be $128 if I can get it into a 12x12x12 box and $108 if I use smaller bottles and a 10x10x10 box.
Surprisingly for a wee heavy it is very drinkable at 3 weeks with only a mild chill haze. I'm now a huge fan of Servomyces. I just need to carbonation of smooth out a bit.
My wife doesn't want the stress of delivering it in person, but I guess after the baggage fee and Uber ride I'd be about $70 in anyway..
GTLA :rockin:
I had similar quotes when I setup my shipment today. Decided to go with 3-day shipping for ~$65 in a 12" cube. I used a ton of bubble padding and an ice pack used to ship vaccines that stays cold for a good long while (it pays to be married to a doctor ), so hopefully everything will get there by Friday without issue.
But when do they get chilled once they reach the destination and what temp do they keep them stored? I can't see them having a cooler big enough to store all the entries, but I could be wrong. I don't if going to all that effort is worth it. Just my opinion though.
Yikes. Mine was ~$13 (10x10x10 for my two entries) sent today and to be delivered thursday with regular shipping. Glad to be next door to CA this year!
Just a guess, but they'll go into cold storage as they're processed or by June ~3rd at the latest. Again, just a guess...
Yeah.... Michigan was a nicer ship last year for me
Curious.... How did you ship yours last year when you had to ship to Michigan? Obviously, it worked
Yeah.... Michigan was a nicer ship last year for me
Curious.... How did you ship yours last year when you had to ship to Michigan? Obviously, it worked
Since they are going to a brewery..... I am assuming they are getting stored in a walk in cooler almost immediately.
I re-read the thread but can't find a conclusive answer - could someone tell me where we landed with address?
Depending on your shipper, they may have the new address as valid in their system (FedEx didn't), but if they don't, ship to 9990 EMPIRE ST with all the other information being the same.
delivered.
Now the truck carrying jeff carlson's entries just needs to have an accident and my cidermaker of the year award will be in the bag.
Just received this alert, that can't be good news....
Exception Reason: WE'VE HELD THE PACKAGE AT THIS FACILITY. THIS MAY CAUSE A DELAY.
I wonder if they inspected your "yeast samples" and figured out they were being played. Or maybe a bottle exploded?
On a related note, I once emailed the AHA and asked if they were doing anything to work with FedEx/UPS to allow us to more easily ship beer without misrepresenting our package contents, and the response was that they're trying to convince the USPS and TTB to permit shipping homebrew, and that we should keep using "euphemistic language" with the other carriers.
My thought is, if FedEx and UPS already allow shipment of beer (from distributors, etc.), why not work with them first? Or is it thought that if USPS allowed shipping homebrew the other companies would loosen their restrictions as well?
If anything happened (let's hope not) I'm guessing a bottle exploded. My package got on a truck on Thursday in Chicago and wasn't unloaded until last night, which means it spent some considerable time in the desert heat. I did ziploc bag the bottles twice and put everything in a garbage bag, so I did about as much as I think I could have. But, in that heat, my highly carbed Belgian may not have survived. Odd thing is, the tracking info said it was out for delivery earlier this morning. Who knows...
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