Best bottle for shipping homebrew?

[Ruddles]

I'm sure this must have been discussed before, but is there a safer way to ship homebrew than in traditional capped glass bottles? Not for competition, so what about those Coors resealable aluminum bottles or just plastic soda bottles? I suppose the bottling device would have to be modified to match the diameter of the opening on those different containers.
Thanks for any thoughts.
(Regulations about shipping across states is another matter)

 

[PackerfaninSanDiego]

goog question as I want to mail some beer too

 

[BrewMasta]

Honestly I don't think shipping beer around the country is legal, if you owned your own beverage distribution company maybe, but I'm quite sure it's not ok to ship any perishable liquid via UPS, USPS, or FedEx. Just in case they should explode, pop open, perish...etc. I'm not positive but I have been in the shipping business for quite some time and I'm pretty sure it's not allowed.

 

[iaefebs]

I've shipped screw tops and crown tops. Package your beer in a zip lock, wrap each bottle in bubble wrap. Put in a lined box of bubble wrap. If you can drop the box from waist high onto cement, you'll be fine.

 

[chumpsteak]

Everyone must drive their beer to nationwide beer competitions then. Oh wait, isn't transporting alcohol across state lines illegal too.

 

[Mad4sax]

Some info here http://billybrew.com/the-ins-and-outs-of-shipping-beer

 

[jonmohno]

Probably the cheapest safest route would be to use plasitic soda bottles.Wrap them well a few times in baggies.With good bubble wrap or paper. Ship them via ups/fed-x and never usps-its a federal crime with them. And yes a certain few states its just not legal to ship alcohol.
You should be fine if you wrap them well and protect them well enough not to break/explode.

 

[fizgig]

http://www.mrbeer.com/category-exec/category_id/97

Mr. Beer sell various sizes of plastic beer bottles and you could ship in their case.

 

[Cyclman]

Uline sells packaging to ship glass bottles (of course with non-alcoholic beverages in them). Or, reuse packages from ordering beer online.

 

[PackerfaninSanDiego]

Honestly[COLOR=[COLOR="red"][/COLOR]] I don't think [/COLOR]shipping beer around the country is legal, if you owned your own beverage distribution company maybe, but I'm quite sure it's not ok to ship any perishable liquid via UPS, USPS, or FedEx. Just in case they should explode, pop open, perish...etc. I'm not positive but I have been in the shipping business for quite some time and I'm pretty sure it's not allowed.

you don't know she it

 

[jflongo]

http://www.mrbeer.com/category-exec/category_id/97

Mr. Beer sell various sizes of plastic beer bottles and you could ship in their case.

I second this

 

[BrewMasta]

you don't know she it

Your just a big de ik dude.

 

[BrewMasta]

Here's a bit of information from a previous thread on the forum.

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f14/how-do-you-legally-ship-beer-52788/index2.html

 

[LoloMT7]

you don't know she it

+1

They way I read it the OP wasn't asking if it is ok to do it or not... The OP just wanted to know about what container to ship safely in

 

[Ruddles]

Thanks for all the replies. Here's a summary of the options of shipping in non-glass containers:
1. Mr Beer plastic bottles. Pros - color and shape of traditional beer bottles, reusable, screw-cap, comes with shipping carton. Con- about $1 each.
2. Plastic soda bottles. Pro - free if you drink soda. Con - doesn't look professional, may have to adapt bottling device for opening size.
3. Reuse commercial aluminum beer bottles. Pro - free if you drink the stuff that was in there. Cons - you have to drink what was in there!, need a bench capper to apply caps.
I'm going to try #1 (Mr Beer).

 

[fizgig]

They are on sale for 25% off at the moment, be sure to make whoever uses them ship them back to you