Best way to ship beers?

[Jwerner23]

This might not be the place to post this but I figured since you guys do it alot, I should get some good info here.

I am wanting to get into trading beers to get access to some good beers that dont distribute here. I was wondering how you guys ship, do you wrap every bottle in bubble wrap or just the whole, or is there a better method. I would also like to know roughly want a sixer costs on average to ship.

Any advice is appreciated.

Thank you,
Jeff

 

[Hello]

I tend to wrap every bottle and often put each one in a zip lock bag. I actually just packaged two shipments but I forgot the ziplocks. It should be fine the way I packed it though, we'll see.

It is hard to say what it would cost you to ship. Variables include weight of bottles, weight of box, weight of materials, etc etc. I have shipped 14 lbs for $15 and to another location it was $18. I use FedEx mostly.

Some helpful links:
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/tutorial-shipping-beer-93042/
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f13/shipping-beer-252983/
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f38/first-time-trader-shipping-question-452935/

 

[Jwerner23]

Yea I figured the price would be pretty variable but just kind of trying to get a ball park, before I dive in and commit for a trade then realize the price is too high. Thanks for the advice. Your way sounds good. Would like to hear from some others just so I can get a good idea on how most people do it.

 

[duboman]

I ship for comps usually and use the double box method.

I pick up wine or bomber boxes at my local bottle store that have the partitions. One box that fits snug in the other.

I line the inside box with a trash bag. Fill empty slots with crushed paper and the bottles in the others with paper above and below and then seal everything up.

I too use Fed Ex. This method serves me well as I've never had any breakage reported


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[Jwerner23]

So you just use 2 boxes with no bubble wrap.

 

[duboman]

So you just use 2 boxes with no bubble wrap.

Correct, one box inside the other. The inside box is partitioned already and I use crunched up newspaper instead of bubble wrap. The garbage bag is leak protection( never had any leaks or breaks reported)

Don't use peanuts, the receiving end user will hate you


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[Jwerner23]

Thanks for the advice, yea I hate packing peanuts too.