23 September 2011

Shipping a case to the States from Canberra?

| Solidarity
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Simple question,

Can I ship a case of beer to my mate in the States?

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Ben_Dover said :

qbngeek said :

I regularly ship wine to Australia from California

Along with snow to the Eskimos, sand to the Arabs, and coals to Newcastle?

Now there speaks someone who hasn’t tried great American wine. Australian wines are fantastic, but so are French, Italian, American etc etc wines, and they’re all different and worth trying.

I used to travel regularly to the east coast of the US, and stay with wine fanciers. Those buttery high alcohol Californian chardonnays, the Syrahs, the cabernets…I miss them so much. And because of the “coals to Newcastle” idea, nobody imports fine American wine to Australia. What a loss.

Oh…if you ever see wine from Arizona though, avoid it like the plague, or like cliches, because it’s terrible.

I think by the time it got there it would taste crap.

I’m sure it would be easier to order the case from a US importers website and have it delivered to your friends house.

Try this place for example. Worked out costs $US25 to ship to Montomery AL for one case.

Solidarity said :

It’s going to Alabama.

I want to send him a case of… anything, actually. It’s more the gesture than the beer.

Although he has said that Coronas taste different here than they do over there.

When you’re drinking Coronas for half the price, they are bound to taste different! But seriously, the shipping on a case of beer who be astronomical. I recently sent a care package in a small PostPack box of Tim Tams, Twisties, BBQ shapes etc, and the postage was ~$40 (for contents to the value of $12!). This included a $9 levy US postal whacks on because they are going broke.

You are better off looking for an online beer store in the US that stocks an Australian beer and send him one that way.

Why not just ship direct from http://bevmo.com? They sell Coopers…

arb said :

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=zinfandel+australia

Yes yes, you can laugh about it now. But you know what I meant. There are other varieties of wines that aren’t common here that are worth bringing in for something different.

puggy said :

Ben_Dover said :

qbngeek said :

I regularly ship wine to Australia from California

Along with snow to the Eskimos, sand to the Arabs, and coals to Newcastle?

Show me an Australian Zinfandel and then you can laugh about it.

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=zinfandel+australia

Thoroughly Smashed3:52 pm 23 Sep 11

For laughs, send him living beer and mark it “yeast cultures” on the customs declaration.

It’s going to Alabama.

I want to send him a case of… anything, actually. It’s more the gesture than the beer.

Although he has said that Coronas taste different here than they do over there.

Ben_Dover said :

qbngeek said :

I regularly ship wine to Australia from California

Along with snow to the Eskimos, sand to the Arabs, and coals to Newcastle?

Show me an Australian Zinfandel and then you can laugh about it.

Two things. The postie told us you can’t ship wine from Australia into the US. Don’t know if it’s true and don’t know what it means for beer.

Second, what type of beer, because odds on they already have it. While living in the US, bought VB, Tooheys Blue (was Australia day and desperate OK) and all manner of Coopers from normal supermarkets. It was cheaper there than here to boot, I kid you not. Think I saw Boags as well. Remember, this was stuff I wasn’t even looking that hard for.

Thoroughly Smashed said :

I can’t think of any good beers made here

Yeah you should have stopped right there with that sentence.

Australian “beer” is awful compared to any good European beer which I would bet are already imported into the US.

Thoroughly Smashed3:14 pm 23 Sep 11

I can’t think of any good beers made here that don’t have a near identical equivalent (which was probably even the inspiration for the local beer) that costs less than half as much in the US, even before you consider shipping. The US has been undergoing a beer revolution for the last thirty years so tell him to get out there and enjoy it! I suppose it’s nostalgia is it?

That said as far as getting it in to the US, there’s a fairly active beer trading scene between the US and Europe, so I suspect they’re a lot more relaxed than over here. I’d suggest doing your own research on that one though.

qbngeek said :

I regularly ship wine to Australia from California

Along with snow to the Eskimos, sand to the Arabs, and coals to Newcastle?

I regularly ship wine to Australia from California so I don’t see why not. You would need to check out what the laws are and what taxes need to be paid. I have to pay a small fortune in excise for my wine, but it is worth it since I can’t get it over here,

I would try googling fopr a company that does import-export of alcohol and see if they can help you out.

highly doubt it – what state is it?

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