Shipping LeBleu-Prob.'s? Advice? Wisdom?

I had a LeBleu shipped to me, and some leaked out the cork/cap and down the side of the bottle. Smelled very acetic/vinegary, but the contents within the bottle ended up being fine.

 

that was mainly with batch1, I do recall. And I don't think there's too much you can do other than making a leak-proof package and taping the top of the bottle down super tight to encourage the cork to stay in.

I'd also ship it before the summer heat gets here- you don't want that sitting in a 115 degree truck.

I caught one of the later batches - Dizzle shipped it from NY and it arrived in perfect condition.

 

If you need someone to test your packing to see if it arrives okay, I'll fall on that sword for you. I'll send you something corked and caged in return.

 

Batch 1 was the only batch with serious carbonation problems. I had 2 explode in shipping and 1 explode just sitting on the floor.

I've shipped batch 2 with no problems though can't speak for batch 3. On the other hand, I opened a batch 3 last night and it looks like whereas batch 1 was overcarbonated and batch 2 was a bit undercarbonated, this time, it seems just right so you shouldn't have any unforseen problems.

 

I'm shipping 2 currently that are set to land in 2 days. I'll let you know how it goes.

 

Good luck Dave! I for one, don't think taping up the bottles does jack squat. If it is going to leak or explode then the tape isn't going to help.

 

Yep... 1st batch had bottles exploding.

I received a couple of the 2nd batch and they were fine.

 

I remember mikey opened up a b1 at one of the CL tastings and the thing pretty much emptied itself when opened.

 

I just had one land in the Midwest and there weren't any reported problems. I do have a few others in transit so I'll keep you posted.

 

I think I just felt it move.......

 

That's not how you can tell!

 

I hope mine makes it >_<. I would be so sad if it exploded. Plus it would be really pathetic to watch me sponge all the beer up and wring it into a cup .

 

I hope it makes it too!

 

I sent 2 bottles to a guy in Colorado and some freak weather set in and it hit -26 at night.
The bottom of the bottle blew completely out.
Thanks goodness the other one survived and FedEx delivered anyway.
UPS would have opened the box and stole the contents!!

The only problem is cold weather which I don't think you have to worry about. My incident was a freak occurrence.

 

Ive shipped 4 bottles so far no problems... But I've heard the same gumblings here and there.

 

All of mine, maybe 10 of em, have landed safely.

 

Yeah, but how'd it smell?