Shipping Growlers?

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  1. CavemanRamblin

    CavemanRamblin Initiate (0) Jun 19, 2014 North Carolina

    Apparently they don't I guess. I mean, I've only shipped/received growlers in the fall or winter so I guess I haven't had to really worry about it. But I think the fact that people do it in the warmer months shows that they don't have to be kept cold 100% of the time. I'm pretty sure no one is putting anything in the box to actually keep it cold.
     
    #21 CavemanRamblin, Jan 22, 2015
  2. BMBCLT

    BMBCLT Grand Pooh-Bah (3,427) May 9, 2014 South Carolina
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    Kegs are kept refrigirated at all times and it's printed on most growlerds about keeping them cold at all times. I'm sure it won't hurt sours and Imperial Stouts, but those fresh APA/IPA/DIPAs might suffer. Just my two cents.
     
    #22 BMBCLT, Jan 22, 2015
  3. CavemanRamblin

    CavemanRamblin Initiate (0) Jun 19, 2014 North Carolina

    Naw I hear ya and I would say I pretty much agree. I'm just saying that to answer your question "how do do you keep them cold," I don't think people do. They just hope for the best.
     
    #23 CavemanRamblin, Jan 22, 2015
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  4. MOVERTON1284

    MOVERTON1284 Initiate (0) Jul 23, 2014 Alabama

    I thought this was cool and wanted to share. I had a growler coming my way, noticed an exception and it was returned to my trading partner. It showed back up to him and the growler had busted or leaked. Anyways they repacked the box, very nicely he said, and sent it back to his door minus the busted growler. I thought that was very cool as I have read a lot of them trashing the boxes when this happens.
     
    #24 MOVERTON1284, Jan 22, 2015
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  5. fire34fighter

    fire34fighter Initiate (0) Dec 31, 2013 Virginia

    Thanks. I've never shipped more than one. Only received one.
     
    #25 fire34fighter, Jan 23, 2015
  6. LehighAce06

    LehighAce06 Pooh-Bah (2,240) Jul 31, 2010 Pennsylvania
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    I don't see anyone addressing the question about stainless steel growlers so I will, those bitches are EXPENSIVE compared to glass. Unless it's a regular trading partner where you'll send the same growler back and forth a few times, or the trade is designed for the same growler to be used on the return trip, sending out a stainless growler would be prohibitively expensive, especially just to save a buck or two in shipping weight.

    I definitely have, I think 3 once; but someone else guessed you mean 64oz growlers and I've only ever done 32oz.
     
    #26 LehighAce06, Jan 23, 2015
  7. CavemanRamblin

    CavemanRamblin Initiate (0) Jun 19, 2014 North Carolina

    I would think the main reason to use a stainless growler would be more to eliminate the possibility of it breaking than to save on shipping costs. But yeah, unless that boy is coming back to you then you're not dropping the $$ on one of those I wouldn't think.
     
    #27 CavemanRamblin, Jan 23, 2015
  8. dcw6363

    dcw6363 Zealot (552) Nov 11, 2009 Wisconsin
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    Yeah I was thinking you would use if for out-and-back trades; it would cost a lot more up front, but you'd save a few bucks on shipping each time weight-wise. Also with the new FedEx rates that penalize big boxes--you'd need less packing material and cushioning and so volume would be a lot less, leading to more savings. (This is speculation; I've never done it.)
     
    #28 dcw6363, Jan 23, 2015
  9. gueuzedreg

    gueuzedreg Initiate (0) Jan 18, 2013 Colorado
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    Just shipped two non-flip top 32oz growlers. They fit in a 750ml styro-shipper slot. Works perfectly.
     
    #29 gueuzedreg, Jan 23, 2015
  10. fire34fighter

    fire34fighter Initiate (0) Dec 31, 2013 Virginia

    doing 2 bruery growlers (64 swing top fatty) with a 32 oz screw on water bottle style one.
     
    #30 fire34fighter, Jan 24, 2015
  11. nc41

    nc41 Initiate (0) Sep 25, 2008 North Carolina
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    I've shipped growlers twice lost the first to the cold, and I think the thin glass of the 32 oz growler was a weak spot. I shipped again using a 64 oz growler all by itself with a ton of foam wrap, it went just fine and the glass is much thicker. I wouldn't ship anything but 64s.
     
    #31 nc41, Jan 24, 2015
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