Trading (shipping) beer to England?

Legal - That's a word people in this forum don't really talk about. Do you think sending beer across state lines or through the US postal service would be technically legal? I'll leave it at that for now.

Doable - Sure. People on here send beer to europe all the time. I mostly ship to Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, or Germany, but the UK should be doable as well (I'm writing this from the southwest UK in fact).

Seized - A small chance, but unlikely. Generally this only happens if a bottle in the shipment breaks during transport. Most times, they just move right on through. The risk is small enough that most of us continue to trade overseas, but we do know we could lose a box at any time.

Cost - It is expensive. And for 1 bottle it'd make it pretty cost prohibitive. When you're splitting a $60-$80 shipping cost across 6 bottles, it's much more palatable then paying $40 bottles shipping for 1 bottle.

Your challenge is going to be finding someone to send you a bottle. I've met quite a few of the UK beer guys, and most of them don't trade or ship. If you're looking for a trade, try posting it on multiple site's forums as there aren't a lot of international traders on BA. Make sure you really offer something that's good enough to convince someone to go out of their way to go get you a bottle and deal with shipping it. And even if you do, don't be surprised if you don't get any responses.

Also, if you haven't done much trading, don't be surprised if you're expected to ship first. That's a reasonable (and normal) request made of new traders.

 

Are you talking about Progress or their RIS?

 

It would be really expensive. When I was in the Air Force and stationed over there I had the advantage of APO mail. If I didn't, I doubt I would have shipped anything or had anything shipped to me.