How long is beer good for?

Isn't shipping beer illegal without a license? Last time I checked you cannot ship out of country legally without a license? Besides we all know the OP is not doing this, but lets all play along. Does anyone here actually think you can walk over to the docks and just toss beer into a container and say hey I will snag on the other side, lol ya ok.

Cheers

 

I work on the commercial side so everyone has a license but if the beer is part of a larger order and packed in a crate then you can get away with it, assuming they don’t look into the crate. I don’t know whou would have to use a company that picks it up from you and adds it to their shipment. One thing about shipping to Brazil is they have their own rules and regs. Plus, a lot of illegal stuff goes on over there. So Brazil is a crap shoot. I had a customer shipping t/-shirts to Brazil and they had a high “lost” rate. We joked that the post guy was probably wearing their shirts.

But yeah I am going to assume this is just for shits and giggles.

 

No matter what anyone tells you, longer.

Beer cellars are largely self-masturbatory dens of feckless pomp. Keep your beer cold and you'll be surprised how long it can last.

 

Lol. I reckon that his work is done.

 

Exactly, no one would consider doing this and most companies would not give a person the time of day. It was an interesting topic though, original to say the least.

 

Cross post this into the cellaring section and watch people lose their minds...

 

Yup. Worked with a guy who filled an entire shipping container with his extended family's belongings (mother died, etc) from Croatia back to his home in NJ. At the same time, I hired a moving company to move most of my household belongings (damn right I moved the beer cellar and my stereo, records and cds myself) about 25 miles south of my former home in the next county. As I remember it, the two bills were about the same.

Granted, I paid for the movers to load and unload the truck, but packed the boxes myself. He probably loaded the container himself and, IIRC, had a relative who did that work pick up the container at the docks. But, still... Ocean shipping via container is cheap in the right circumstances. Otherwise Heineken wouldn't be one of the largest selling beers in the US - and cheaper than it used to be, compared to domestic AAL's.

Not sure about exporting (that'd probably be up to Brazil or whatever other country one is going to) but as for bringing alcohol into the US for personal use, the TTB says:

And US Customs doesn't require a license:
Requirements for importing alcohol for personal use

 

Usually its unwise to take advice when it declares everyone else is wrong. Period.

 

With that profile name, what if that dude never asks another question on this site? I think that would be awesome.

 

Exactly. Brazil is like a universe. My neighbors are Brazilian and it sounds utterly fascinating, diverse, and a great piece of travel experience.

 

Usually it's unwise to acknowledge people who cannot detect sensationalism, for often they lack the capacity to work outside of the literal, thus make boring folk to break bread (or drink beer) with

 

See if the OP has room in that container. FREE TRIP!

(And, maybe, all the SASA you can drink (as long as that's under 6 cases).

 

How many beer cellars have you inspected?

 

77

 

More than me... 42.

 

As an aside, I would highly recommend reading Candace Millard''s The River of Doubt. It is an exposition of the Teddy Roosevelt expedition to Brazil in 1913. It is harrowing. There is a tributary to the Amazon named Rio Roosevelt that he basically discovered.

 

Honestly I think the post is a joke of some sort, who in their right mind ships SA by boat to Brazil? Odds are in bigger cities they might have SA for sale anyway. Too bizzare to be a legit question.

 

I said that same thing and my post was removed, go figure.