Shipping Large Amounts of Beer

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  1. SpruceFish

    SpruceFish Initiate (0) Jan 18, 2009 Washington

    So I have just moved to California, but my beer cellar resides in NJ (at my mothers house). I have been moving around a lot in the past years (Grad school, Peace Corps etc) so that was the best place to keep it. Now that I have a permeant job I am trying to get the beer out west.

    Does anyone have experience shipping more than just a trades worth of beer? Would it be best just to do it a bunch of small shipments? or Is there an more economical way of do it? Any suggestions would be great.

    Cheers
    Justin
     
    #1 SpruceFish, Aug 1, 2015
  2. floridadrift

    floridadrift Initiate (0) Oct 24, 2014 Florida

    Be more specific, how many cases do you have?
     
    #2 floridadrift, Aug 1, 2015
  3. SpruceFish

    SpruceFish Initiate (0) Jan 18, 2009 Washington

    I would say about 3-4 cases
     
    #3 SpruceFish, Aug 1, 2015
  4. The_Beer_Shark

    The_Beer_Shark Initiate (0) Oct 14, 2014 Illinois

    Find a place that sells Styrofoam wine shippers. ask for an entire case of 12 bottle shippers, which should be 4 to a case. You can pack in that and use it to ship 48 bottles at a time.
     
    #4 The_Beer_Shark, Aug 1, 2015
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  5. floridadrift

    floridadrift Initiate (0) Oct 24, 2014 Florida

    Exactly what @The_Beer_Shark said. You'll have your beer in no time. The average cost to ship a 12 shipper like that from coast to coast is somewhere in the $25-$35 market. I have somewhere near 18-20 cases and I would be better off driving it or doing 2-12 shippers a week.
     
    #5 floridadrift, Aug 1, 2015
  6. thedumbphase

    thedumbphase Initiate (0) Mar 4, 2015 New Jersey

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