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UPS: Temperature controlled facilities?

Discussion in 'Trade Talk' started by joshuaseresse, Feb 21, 2014.

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  1. joshuaseresse

    joshuaseresse Initiate (0) Nov 9, 2009 Minnesota

    I meant temp controlled. I've got a package stuck in Minneapolis due to the blizzard. They might keep it there today and it might not make delivery until next week. Anyone know if they generally have the warehouses temp above freezing? I've got a bottle of rare coming and I'd hate to have that thing freeze. Any insight would be of great help, thanks!
     
    #1 joshuaseresse, Feb 21, 2014
  2. Wiscobrew

    Wiscobrew Initiate (0) Feb 19, 2011 Nevada

    IIRC from working at UPS back in the day, if it is on the vehicle for delivery that truck will be parked inside the warehouse. If it is in the truck that it arrived on, and has yet to be sorted for delivery it will be parked outside.

    If there is an arrival scan the box is inside the building, somewhere.
     
    #2 Wiscobrew, Feb 21, 2014
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  3. joshuaseresse

    joshuaseresse Initiate (0) Nov 9, 2009 Minnesota

    Thanks for the reply. The package has been scanned upon arrival, so I'm guessing its just hanging out in the warehouse waiting to be put on the next truck to head down way. I hope it at least makes it to the ups location in my town so i can at least go pick it up after work...
     
    #3 joshuaseresse, Feb 21, 2014
  4. founder26

    founder26 Initiate (0) Sep 9, 2009 Michigan

    even if it gets below freezing I HIGHLY doubt it would freeze, its what 14% abv? I have left beers overnight in my car that where half that abv and it was in the single digits, they did not freeze.
     
    #4 founder26, Feb 21, 2014
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  5. EJJ1848

    EJJ1848 Initiate (0) Jun 24, 2013 Minnesota

    I just picked up a package that was held overnight at the minneapolis ups location. Bottles seemed to be around room temp. I'd imagine you should be alright. Best of luck OP
     
    #5 EJJ1848, Feb 21, 2014
  6. 4DAloveofSTOUT

    4DAloveofSTOUT Grand Pooh-Bah (3,892) Nov 28, 2008 Illinois
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    Would you want to take that chance with a bottle of BCBS Rare? :grimacing: I know that I wouldnt!
     
    #6 4DAloveofSTOUT, Feb 26, 2014
  7. youbrewidrink

    youbrewidrink Initiate (0) Apr 9, 2009 Vermont

    Being that beer you have a better chance, but from all of the frozen fruit and frozen bottles that UPS has delivered to my house in the pas 2 weeks, I can confirm that nothing they own is heated.

    The local person said that due to weather when trucks get held up, packages sit in tractor trailers OUTSIDE more than they sit on the delivery trucks inside.
     
    #7 youbrewidrink, Feb 26, 2014
  8. founder26

    founder26 Initiate (0) Sep 9, 2009 Michigan

    Probably not, but seriously I just found a couple bottles of 6% abv that have been sitting in my garage this whole winter and they are still fine...
     
    #8 founder26, Feb 26, 2014
  9. 4DAloveofSTOUT

    4DAloveofSTOUT Grand Pooh-Bah (3,892) Nov 28, 2008 Illinois
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    Is your garage heated? 2 weeks ago I had a trade that a 6% abv bottle I had recieved was a beerpopsickle.
     
    #9 4DAloveofSTOUT, Feb 26, 2014
  10. creepinjeeper

    creepinjeeper Initiate (0) Nov 8, 2012 Missouri

    The polar vortex is upon us once again. I would say you're just better off waiting for a trading window where temps aren't so extreme. Once it leaves your hands; you just don't know how your shipment is being handled or where it is while in transit. It's so easy to get impatient; I know I have, especially when IPA's are involved and you want your trading partner to get 'em as fresh as possible. The wait is always worth it though and, the risk is worth avoiding.
     
    #10 creepinjeeper, Feb 27, 2014
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