January 2021 comp - American pale ales

[phildo79]

I hope you like the beer I've just been robbed by the post office to send it

How much did they sting you for?

 

[Fallen trig brewing]

£17.86

 

[An Ankoù]

£17.86

Helles Belles! Was that an entire crate via a personal courier?

 

[Fallen trig brewing]

That's what I thought suppose it serves me right for not getting a courier

 

[Dads_Ale]

Always expensive if you go over 2kg small parcel limit.
When I saw three bottles I knew you were in for a shock

 

[Fallen trig brewing]

Yeah they said its because it was over 2kg I will send 330's next time

 

[Broken Toe]

Parcel plus is a good price of its over 2kg. Not that it's much help now

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

3 x 500ml PET bottles + packaging is 1.8Kg and £3.10 second class.

Strictly, you’re only allowed to send up to 1 litre.

 

[phildo79]

£17.86

Christ on a bike! I would have said thanks but no thanks and brought them home to split them up. That's ridiculous!

 

[Cptn_Needa]

£3.10 rises to £17.86 over 2kg?
Holy cow that is staggering.

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

The rate is based on weight, parcel size, and the service (standard, tracked, special guaranteed delivery, etc).

Buy “small parcel” sized boxes and use PET bottles (they weigh less and need less packaging to be safe than glass).

The parcel HAS to be less than 2Kg or you immediately move into “medium parcel” regardless of size.

Small parcel costs: second class is £3.10, first class is £5.57

Medium parcel costs: second class £8.99, first class £15.85

Because this parcel contained 3 glass bottles the weight will be over 2Kg and you’re paying medium parcel prices from the off.

 

[samale]

That's a shocking price

 

[samale]

I can normally get a 500ml plus 330ml glass bottles under the 2kg weight.

 

[Broken Toe]

Maybe we could do away with the bottles all together and just put it lose in a zip lock bag. You could get a good litre and a half with room to spare..

 

[phildo79]

PET bottles are definitely the way forward for beer mail. I avoided using them for the best part of a decade but they just make sense. They are easier to fill from a keg and won't break during transit. Glass bottles are just laden with potential problems.

 

[Fallen trig brewing]

I bottle condition my beer and I've never liked the idea of storing my beer in plastic even though I drink water and fizzy drinks out of it without worrying

 

[Petegriffin]

Too late to enter? I can get it in the post tomorrow.

And how strict is this on US hops only? I have an pale on keg which is brewed for my globe trotting sister in law so has some US and some NZ/Aus hops too.

If it's allowed are they any tips on botting without any special gadgets? Just purge a bottle, drop the pressure and fill carefully?

 

[user 18729]

The rate is based on weight, parcel size, and the service (standard, tracked, special guaranteed delivery, etc).

Buy “small parcel” sized boxes and use PET bottles (they weigh less and need less packaging to be safe than glass).

The parcel HAS to be less than 2Kg or you immediately move into “medium parcel” regardless of size.

Small parcel costs: second class is £3.10, first class is £5.57

Medium parcel costs: second class £8.99, first class £15.85

Because this parcel contained 3 glass bottles the weight will be over 2Kg and you’re paying medium parcel prices from the off.

*******s have put their postage up now Mr H... £3.20 small parcel

 

[phildo79]

I bottle condition my beer and I've never liked the idea of storing my beer in plastic even though I drink water and fizzy drinks out of it without worrying

I hear ya. I was the same. But if you think you might be sending a couple in the mail, wouldn't hurt to just add a couple of PETs to the bottling process.

 

[phildo79]

Too late to enter? I can get it in the post tomorrow.

And how strict is this on US hops only? I have an pale on keg which is brewed for my globe trotting sister in law so has some US and some NZ/Aus hops too.

If it's allowed are they any tips on botting without any special gadgets? Just purge a bottle, drop the pressure and fill carefully?

Not too late to enter, mate. If it has US hops in it, I think that'll be fine.

I think if you put the bottle in the freezer for a while, purge it, fill with a party tap with a length of line on the end that reaches the bottom of the bottle and pour it slowly, it should be ok. It's a pain in the arse. If you have a plastic PET bottle, you can squeeze it so you can cap on foam.

Get yourself a carbonation cap and some PET bottles. Dead easy to fill from the keg.