Some help from Canada...

[Josh OH]

Hey ya'll from the north..



Need some help from Canada here... As most of ya'll know, I'm getting ready to get out of the navy here in just 15 days.. But I got a minor problem... My dad's birthday is coming up soon and I wanted to get him a good present. Both he and I, from being on active duty, had traveled the world over tasting beers... And long story short, I want to get some "Kilkenny" for him for his b-day. (And me too! ) But you can't buy the stuff in the states. After me and the wife searching online forever and a day, we found out that it can be found at the "Beer Store" in Canada... But I can't exactly go to Canada to buy it and bring it back to the states... So that's where I hope someone here could help me out... If I sent you enough cash to pay for it and shipping (Perhaps a little for your effort), any chance I could get someone to buy some and ship it to the states for me?



Thanks for any help you could give..

~Josh



Let me know

 

[Dallas Starr]

You can get Kilkenny from any liquor store up here, I have a friend that drinks it. As far as shipping it down there, I would like to help you but I am heading to Cancun in a couple days and have to catch up on work shiot.... But If I can you'll be the first to know. Are there any laws against shipping beer? Not that this would deter me exactly....I think the whole world should have access to Canada's superior beer stock.



Dallas

 

[Brian Lamb]

got paypal? im sure we can work something out in located in vancouver bc canada acually got a can of kelkenny on my dresser let me know how much you want and ill try to figure out a cost for you



[email protected] email me the info

 

[Nelson Atwell]

Alcoholic beverages -- U.S. Postal Service regulations prohibit sending alcoholic beverages through the mail (18 U.S.C. 1716(f)).



http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/toolbox/publications/travel/internationalmail.ctt/internationalmail.doc

 

[Tom Schindler]

What about UPS or FedEx. That is not under the jurisdiction of the USPS.





Tom

 

[Nelson Atwell]

The sender and receiver must be a licensed shipper:



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Josh - Looks like a road-trip is in order for you. :lol:

 

[Bill V]

Definitely do the road trip--especially that Columbus is so close to Canada (via Detroit), at least when compared to the distances much of the rest of the country would need to drive.



I'm not sure if it's changed, but I know you used to be allowed to bring either one case or two bottles of alcohol across the border with you. I'm not sure if those were per person or per vehicle.



While you're up there, if you like things like Mike's Hard Lemonade, Smirnoff Ice, etc., be sure to try them up there. In the US, those beverages are basically flavored beers. But up there, they're made with real vodka and other hard liquors. Vastly different--and vastly improved!