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I had considered doing this myself the last time I flew out to see an old college buddy. I spoke to someone at the airline (Southwest) and they advised that bringing beer (either carry on or checked) onto a plane is not a problem as long as the beer is in a clearly labelled (aka commercial) bottle. When I told her that my homebrew was in a plain brown bottle she advised against it. Not wanted to risk losing some of my precious beer (not to mention some of my dignity during the inevitable cavity search) I ended up shipping it instead.
Would we disregard BJCP guidelines or the Reinheitsgebot with such wanton?
Or ship it by a legal method. I sometimes wonder at our collective mentality that businesses should just accept our defiance and that we shouldn't be expected to read the fine print on the ticket, agreeing to the contract of the what is accepted practice. Sorry for the rant. I mean no offense. Its an $8 fix to a multimillion dollar problem is all...Would we disregard BJCP guidelines or the Reinheitsgebot with such wanton? I think not! I rest my case. No further questions your honor
Quote from: klickitat jim on May 02, 2013, 10:57:03 amOr ship it by a legal method. I sometimes wonder at our collective mentality that businesses should just accept our defiance and that we shouldn't be expected to read the fine print on the ticket, agreeing to the contract of the what is accepted practice. Sorry for the rant. I mean no offense. Its an $8 fix to a multimillion dollar problem is all...Would we disregard BJCP guidelines or the Reinheitsgebot with such wanton? I think not! I rest my case. No further questions your honorputting it in your checked baggage is at least as legal as shipping. USPS = federal crime, UPS/FedEx = against corporate rules, Airline checked bags = I've never seen anything in the fine print that says I can't put beer in there. or glass, or anything, heck I could put a gun in there as long as it's not loaded and I declare it.
We can try to sneak past that but no whimper if they catch you.
Lol that's awesome! Well, as far as bjcp goes. I'm a rhg Nazi though. Water, barley, hops, maybe yeast. Anything else is verboten!