Tell me more ×  I've been thinking about shipping my beer to a
fellow homebrewer on the opposite coast. I know the post office
doesn't exactly condone this, but if you were to mail a bottle
or two, how would you do it?  Are any particular boxes better
than others, how much padding, who'd be the best company to ship
with, any special bottling precautions (taping the cap maybe),
etc, etc.  share|improve this question add comment  4 Answers
up vote 3 down vote accepted  I have had good experience with
wrapping each bottle individually with bubble wrap, and putting
them in a box that is as small as possible (to provide a tight
fit, so they don't shift much inside the box). Then fill in all
the empty space with packing peanuts (or crumpled up newspaper,
if you don't have any peanuts).  Also, as others have stated,
don't send it through the US Postal Service. Use a private
carrier, such as FedEx or UPS. Generally, they don't ask what is
in the package, but if they do, tell them it is 'yeast samples
for analysis'.