Sending alcohol by post

Vincent Vega

Ok so...
A friend of a friend of mine in Canada took a liking to the drink Buckfast whilst over here.
Specifically the irish brown bottle version (its available in the UK in green bottles, and the ingredients are slightly different)
I was asked to post a bottle of it to a friend in england who will visit him this xmas.
Having wrapped it up well, put it in a box etc, i brought it to the post office only to be told it could not be sent.
Is there any way to send alcohol abroad?

pa990

wrap it up.. go back to the post office, and dont tell them whats inside

matrim

Vincent Vega wrote: »

Ok so...
A friend of a friend of mine in Canada took a liking to the drink Buckfast whilst over here.
Specifically the irish brown bottle version (its available in the UK in green bottles, and the ingredients are slightly different)
I was asked to post a bottle of it to a friend in england who will visit him this xmas.
Having wrapped it up well, put it in a box etc, i brought it to the post office only to be told it could not be sent.
Is there any way to send alcohol abroad?

There should be no problem with sending it but (if their laws are like here) they might have to pay duty on it

Vincent Vega

pa990 wrote: »

wrap it up.. go back to the post office, and dont tell them whats inside

Had considered this, but also sending a USB key and I was told it would be chucked. Also, don't packages get xrayed?
If anyone has done this sucessfully i'd consider giving it a go.

matrim wrote: »

There should be no problem with sending it but (if their laws are like here) they might have to pay duty on it

I'm only trying to send it to the friend in the UK. Don't think they'd have to pay duty.However, says on An Post's website:

9. Do not send
Never send liquids outside of the Republic of Ireland using any of our services. We cannot accept liquids due to IATA regulations.

and also

Prohibited Items
Prohibited:
The below items are NOT acceptable for transport by An Post or DHL under any circumstances for operational and legal reasons:

Alcoholic beverages, animals, animal products......

BeerNut

How odd. Just a few months ago I wrapped up some beer and sent it to the UK in an envelope, with "Beer" written on the contents declaration, and it arrived.

Mind you, it probably would have been cheaper to book a plane ticket and bring it myself.