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From: labatt_blue79 on 27 Jun 2007 13:32 I was curious if anyone knows the law about bringing a keg from Canada across the border to the US. The reason I ask is because there is a specific beer that I am not able to get in the US and wanted to make my trip worth the cost, so I figured a keg would be worth it. I read the post about bringing a keg into Canada from the US, but my situation is different and there was no real resolution. If it is possible, does anyone know what the tax/charge be for bringing such a large amount across? I realize that with less than 48 hours in Canada, I am only able to bring 150mL across without paying taxes/ duty, but not sure how much a keg would be. Maybe I should only get a case or two and be done with it. Any help would be appreciated.
From: garciyalater on 27 Jun 2007 14:37 On Jun 27, 1:32 pm, labatt_blu...(a)yahoo.com wrote: > I was curious if anyone knows the law about bringing a keg from Canada > across the border to the US. The reason I ask is because there is a > specific beer that I am not able to get in the US and wanted to make > my trip worth the cost, so I figured a keg would be worth it. I read > the post about bringing a keg into Canada from the US, but my > situation is different and there was no real resolution. If it is > possible, does anyone know what the tax/charge be for bringing such a > large amount across? I realize that with less than 48 hours in > Canada, I am only able to bring 150mL across without paying taxes/ > duty, but not sure how much a keg would be. Maybe I should only get a > case or two and be done with it. Any help would be appreciated. if you have access to a boat, and are near a border lake/ river.....just take it across in the boat......if you haveto bring it in a car, I am a big fan of not saying anything to anyone unless specifically asked.... a good friend in college made 10 thousand a month just by bringing 3 or 4 pounds of high grade BC nugget acorss to vt....best thing was, he faced only a couple thoiusand in fines and 6 months in jail.....at 25 he retired to a carribean island with a 100,000 dollar beach side place paid for in cash and continues to make a fortune selling high grade to us and european tourists....going to visit is always a treat..... Chuck
From: Brian K on 28 Jun 2007 01:38 On 6/27/2007 1:32 PM labatt_blue79(a)yahoo.com exclaimed: > I was curious if anyone knows the law about bringing a keg from Canada > across the border to the US. The reason I ask is because there is a > specific beer that I am not able to get in the US and wanted to make > my trip worth the cost, so I figured a keg would be worth it. I read > the post about bringing a keg into Canada from the US, but my > situation is different and there was no real resolution. If it is > possible, does anyone know what the tax/charge be for bringing such a > large amount across? I realize that with less than 48 hours in > Canada, I am only able to bring 150mL across without paying taxes/ > duty, but not sure how much a keg would be. Maybe I should only get a > case or two and be done with it. Any help would be appreciated. > > If you know that the limit is 150mL, the solution is simple. Go to your nearest store that sells kegs of beer. Ask them what is the liquid volume of the keg. If need be convert the answer given to metric. If it is more than 150mL then the keg is taxable, if less then 150mL not taxable. I don't know about Canada, but most places I dealt with in collage sold you the beer but rented the keg. A deposit had to be made and was refunded when the keg was returned. If that's true in Canada, you will need to figure the cost of the deposit into your over all costs. How are you going to get the beer out of the keg? Do you have the tap thingie or whatever it's called? If not you will have to obtain one of those too. What is the name of the beer? Perhaps it is available in the US, but just not in the places you've looked? With the cost of gas what it is, I hope you plan to do something else in Canada besides by beer. Not that I am putting down your plan, it just seems that there may be a more economic way. Work up all your costs and look for hidden costs. In the long run, it could turn out that buying from a stateside importer may be less costly. -- ________ To email me, Edit "blog" from my email address. Brian M. Kochera "Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once!" View My Web Page: http://home.earthlink.net/~brian1951
From: LVTravel on 28 Jun 2007 10:30 "Brian K" <brianBLOG1951(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message news:qPHgi.1686$rR.607(a)newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net... > On 6/27/2007 1:32 PM labatt_blue79(a)yahoo.com exclaimed: >> I was curious if anyone knows the law about bringing a keg from Canada >> across the border to the US. The reason I ask is because there is a >> specific beer that I am not able to get in the US and wanted to make >> my trip worth the cost, so I figured a keg would be worth it. I read >> the post about bringing a keg into Canada from the US, but my >> situation is different and there was no real resolution. If it is >> possible, does anyone know what the tax/charge be for bringing such a >> large amount across? I realize that with less than 48 hours in >> Canada, I am only able to bring 150mL across without paying taxes/ >> duty, but not sure how much a keg would be. Maybe I should only get a >> case or two and be done with it. Any help would be appreciated. >> >> > If you know that the limit is 150mL, the solution is simple. Go to your > nearest store that sells kegs of beer. Ask them what is the liquid volume > of the keg. If need be convert the answer given to metric. If it is more > than 150mL then the keg is taxable, if less then 150mL not taxable. > > I don't know about Canada, but most places I dealt with in collage sold > you the beer but rented the keg. A deposit had to be made and was refunded > when the keg was returned. If that's true in Canada, you will need to > figure the cost of the deposit into your over all costs. How are you > going to get the beer out of the keg? Do you have the tap thingie or > whatever it's called? If not you will have to obtain one of those too. > > What is the name of the beer? Perhaps it is available in the US, but just > not in the places you've looked? With the cost of gas what it is, I hope > you plan to do something else in Canada besides by beer. Not that I am > putting down your plan, it just seems that there may be a more economic > way. Work up all your costs and look for hidden costs. In the long run, > it could turn out that buying from a stateside importer may be less > costly. > > -- > ________ > To email me, Edit "blog" from my email address. > Brian M. Kochera "Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once!" > View My Web Page: http://home.earthlink.net/~brian1951 Brian, 150 mL is only a little over 5 fluid ounces or about 1/3 of a pint. Full kegs in the US holds 15� gallons, the keg family also includes a 13.2 gallon import keg, the 7.75 gallon pony keg, and the 5-gallon "sixth barrel" keg. It will be taxed and if found while trying to "hide" it across the border may entail a large fine or jail time as it is called bootlegging. To the OP, no beer is worth that amount of trouble. Suck it up (pun intended) and buy domestic or another import here in the US. Of course Labat Blue is available in the US but as Brian said, it is not available in all areas.
From: Labatt on 28 Jun 2007 12:28
On Jun 28, 10:30 am, "LVTravel" <n...(a)noone.com> wrote: > "Brian K" <brianBLOG1...(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message > > news:qPHgi.1686$rR.607(a)newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net... > > > > > > > On 6/27/2007 1:32 PM labatt_blu...(a)yahoo.com exclaimed: > >> I was curious if anyone knows the law about bringing a keg from Canada > >> across the border to the US. The reason I ask is because there is a > >> specific beer that I am not able to get in the US and wanted to make > >> my trip worth the cost, so I figured a keg would be worth it. I read > >> the post about bringing a keg into Canada from the US, but my > >> situation is different and there was no real resolution. If it is > >> possible, does anyone know what the tax/charge be for bringing such a > >> large amount across? I realize that with less than 48 hours in > >> Canada, I am only able to bring 150mL across without paying taxes/ > >> duty, but not sure how much a keg would be. Maybe I should only get a > >> case or two and be done with it. Any help would be appreciated. > > > If you know that the limit is 150mL, the solution is simple. Go to your > > nearest store that sells kegs of beer. Ask them what is the liquid volume > > of the keg. If need be convert the answer given to metric. If it is more > > than 150mL then the keg is taxable, if less then 150mL not taxable. > > > I don't know about Canada, but most places I dealt with in collage sold > > you the beer but rented the keg. A deposit had to be made and was refunded > > when the keg was returned. If that's true in Canada, you will need to > > figure the cost of the deposit into your over all costs. How are you > > going to get the beer out of the keg? Do you have the tap thingie or > > whatever it's called? If not you will have to obtain one of those too. > > > What is the name of the beer? Perhaps it is available in the US, but just > > not in the places you've looked? With the cost of gas what it is, I hope > > you plan to do something else in Canada besides by beer. Not that I am > > putting down your plan, it just seems that there may be a more economic > > way. Work up all your costs and look for hidden costs. In the long run, > > it could turn out that buying from a stateside importer may be less > > costly. > > > -- > > ________ > > To email me, Edit "blog" from my email address. > > Brian M. Kochera "Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once!" > > View My Web Page:http://home.earthlink.net/~brian1951 > > Brian, 150 mL is only a little over 5 fluid ounces or about 1/3 of a pint. > Full kegs in the US holds 15½ gallons, the keg family also includes a 13.2 > gallon import keg, the 7.75 gallon pony keg, and the 5-gallon "sixth barrel" > keg. It will be taxed and if found while trying to "hide" it across the > border may entail a large fine or jail time as it is called bootlegging. > > To the OP, no beer is worth that amount of trouble. Suck it up (pun > intended) and buy domestic or another import here in the US. Of course > Labat Blue is available in the US but as Brian said, it is not available in > all areas.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - I can get Labatt Blue. It is Kilkenny that I'm trying to get. It is not exported to the US. Thanks for the info, but I know how big a keg is and I do have a coupler to tap the keg. Does anyone know what the tax would be for a keg of beer? |