Subject: Digest for the period 2/3/2007 - 2/4/2007
Date: Sun, 04 Feb 2007 01:03:43 -0500

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  1. re: Packaging of entries 


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From: jeff_ri  Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2007 11:55:49 -0500
Subject: re: Packaging of entries 


Hi All,

  Dick asked about packaging bottles for shipping.

  Two things are critical to good packaging: the bottles can't come into 
contact with each other, or the sides of the box.

  For competitions I usually use a wine case box (12 bottles, 750ml) with 
the cardboard dividers.  For just a couple of bottles I would use a box 
about 12x12x14.

  Wrap each bottle in bubble wrap and tape.

  Pack the bubble wrapped bottles into the box using crumpled up newspaper 
on all sides of the bottles (top, bottom, and sides) so that they can't 
move.  Crumpled up newspaper works better than the styrofoam peanuts because 
the peanuts can shift around and let the bottles move around.

  I've shipped entries to many competitions this way and never had a bottle 
break.

  As someone else mentioned, if you don't trust  the packaging to protect 
the box/bottles from a 5 foot drop it's probably not good enough.

Jeff McNally
Tiverton, RI
South Shore Brew Club




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