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Subject: Re: Crossing the border with a keg? Posted on: Sat, 26 May 2007 00:02:41 PDT

On 5/25/2007 4:00 PM Király exclaimed:
> DevilsPGD wrote:
>
>>> any smart person would just buy the beer when they get to canada. As
>>> ypou probably know, keg beer has to be kept relative chilled, and once
>>> you tap that sucker, its portability is not the greatest. Besides, in
>>> canada and the us, driving with a keg that been tapped is a huge no-
>>> no. Open container anyone?
>>>
>> Unless your car has a trunk...
>>
>
> My father bought his first car in 1962, when he was 18. It was a 1952
> Chevy. He mounted a keg in the trunk, ran copper line from there to the
> interior, and had a tap serving draught right from the dashboard.
> Attitudes towards drinking and driving were different back then, I guess.
>
> If the OP could do something like that, he might be able to get away with
> declaring the keg and its contents as "part of the vehicle", and thus
> exempt from any duties. Or maybe not. :)
>
>
I assume that there was no refrigeration to that set up. Unless he was
hauling a stout ale, unrefrigerated beer falls into the yuck category no
matter how ingenious the delivery system. :-(

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