[malandrew]

how are you going about shipping a glass container full of alcohol through the mail?

When I visited the US recently to resolve some tax issues I tried to mail a bottle of Brazilian cachaça from NYC to a friend of mine in California. The US Postal Service, FedEx and UPS are refused to mail it except from one specific location prepared to mail glass bottles filled with liquid. On top of that they said that I need a liquor license to send beer through the mail.

[_delirium]

Craft-beer aficionados do it pretty frequently without much in the way of problems, though it's definitely a gray area. FedEx and UPS seem to take a don't-ask-don't-tell approach to what's in the box, though don't expect to claim insurance on broken bottles. Here's one guide: http://www.ratebeer.com/Beer-News/Article-174.htm