Taking beer through customs (into Jamaica)

[RyanP]

Ryan...we can get a few imports at particular stores down here...Stella, (real) Guiness, Duvel, Leffe, Presidente, Caribe...but having said that...I've brought in a six pack without incident even after being searched.

So you are just stuffing it in your checked bag? Ever have issues with freezing, leakage, busted bottles, etc?

[Bnewb]

Ryan...put them in a checked bag....unless the liquid rules have changed (haven't flown for a few years) you can't bring that much liquid on the plane anyways.
I never had an issue the second & third time thru as I now store them in a double sealed plastic bag (cans)...but the first time was a definite YES!
A Guinness beer exploded in my bag...the fabulous part of that...it soaked everything in my bag & stunk, so the customs officer had no desire to continue searching my bag. LOL

[RyanP]

Ryan...put them in a checked bag....unless the liquid rules have changed (haven't flown for a few years) you can't bring that much liquid on the plane anyways.
I never had an issue the second & third time thru as I now store them in a double sealed plastic bag (cans)...but the first time was a definite YES!
A Guinness beer exploded in my bag...the fabulous part of that...it soaked everything in my bag & stunk, so the customs officer had no desire to continue searching my bag. LOL

Believe it or not, I was researching this last night. A guy said that he brought liquor through security whenever he was flying overseas. He said he put 12 finger bottles in a 1 liter zip-loc bag, and had done it multiple times. TSA had never given him any problems, and that one TSA agent was actually impressed with it. I guess you can bring as many bottles of just about anything, that isn't explosive, flammable or poisonous, on a plane as long as each bottle is less than 3.4 ounces and all the bottles fit in a liter zip-loc bag. Not sure why liquor is ok since it is somewhat flammable. You can bring more alcohol, liquid, etc. on the plane, as long as you purchase it inside the concourse, as Chickster explained above.

[Bnewb]

You can bring liquor in your carry on ONLY if it's purchased after you've been checked through customs/immigration...but if you're changing planes...it will have to be put in your checked luggage.

[original spanky]

Were can you buy Stella?

[Chickster]

Were can you buy Stella?

She usually hangs at Scrub-A-Dub

[Rum-polephoreskin]

Here is an update on liquor smuggling that may help folks traveling on U.S. planes:
We bought some duty free rum in Mo-bay and had it wrapped well (also got a pocket pint of Rum for Rum and cokes on the plane).
We hauled the boxed liquor as a carry-on, no problems on the flight from JA to Dallas.
BUT
When we were preparing to board our in-U.S. flight from Dallas to Madison WI, we were told all liquids had to be in a checked bag.

BTW No one cares/has said anything regarding booze in your 3.5 oz liquid bottles that you can "carry-on".
Worst case scenario it's confiscated like my JA "Wata" bottle I forgot I had in my backpack carry-on.