Shipping Whisky To Canada From UK?

I am not a Canadian resident, but I lived there the last two winters. Canada is VERY strict on the liquor laws. Don't even think about "bending" the law. I know that if you bring more than the two liter limit (I think it is two liters, but it may be some fraction more.) into Canada, you will pay dearly. Not just an excise tax, but a penalty, excise tax, and maybe something more that will make it VERY expensive whiskey. And a place (might have been Loch Fyne) in the UK told me that while they routinely ship to the US, they don't even try shipping to Canada.

Regards, jimbo

Hmmmm. The only response I can come up with is: shit! Oh, and thanks, jimbo, for your prompt reply.

There is always a way around pesky anal government interference in my enjoyment. My pop is in the beverage alcohol business- maybe he can receive shipments of alcoholic products as "samples" and bypass the G-men.

Scott Helesic Kingston, Ontario Canada

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I think it is illegal to mail it into Canada and across provincial lines. Which is not to say it has never been done.

If you have some friends in the Northern US, maybe you could mail it there, then go pick it up. Or, someone in the UK could mail it and declare it as something else, say grannies knitting!

There is a store on the Border south of Thunder Bay that will accept pacakges shipped to them for Canadians. People just drive down, pick it up, then drive back and pay the duty. Maybe there is a US store that will do that for you. Isn't there a ferry from Wolfe Island across Lake Ontario to the US side? Might be a small mom-and-pop shop over there.

Doug.