Shipping Whisky To Canada Revisited

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Scott Helesic 22 years ago

I ordered a bottle of Glenfarclas 30 year-old on December 13 from Loch Fyne Whiskies, to my home in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Happily, it arrived safe and sound on January 7 via the UK`s Royal Mail and our own beloved Canada Post. Personally, I`d have preferred that Loch Fyne used UPS or some other courier- I kept having nightmares about disgruntled posties guzzling my beautiful whisky during their lunch hour! But, it arrived as promised- and pretty quickly, considering that I ordered it at the height of the holiday rush.

I suspect that the words "Loch Fyne" are going to be appearing on my credit card statement with alarming regularity, although I`m sure to try ordering from other whisky merchants. Which brings me to the question:

"Which online whisky merchant has the largest, most eclectic and hard to find stock of single malts?"

Scott Helesic Kingston, Ontario Canada

"The Internet: A vanity press for the deranged." -Erik-Lars Nelson

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The Rev 22 years ago

I'm not sure - and I'm not sure if they ship to Canada, even - but you can try these two.

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(I've only ever bought from the first one, not used the second yet.)

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Esmond 22 years ago

And will ship to Canada?

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I don't know if these three will all ship to you, but good selections, nevertheless.

regards

Esmond

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Johanna 22 years ago

Hi Scott,

Congrats on your whisky arriving safe and sound but beware that had they used UPS or some other courier, the whisky would have likely been intercepted by customs. All packages entering the country via couriers are directed to the commercial branch of customs and their inspectors are much more thorough and diligent about inspecting packages. FYI.

Johanna

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Johanna 22 years ago

Unfortunately, The Whisky Exchange has recently changed it such that they expressly won't ship to Canada, too many hassles with customs in the recent past.

Royal Mile Whiskies has told me they will ship to Canada using a courier and they will lie about the contents (saying its a lava lamp or crystal decanter) something which LFW, on principle, will not do. However I find their charges to be steep, £27 for one bottle so it is only worthwhile if you skip the 17% VAT on rarer, higher priced items.

Johanna

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