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I'm looking for a specific beer, for meme purposes
TL;DR - I'm trying to find a way to purchase Chilean Cerveza Cristal in the US for a joke that is very important to a friend of mine.
So, some of you may be aware of the current memes surrounding a series of advertisements from a Chilean beer company that interrupted airings of the Star Wars films in an... unconventional way.
Well, my friend is both a huge beer aficionado and a huge Star Wars fan, and he occasionally works with the Star Wars folks at conventions. He's planning some interesting stuff for an upcoming event but can't for the life of him find the stuff here in the US. I haven't been able to turn up a retailer for it either. Does anybody know of a good way to get foreign beer into the US?
Depending on what state you're in, getting alcohol shipped around can be nigh impossible from what I've found trying to get stuff from Mexico during a period when I wanted to try beers made for hot climates.
I'd research local liquor/beer/wine stores in your area and see if they can import some with their business license.
Here in Texas, Total Wine and More has it but, of course, it's super sold out. https://www.totalwine.com/beer/lager/americanstyle-lager/cristal-peru/p/17086126
I appreciate the tip, thanks!
I don't know if it will still work for your joke, but if you find it's impossible to import the beer specifically, you may still be able to import the empty bottles. That would seem more likely to get around any import/export restrictions.
Though unfortunately I'm not sure where you'd source those either. Maybe you could arrange a private sale through /r/chile, or a beer subreddit.
That's a good suggestion, thanks! I think his backup plan is to print labels and adhere them to donor bottles, so empties would be at least as good an idea if not better.