Traditional refrigerated shipping would have cost in excess of $1,400 for one pallet and transit time would have been 6-8 days. Brew Movers offered a solution to utilize the Pallet Parka along with a dry van LTL at a cost of $441 for LTL and $269 for the Pallet Parka. This resulted in a 50 percent savings over reefer LTL!

The Pallet Parka was able to deliver 100% of the beer, with zero loss, at a temperature of 47F degrees. These fruited sour beers were delivered at their freshest state and enjoyed by all at the Irie Jungle 2021 beer festival.

As a purveyor of premium brands, Sunshine State Distributing in Orlando, FL, was tasked with bringing in a selection of fruited sour beers from Imprint Beer Co. in Hatfield, PA, to Miami for the Irie Jungle 2021 Beer festival hosted by Tripping Animals Brewing.

The challenge for this shipment was around the highly volatile fruited beers being delivered.  

If a fruited beer temperature reaches over 50F degrees it can cause re-fermentation. This means that they will either fully re-ferment within the can, completely changing their taste profile and ruining the beer, or they will explode.

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Unusual Holdings, based in Tokyo, Japan, partners with top name American brewers to import the most sought-after Craft beer and wine. The challenge for Unusual Holdings is to provide its Japanese customers with the beverage at its highest quality, as if it were being served freshly in the local taproom.

During previous journeys, there was always a gap in providing temperature controlled transportation. This occurred while the beverage sat on the departure terminal tarmac and at the arrival port awaiting customs. All combined, there were 4-5 days where the product sat outside of temperature controlled storage or transportation.

To overcome this gap, the team at Brew Movers utilized the Pallet Parka to preserve the desired temperature.

Results

The Pallet Parka was able to deliver 100% of the beer, with zero loss, while maintaining a consistent temperature below 8C. This is craft beer delivered internationally at its freshest state.

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"The Pallet Parka addresses a pressing need in the high-quality beverage alcohol shipping scene by allowing you to take advantage of periods of cool weather which allow for shipping of wine, while protecting the contents from temperature spikes that may occur in transit (or while being unloaded). 

For beer leaving the warehouse cold, the pallet parka allows you to take advantage of dry trucking while protecting your product from heat in transit for days at a time — opening up new possibilities for producers in the Direct-to-Retail space & beyond.  The product was developed by folks currently working in the craft beverage logistics industry & they are currently using their own product (which means the product has already gone through several rounds of real-world product testing & refinement). 

The Brew Movers team stands behind their work with verifiable data by using the latest in GPS & temperature tracking technology.  As a scientist & winery operator, the Pallet Parka hits all the right buttons for me."

by James Naeger