---
type: restriction
id: usps-intoxicating-liquors
asset: shipping-restrictions-by-class
title: "intoxicating liquors — Postal shipping restrictions by item category"
sources:
  - https://pe.usps.com/text/pub52/pub52c4_005.htm
source_quote: "beverages with an alcohol content of 0.5 percent or more by weight and are taxable per Chapter 51 of the United States (U.S.) Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Code"
generated: true
harvested: 2026-08-04
stale_after: 2027-08-04
item_category: "intoxicating liquors"
carrier: "USPS"
restriction_type: "restricted"
scope: "all domestic mail"
conditions: "Beverages with alcohol content of 0.5 percent or more by weight are taxable per Chapter 51 of the IRS Code and subject to mailability rules"
verified: false
unverified_fields: carrier, conditions, item_category, scope
---
**Item category:** intoxicating liquors

**Carrier:** USPS

**Restriction type:** restricted

**Scope:** all domestic mail

**Conditions:** Beverages with alcohol content of 0.5 percent or more by weight are taxable per Chapter 51 of the IRS Code and subject to mailability rules

> beverages with an alcohol content of 0.5 percent or more by weight and are taxable per Chapter 51 of the United States (U.S.) Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Code

Source: <https://pe.usps.com/text/pub52/pub52c4_005.htm>