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Any Canadian goons looking to trade for some US beers? Would love to get my hands on Armand & Tommy (Drie Fonteinen), Fou Foune, Saint Lamvinus, and any of the Lou Pepes. I know they're a bit easier to get up north.
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funkybottoms posted:any chance of getting hooked up with a growler of Peg's Rare DOS? looks like they're selling them tomorrow, PM me if you want to make something happen. Where did you get this info? I don't see it on BA, their website, or twitter.
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Jul 15, 2013 21:52
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Daunte Vicknabb posted:I swear to god if they make Murcielago a Catador beer I will murder Joey with my own two hands. I thought Murcielago was decent but nothing I'd track down again. The group I had it with said the previous bottle they had was terrible.
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Aug 8, 2013 13:30
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FreelanceSocialist posted:I just trade $4$ (dollar-for-dollar) unless it is something very difficult to get or something I have cellared purposefully and properly for a while - something with additional intrinsic value. With those scenarios, my trade partner and I reach an agreement ahead of time. I can get things like Allagash brewery-only sours really easily, so even though those are rare as far as the rest of the planet is concerned, they are just $4$ to me. I wish more people had this attitude with trading nowadays. It seems like every person is hyping up their local releases, giving beers 5/5 for trade purposes on review sites, and then holding them ransom for only the rarest beers. The people who get really sought after beers from me are the people who just want to try new beer and don't care about how rare it is. I've sent Dark Lords, Hunahpu, BA Hunahpu, BB Batch 9000, Black Note, JP Grand Reserves, BCBS Variants, Black Tuesday, and tons of other sought after beers without expecting anything specific in return.
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Sep 13, 2013 15:02
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air- posted:Basically why I am looking for Fantasia or DDG, I think AR is totally reasonable for either and those two beers are the top of the list of what I want to try. Otherwise I don't really care about rarity and just stick to $4$ Fantasia is amazing and I wish I had a bottle of it. DDG, on the other hand, I could live without. funkybottoms posted:yeah, obviously you don't want to trade year-round shelf beers for something you got two bottles of from a beer release that you waited six hours in line for, but there is way too much of an emphasis on "winning" trades with some people. i've got a semi-regular trading partnership with five or six goons and it's really fantastic- one us sends a message like, "hey, X is coming out, you interested?" you see what else is kicking around, maybe establish a dollar amount, and bam, trade. if you trade with someone long enough, you don't even need to be that formal, you just send a box with a heads-up knowing that you'll get something sweet in return. These are the best trading relationships. It's not that I don't want to send somebody something awesome in return, it's the fact that I've traded with the same people in the past multiple times and it seemed like we had to barter for days every time until a trade was agreed to.
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Sep 13, 2013 16:15
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broom posted:I can vouch for this (you also sent me a KBS), by the way Wulver was fantastic! Glad you enjoyed it, that BA Wulver tends to fly under the radar so it's a little easier to get. Expensive though, at something like $22-$24 for a 4-pack.
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Sep 13, 2013 16:24
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Ezrem posted:Did anyone happen to get any bottles of the New Glarus R&D (Specialty) release of Sour Fruit? It's a wild fermented blackberry beer. If you can pry it from somebody's cold dead hands, by all means get this beer. I had it again over the weekend and it was phenomenal. Very fruit forward with a nice tartness. I think it will be even better when it carbs up a little more and the fruit fades a bit to bring that tartness out some more.
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Sep 18, 2013 15:41
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Might as well jump on the bandwagon and say I'm looking for a bottle or two of Matt/Otto. One case limits mean it shouldn't be too hard to trade for...
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Oct 10, 2013 20:46
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Fuzzy Pipe Wrench posted:I'm having the worst luck trying send some beer. 2 different FedEx stores and a ups store have decided to cut open my neatly packed box, see beer and deny the package. Any ideas? This is with me already having a label bought and ready to apply. That's crazy - go to a different location and drop off your package. I've probably sent 100+ packages through the same facility* near my work and have never had them open any of my boxes. They've never asked any questions, but I figured I'd tell them that I sell artisan soda online or something. *the local facility is not a retail outlet
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Oct 16, 2013 21:43
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The only shipping that is a huge money sink is packages to the west coast (from the Great Lakes) - it can get up to $25+ for a 12 bottle shipper. Shipping anywhere else is usually $10-$15.
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Oct 30, 2013 23:17
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Very Sour Blackberry is phenomenal and I'm really fortunate to have a bottle of it. I helped a buddy land one last week IP and this is what he traded for all of 1 bottle of Very Sour Blackberry: 750 ml growler of Hill Farmstead Double Citra 750 ml growler of Hill Farmstead Everett 2012 500 ml bottle of Hill Farmstead Birth of Tragedy
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Nov 22, 2013 16:09
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Me in Reverse posted:Hahaha holy gently caress It's worth noting that my buddy lives about 45 minutes from Hill Farmstead so it wasn't difficult for him to get growlers. His family will make trips out there and bring back 12+ growlers and multiple cases of whatever bottles are available at the time. He's too lazy to hunt down beer and he only trades with me so I make out pretty good.  air- posted:Jesus gently caress. I am definitely going to Detroit in Memorial Day 2014 (already bought a pass to Movement festival) - and I would be so down for an Ann Arbor bottle share if that could happen. This can be arranged. Corb3t fucked around with this message at 17:17 on Nov 22, 2013 |
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Nov 22, 2013 17:13
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Angry Grimace posted:It doesn't matter how good the beer is, I'm not trading $40 of other rare beer for it (unless it cost $40 in the first place, signed Duck Duck Gooze) I wouldn't consider those 3 beers rare, especially if I lived so close to Hill Farmstead. He can walk into a dozen local bars and drink most Hill Farmstead beers on tap. $4$ is dumb anyways. If somebody has a problem with me trading a Sour Reserve, a 750 ml "Gueuze" with a smaller bottle count that was $25 for their Duck Duck Gooze, a 750 ml "Gueuze" with a larger bottle count because they paid $40 for it, I would tell them to go gently caress themselves.
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Nov 22, 2013 19:51
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Angry Grimace posted:That certainly wasn't meant as an insult; I hope you didn't take offense to it. I'm just saying I personally wouldn't do it. I certainly don't think the trade you're talking about here sounds ridiculous and I certainly agree $4$ isn't the be-all, end-all. I definitely wouldn't give up beat, CD6, and Atrial for Sour Blackberry - those 3 beers are all phenomenal.
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Nov 22, 2013 23:12
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danbanana posted:Good but the beer itself is overrated. It goes about 1:1 with Hunahpu, and the latter is soooo much better. I prefer Hunahpu over Abraxas but I could easily see somebody liking Abraxas more - one beer is a thicker, more melded stout, another is more in your face with the spices. I really enjoy both, and it certainly helps that Abraxas is distributed.
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Dec 2, 2013 01:51
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For Trade: BB Plead the Fifth ISO: Beatification. BCBS Coffee.
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Dec 15, 2013 03:54
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funkybottoms posted:i'm in a few active trading groups and a steady HF hookup is truly hard to find. plenty of people live in/around Boston, but somebody who heads up to HF on any kind of a regular basis, well, that's a special thing. I was lucky enough to start trading with a person who: 1) Lives within an hour of Hill Farmstead 2) Is too lazy to trade with anybody else 3) Really likes Bruery beers 4) Travels to the Michigan/Ohio area on regular basis because his wife is from here and he went to OSU Needless to say, I'm very fortunate. I honestly wouldn't bother tracking down Hill Farmstead beers if I had to trade somebody new every time something was released.
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Dec 28, 2013 16:30
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I'm pretty sure we have some Asheville goons - is anybody who lives near Wicked Weed interested in trading for some Michigan/Great Lakes area beer? I'm really interested in getting a couple bottles of Wicked Weed's Cherry Sour, along with their upcoming releases.
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Mar 28, 2014 20:59
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I wonder how it compares to the whale that is "Yellow Bus".
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Apr 1, 2014 01:53
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Me in Reverse posted:Actually specifically referencing V013 I saw V013+Great+Fyodor+Mikhail on Reddit I need to trade with this person.
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Apr 8, 2014 14:48
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Imasalmon posted:I have two bottles of the Prairie/Evil Twin collab, Bible Belt, for trade, if anyone is interested. I'm mostly about trying stuff I haven't had, but I tend to favor smoky beers and barrel aged stouts. Mmmmm Bible Belt.
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Apr 15, 2014 01:13
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I'm honestly surprised there's this much hype. If you got there at 9 am (the earliest you could get in line), you were guaranteed 2 bottles of it.
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Apr 21, 2014 14:46
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Some veteran beer nerds will probably hate on me for posting this, but don't blame me for trying. Do we happen to have any goons from the following areas who are looking into getting into trading? Santa Cruz, CA (Sante Adairius) Decorah, IA (Toppling Goliath) Philly, PA (Tired Hands - would ideally be looking for somebody who goes to their bottle releases. Somebody who makes it to Bullfrog is a plus) Burlington, VT (Hill Farmstead, Lawsons, Alchemist) I'd love to work out a trading partnership - I live in Michigan and have access to a ton of brewery only releases from Kuhnhenn, Dark Horse, Founders, Bells, Shorts, Jolly Pumpkin, Odd Side, Grand Rapids Brewing Company, and many others. I've traded with countless goons and they can attest to quality of boxes I send. I'm also an El Catador member so I have access to most beers released by Cigar CIty.
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Apr 30, 2014 04:55
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I used to have a Philly guy that was super reliable (I got every bottle release except that escargot stout) but he appears to have dropped off the face of the earth.
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Apr 30, 2014 14:51
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funkybottoms posted:jack skeleton (jackskeleton? jack_skeleton? some variation of that). you ever get a trade going with a dude in Los Angeles whose initials are J.J., lemme know, i'll tell you if it's him. There were a couple bad trader posts on BA back in the day for him. I think he went into hiding. He owed me a box for like 6 months and when he finally mailed it, it was missing some things we had agreed on him sending me. He ended up including some pretty decent local bottles, so I didn't make a fuss about it. This was 3 or so years ago.
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Apr 30, 2014 15:13
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I've mailed 50+ packages of beer over the years and had my first break - bonus bottle of a local ipa. FedEx was nice enough to ship the other bottles back to me. I did get a voicemail from their call center, but that was the extent of the repercussions of getting caught shipping beer.
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May 9, 2014 02:00
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danbanana posted:PRE-ISO NG R&D Sour Peach. I thought you lived near Chicago? Drive up for it.
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Aug 4, 2014 00:23
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danbanana posted:I heard that VSB wasn't awful last year but after that turned into something Cetacea-like, I'd expect this to be crazier. Word I've heard is 4,500 bottles split over 3 days, 2 per person. It's the highest rated American Wild on both RateBeer and Beer Advocate 
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Aug 5, 2014 00:53
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funkybottoms posted:anybody see any A Deal With the Devil turding up the shelf? if so, holler at your boy. Batch 2 is good, but it's no comparison to Batch 1. Definitely still worth picking up, even at $30 a bottle.
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Feb 21, 2015 03:52
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Looking for a Para 3. For trade: lets chat...
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Feb 25, 2015 22:58
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ExtremistCow posted:There's a thread somewhere on Talkbeer that keeps pretty up to date with what's available to buy at Cantillon. Definitely check that out closer to when you leave. Other than that, I'd look for one-offs like the Armand Seasons. Hey also might get lucky and find a local with some Framboos 2014 or Armand & Tommy.
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Mar 24, 2015 22:55
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ISO: Hommage 2014 FT: BCBS Vanilla Rye, Backyard, Cherry Rye, Prop 2014
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Apr 10, 2015 21:05
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Slore Tactician posted:So, could someone define "New Money" for me please? I keep hearing it bandied about the trading groups on Facebook, usually by the more irritating/lovely traders. It sounds like a pedantic, exclusionary thing to call somebody. You might be New Money if you... -Insist on waiting overnight in line for releases when you don't have to -Brag about your cellar at home while offering pours of a yearly local beer at releases/tastings -Buy up as much of the latest release in hopes of trading for whales -Hypes every bottle you acquire, then posts FTs of said beer within hours of saying how amazing it is Contrary to popular belief, there are people who have been going to releases for years, but are still "new money". Spanish Manlove posted:So far it seems to just be used against dudes that can afford poo poo they can't afford because they're jealous of people going to asheville and coming back with six cases of wicked weed or whatever specific example you can think of where you thought "drat, I can't afford that. I wish I could." Nobody should be jealous of somebody buying cases of Wicked Weed. Great beers on tap, terrible in bottles (and expensive, too). Corb3t fucked around with this message at 14:29 on Sep 9, 2015 |
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Sep 9, 2015 14:25
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HatfulOfHollow posted:Holy poo poo. These loving people. That brings up another good point: You might be a new money beer nerd if you post any release information on BA forums. The fewer people who know about a release through BA, the better. It's going to be a sad day when Forest & Main starts getting hyped. Really underappreciated - their saisons are more consistent than Tired Hands, and I'd put them right up there with other farmhouse breweries in the US. Corb3t fucked around with this message at 14:39 on Sep 9, 2015 |
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Sep 9, 2015 14:37
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I'll be in Chicago for Black Friday, looking to do some In-person trades. PM or e-mail me at: bagofsunchips[at]gmail.com. I am looking for the following: BCBS Vanilla Rye BCBS Regal Rye BCBS Prop 14/15 BCBS Backyard BCBS Bramble BCBS Cherry Rye For Trade: Bullfrog Grrrz Kriek b2 Bullfrog Grrrz Berry Bullfrog Grrrz Aardbei Bullfrog Grrrz Apricot Casey Fruit Stand Nectarine Casey Family Reserve Cherry De Garde Brun Marron De Garde Belle Ensemble De Garde Herbes Houblon De Garde Dark Harvest De Garde Saison Desay Blend 1 De Garde Others (Will be attending event the week before and can bring back bottles) Upland Sour Reserve 4 Cigar City BA Big Sound Cigar City Zhukov HF Anna HF Arthur HF Clara HF Convivial Suarez HF Brother Soigne Witchs Hat Dragontraxx Cycle Friday Troegs BA Troegenator Kuhnhenn BB4D Kuhnhenn BBBW Bells Black Note 12 oz Dark Horse BB Pt5 (various years) Odd Side BB Imperial Mayan Mocha Corb3t fucked around with this message at 21:07 on Nov 7, 2015 |
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Nov 7, 2015 21:04
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ISO: ANTEAD and Variants FT: BCBS, Regal Rye, Prop, BCBS Coffee, Possibly Rare
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Dec 4, 2015 01:32
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funkybottoms posted:seen in a different group: If I had won the chance to buy a bottle of Ann, I probably would have made the 10 hour drive.
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Dec 13, 2015 20:54
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Compusaurus posted:You need to get away from the UP krustster! As somebody who lives in the LP, every time he mentions living up in the UP, I think, "It must really suck being over 5 hours away from any place worth visiting for vacation/fun".
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Dec 14, 2015 13:10
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Tumble posted:I live in Burlington VT and have good access to Sip of Sunshine and Heady Topper if people are interested in stocking up on it for themselves. Drive to Hill Farmstead and buy some saisons for me!
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Lyon posted:Haha I just don't like Huna and like to be a butt. Your tastes are bad and you should feel bad.
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