It's been a while since I posted a trade and I do have several I could do but which one. Given that the date for this post is Thanksgiving I'm going to talk about the trade I am most thankful for... well maybe thankful is the wrong term but I will say this trade involves probably the most awesome box I've ever received. A huge thanks goes out to Carleton (SpdKil) for his over the top generosity.
Our tale begins back in August; I was crusin BA late one night while Bonnie was watching TV when I came across the following post
ISO: 2011 BT x2 FT: A ton for this
For (2) 2011 BT I am offering:
330ml JP Bambic (batch 1 or two, your choice)
Barrel-Aged Gonzo Imperial Porter
Marshal Zhukov's Imperial Stout
Abacus
Parabola (2011)
NG Raspberry Tart
NG Belgian Red
NG Cranbic
NG Apple Ale
375ml Cantillon Kriek 100% Lambic
375ml Cantillon Rosé De Gambrinus
Founders Blushing Monk
Madame Rose
Obviously way over $4$. Let me know. Willing to change some beers, etc.
Can also get any midwest stuff. Any locals you may be interested in I'll throw in for sure. If you are on the fence just BM me!
Cheers!
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| I sent to him... (sorry for the horrible picture) |
Being in the Bruery Reserve society I had 7 bottles of 2011 Black Tuesday reserved for me so I decided why not and shot him and BM to start the process.
Seeing as how he had Oude Tart on his want list I mentioned that I would include it as an extra seeing as how we was going so over the top.
After a few additional BMs the deal was sealed and the wait was on. Wait you say? Well seeing as how the deal was sealed in August and Black Tuesday doesn't come out till the last Tuesday in October (this year that was the 25th).
In the meantime I was able to get my hands on a bottle of Barrel Aged Autumn Maple that was on his want list. That isn't exactly a cheap beer but I was still feeling bad that I'd be getting all this awesome beer and he'd be getting 3 beers and maybe some locals?
Shortly after the release I boxed up my four beers for trade and shipped them off around the same time..
About a week later I got my box from Carleton that contained the following amount of insane generosity;
Agreed to
330ml JP Bambic (batch 1 and batch 2)
... and got this in return!
Barrel-Aged Gonzo Imperial Porter
Marshal Zhukov's Imperial Stout
Abacus
Parabola (2011)
NG Raspberry Tart
NG Belgian Red
NG Cranbic
NG Apple Ale
375ml Cantillon Kriek 100% Lambic
375ml Cantillon Rosé De Gambrinus
Founders Blushing Monk
Madame Rose
Plus
The Stone version of Special Holiday Ale - Nøgne Ø/Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales/Stone Brewing Co.x 2 completing the series
Barrel Aged Shipwreck Porter from Arcadia
Heady-Topper from The Alchemist
Mokolo from Three Floyds
I do take somewhat solice in the fact that he BMd the following expressing his pleasure with his packages
Scott -
Just got the package. AWESOME! Very pumped you gave me a BA Autumn Maple!!!! Way too generous and completely unexpected.
Can't wait to open a couple of these during Thanksgiving and Christmas. Such good beer months coming up to enjoy this big bold beers!
Thanks again for a great trade and cheers!
- Carleton
In the end I was able to get him back and publicly thank him but posting this up on the forums
Epic Trader Alert - SpdKilz
Carleton needs to be called out on this one.
A few month's back I see a post looking to setup a deal to obtain 2x Black Tuesdays in return for a pretty impressive list of beers. I decided to take him up on it and toss in some other beers from his wants to try to balance it out.
This is what I got in return
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/610 ... 1c07_b.jpg
This is by far my most awesome box I've opened to date
Thanks I ton
Cheers
I hope Carleton and I get a chance to trade again in the future.
Cheers
-SNB
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