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Bourbon Barrel Vanilla Dark Lord

Discussion in 'Trade Talk' started by d4radio, May 31, 2012.

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  1. d4radio

    d4radio Initiate (0) Jun 2, 2011 Colorado

    Just curious if anyone has traded theirs yet and if so what has it gone for? Also do you think it would land a Blabaer 750? Thanks.
     
  2. Jparkanzky

    Jparkanzky Initiate (0) Apr 5, 2011 Ohio

    If you want a Blabaer for it.... put it up and find out. Otherwise, why not just offer it for what you would be happy to get in return for it?
     
  3. cfh64

    cfh64 Pooh-Bah (1,996) Aug 16, 2005 Texas
    Pooh-Bah Trader

    Traded 2 rares for one bourbon vanilla plus one regular dark lord.
     
  4. dmsulli

    dmsulli Initiate (0) Jan 30, 2012 Colorado
    Trader

    I had someone offer me my choice of 3 between Black Note, GI Rare, Founders CBS, Chocolate Rain.

    I'm thinking about pulling the trigger finally.
     
  5. SpottedZombie

    SpottedZombie Initiate (0) Feb 7, 2012 Illinois

    Considering a trade for CFH '12, Beat b5, Darkness '09, BT '11, and DL '07, for my '12 Bourbon DL. I imagine more would be added for a Vanilla.
     
  6. Jparkanzky

    Jparkanzky Initiate (0) Apr 5, 2011 Ohio

    I turn around to find myself in the "Help me make sure I don't 'lose' in my trade for my BA DL" thread.
     
  7. d4radio

    d4radio Initiate (0) Jun 2, 2011 Colorado

    Sorry if I phrased it wrong from the start. My main question was the Blabaer part. I dislike all the "helpful" feedback on the ISO:FT so I figured this was an okay place to get a feeler. Someone posts what they think is fair or what they want for their beer only to get 30+ comments telling them they are way off. By no means am I trying to get everything out of this beer. To me it's worth more than a Blabaer, but that's based on the experience of the road trip to get it. I doubt most Blabaers are obtained from personal journeys to Olbuttikken, and their value is on what they traded/paid to get it. I only posted this because I haven't seen a lot of them in the forum and I know the bottle count was larger this time, so it was pure curiosity. Thanks for the input.
     
  8. ASUBeer

    ASUBeer Initiate (0) Nov 4, 2011 North Carolina

    Holy crap.
     
  9. ASUBeer

    ASUBeer Initiate (0) Nov 4, 2011 North Carolina

    Holy crap again.
     
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  10. cosmicevan

    cosmicevan Initiate (0) Dec 13, 2009 New York
    Trader

    first day in the trading general/help forum eh? at least we aren't talking about ebay sales (yet).

    side note - bet you were pretty bummed when diana degarmo and ace got engaged on idol huh? well, there is always katharine mcphee (fly me with balloons...)
     
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  11. Levitation

    Levitation Initiate (0) Aug 7, 2009 California

    do you actually have it on hand or are you planning to pick it up at dld 2013?
     
  12. SpottedZombie

    SpottedZombie Initiate (0) Feb 7, 2012 Illinois

    Low hanging fruit is the easiest to pick.
     
  13. paslaugh

    paslaugh Initiate (0) Feb 17, 2012 Illinois

    A few weeks ago a Blabaer went for a Vanilla Dark Lord. I'm not sure which year it was or whether or not it was a 750ml or a 375ml.

    I think each person was only allowed to get 1x750ml and 2x375ml last year.
     
  14. csano

    csano Initiate (0) Sep 21, 2010 Washington
    Trader

    I don't know the numbers for 2012, but for 2011, there were only 200 750ml bottles and a little more than that in 375ml bottles. Allocation was one of each and it was considered sold out once all of the 750ml bottles were gone with the remaining 375ml bottles being made available for on-site consumption. The 750ml bottles were 46(that's ~$57 USD) and the 375s were 23.

    People from all over Europe went to Ølbutikken to get bottles on release day, much in the same manner as people went to Three Floyds' for Dark Lord. It's no different, really.

    Point is, value your beer however you want, but to me, 1:1 is fair.
     
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  15. BearsOnAcid

    BearsOnAcid Pooh-Bah (2,215) Mar 17, 2009 Massachusetts
    Pooh-Bah Society

    Maybe not as many Americans but just like you are willing to drive hours for DL there are many Europeans that do the same. I do know of some people that flew to Denmark solely for Blabaer but that was back when there wasn't a crazy limit on them.
     
  16. d4radio

    d4radio Initiate (0) Jun 2, 2011 Colorado

    Csano and bearsonacid thank you for that information. That was helpful.
     
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  17. csano

    csano Initiate (0) Sep 21, 2010 Washington
    Trader

    Glad to help out, man. Good luck with your trade. Hope you're able to find something you want.
     
  18. stxSS07

    stxSS07 Initiate (0) Nov 23, 2010 Illinois

    You DID try to pre-trade a BA Baller Stout...
     
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  19. aasher

    aasher Grand Pooh-Bah (4,471) Jan 27, 2010 Indiana
    Pooh-Bah

    I did Vanilla for a Blabaer 750ml bottle for bottle, albeit with a friend and in person.
     
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  20. Jeffo

    Jeffo Pooh-Bah (2,850) Sep 7, 2008 Netherlands
    Pooh-Bah Society Trader

    There was what, 1,000 bottles of the Bourbon Vanilla DL? I think there were 200 75cl Blabaer last year, and it was in Denmark. I don't know how big this year's release is going to be. You'd probably have a better chance if you were willing to trade overseas I'd think. Domestically, I wouldn't want to be the guy trading away the Blabaer unless I had some kind of guaranteed open pipeline.

    Jeff
     
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