2009 Darkness Trade Value

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  1. biglobo8971

    biglobo8971 Initiate (0) May 6, 2010 Minnesota

    you guys need to quit chasing beers and drink one, no reason why all this circle jerking is happening between several BA's from the same area who probably have been in the same room several times. We can all agree, that the OP has a good chance of getting what he indicated he is looking for in his original post. So good luck OP. I would be interested in that bottle, porbably have something you would be interested in. Cheers fellas, go grab a beer.
     
    #21 biglobo8971, May 5, 2013
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  2. lonewolfcry

    lonewolfcry Pooh-Bah (1,994) Dec 7, 2007 Minnesota
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    ^^^this is correct.

    Good luck OP.
    I know a lot of people hold great value in that '09 - do not give it away, by any means.
     
    #22 lonewolfcry, May 5, 2013
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  3. mnbuffalo

    mnbuffalo Initiate (0) Jul 26, 2012 Michigan

    I've gotten no less than 15 offers in the past 24 hrs. I can't let it go at this time because I know I'll never get another and possibly won't ever have another beer as coveted in my possession. It being the hometown brew makes it especially sentimental. There's also the cred it gives my cellar. My cellar took a huge beating this yr. I've been an IPA and Double IPA freak thus year and it ended up costing me my cellar. Since Aug it's been a case of Hopslam and a couple of Abrasive, then steady shipments of Pliny, Heady, Three Floyd's, Ballast Pt, Knee Deep, Firestone. I've got a nice couple if shipments coming in to rebuild my stash, but having that 2009 Darkness gives my collection cred and something to brag about to my fellow BAs. That's why I've kept it, I have no interest in drinking it.
     
    #23 mnbuffalo, May 5, 2013
  4. elliott1184

    elliott1184 Maven (1,320) Mar 31, 2011 Minnesota
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    I wish there was a "dislike" option for posts like this. I thought the point of beer was to enjoy it, not to hang on to something you aren't going to drink, for bragging rights.
     
    #24 elliott1184, May 5, 2013
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  5. BottleCaps80

    BottleCaps80 Initiate (0) Jan 12, 2013 Iowa

    LOL. Please tell me you were joking when you typed this?
     
    #25 BottleCaps80, May 5, 2013
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  6. biglobo8971

    biglobo8971 Initiate (0) May 6, 2010 Minnesota

    if it gives you some security to have "a" bottle in your cellar, then keep it. I hope you eventually turn to the notion that a beer in your cellar is just that. But a beer you enjoy either by yourself or with others, is some amount of enjoying your hobby. Oh and I don't mean to sound like a dick, but if you bragged to me that you had a Darkness 09 in your cellar, I would probably piss myself laughing. Not because of the bottle you have, but because you feel the need to brag about it. I guess I should let more people know that I hosted an 07 - current year Darkness vertical for the last 2 years and will make this year a 3rd, you know, just so I can brag.
     
    #26 biglobo8971, May 5, 2013
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  7. gatornation

    gatornation Grand High Pooh-Bah (10,388) Apr 18, 2007 Arizona
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    Sharing a rare brew with others is priceless IMO
     
    #27 gatornation, May 5, 2013
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  8. elliott1184

    elliott1184 Maven (1,320) Mar 31, 2011 Minnesota
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    #28 elliott1184, May 5, 2013
  9. mnbuffalo

    mnbuffalo Initiate (0) Jul 26, 2012 Michigan

    I know. Maybe brag was the wrong word, I was a big sports card collector as a kid. It's like the Gretzky, Puckett, and Griffey Jr rookies I worked to get. It does give me anxiety, worried that it will fall off the shelf or one of my kids will get into it. I like accumulating a cellar and working to get beers I want to consume for what I've been able to collect. That's my prize, I don't seek vintage beers. But when it's gone, I'll never get another.
     
    #29 mnbuffalo, May 5, 2013
  10. HomeBrewed

    HomeBrewed Initiate (0) Dec 10, 2006 Minnesota

    So....why did you create this thread?
     
    #30 HomeBrewed, May 6, 2013
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  11. Cyclone8

    Cyclone8 Initiate (0) Oct 19, 2011 Minnesota
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    This.
     
    #31 Cyclone8, May 6, 2013
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  12. Revenant

    Revenant Initiate (0) Aug 8, 2012 Minnesota

    That 09 Darkness isn't drinking very well as we speak, don't hold onto it for too long. And laughing out loud at collection cred.
     
    #32 Revenant, May 6, 2013
  13. plumcrazyfx

    plumcrazyfx Initiate (0) Aug 26, 2010 Minnesota

    I drank an '09 a week back '12 is much better, IMHO - much more going on with the '12. Don't know if the '09 had more going for it fresh but it wasn't as complex. Actually, the '12 is the best I've had (but I've only had '09-'12). The '09 actually felt as if it might be thinning out a bit with age.
     
    #33 plumcrazyfx, May 6, 2013
  14. mnbuffalo

    mnbuffalo Initiate (0) Jul 26, 2012 Michigan

    Ouch, fair enough. I've been thinking of getting rid of it and figured knowing what it was worth would give me the push to make the move.
     
    #34 mnbuffalo, May 6, 2013
  15. biglobo8971

    biglobo8971 Initiate (0) May 6, 2010 Minnesota

    here is an invitation, once I move on Tuesday and have everything put away (had to pack over 1100 bottles) once that is done, come over and you can pick what we drink. And I promise, I won't give it a second thought of what would now be gone.
     
    #35 biglobo8971, May 6, 2013
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  16. mnbuffalo

    mnbuffalo Initiate (0) Jul 26, 2012 Michigan

    I was actually agitated in the lobby of the Excel awaiting overtime after the Wild gave up the lead with 2:47 left.
     
    #36 mnbuffalo, May 6, 2013
  17. mnbuffalo

    mnbuffalo Initiate (0) Jul 26, 2012 Michigan

    Lets do it. My contribution will be a 2009 bottle of Darkness. Invite everyone over to give me shit while we drink it.
     
    #37 mnbuffalo, May 6, 2013
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  18. gatornation

    gatornation Grand High Pooh-Bah (10,388) Apr 18, 2007 Arizona
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    offer to not be refused IMO
     
    #38 gatornation, May 6, 2013
  19. maximum12

    maximum12 Grand Pooh-Bah (4,686) Jan 21, 2008 Minnesota
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    Laughing out loud at '09 Darkness "not drinking very well". One of the better years & is drinking like a champ.
     
    #39 maximum12, May 6, 2013
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  20. MPLSbrewer

    MPLSbrewer Initiate (0) Dec 7, 2010 Minnesota

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