You probably shouldn't trade beer If....

Too much sense up in here post! And a good bit of funny.

 

"a couple of galaxies beyond ridiculous." writing that quote down in my journal. Amen old Sir.

 

You're right - you are a cranky old bastard. But a smart one.

 

I would say to him this site is all fun and games. It makes it so that I do meet people over the net and it is nice to see them in person at beer events and share a drink. So in that regard it is a nice hobby, but it is just a hobby.

There are plenty of beers out there and you should drink 90% of your beer at a local bar on tap or from a nearby bottle shop. The 10% that is drank off trading should be a rarity, the people that only drink walez have some issues but those are called too much money and time on their hands. If it makes them happy then that is what makes an economy so good for them.

The post prolly should be more directed at those that take this little game a bit too seriously. There are too many trolls and meanies, and some people who try to arbitrage between a few sites and outlets. Those few bad apples will not spoil the bunch, but they don't look good in the bushel.

Relax chill brew drink eat and be merry.

 

For someone who describes himself as "nobody special", you sure have a high opinion of yourself.

I've never read a blog on how to trade and ship beer properly, and most of this stuff does indeed seem like common sense, but it's pretty hypocritical for you to trash people who seek guidance from blogs on how to trade beer wisely while also disparaging the habits said people can avoid by doing proper research before trading.

Basically, if people aren't you, and didn't glean their knowledge of beer trading from countless years of experience or don't have some innate form of common sense that provides them with the ins and outs and common sense of beer trading, then they are idiots, and deserve to be ripped off in trades. Gotcha.

 

Seriously though, I agree with what you said

 

Although I largely agree with most of what you posted, this one takes little turn for me.

I have had all the beer locally available to me, and I've found many, many beers more than marginally better produced by brewers and distro areas beyond my reach. I think this (the way it's worded) casts a presumption that brewers locally are actually producing high quality beer. This simply isn't always the case. I live in Washington state, where opening a brewery is just not that complicated when compared to some other states (shit, we've got nearly 200 breweries with new ones opening monthly it seems). That being said, the city I live in has seven local breweries off the top of my head, and only two produce beers that are worth drinking repeatedly. Granted, I have Sierra Nevada, Firestone Walker, Great Divide, Logsdon, Hair of the Dog, Port, Lost Abbey, Stone, Deschutes, and many others I'm probably forgetting producing world class beer, but do they provide the nuances of vanilla I find in BCBS? The wonderfully orchestrated approach to DIPA's that Alchemist offers? The thick, viscous, intense beer that CCB's Marshall Zhukov is?

No.

As such, those trying to discover new beers, new flavors, new experiences, new avenues of appreciation - should not be discouraged. One does not know what "marginally better" is until they find out for themselves, particularly since tastes are 100% subjective. Shit, I like 1997 Triple Bock - a real piece of shit beer to most, but really complex and approachable to me.

Cheers
harry

 

That's just like your opinion man.

 

About time someone pointed this out. I would like to trade with someone experienced like yourself. I see you have Abrasive and Heady Topper on your wants. I have access to those, so I'd love to trade them to you. Anyone know what they're worth? Is there a site I can look that up on? Also, since they're cans, I can probably just use a shoe box, or should I still use bubble wrap? I need to look that up too I guess. I'm not sure what you have in Indiana to trade either, but I know FFF stuff is magical because I have the internet.

So, hit me up OP, sounds like we're close to wrapping this up. You don't mind shipping first do you?

 

Did you rip your dick on the cardboard cutouts?

 

Says the guy who was caught trying to arbitrage between BA users.

 

Why bother with the entire OP?

So that all the "cool kids" can join up in a circle and jerk each other off about how right they are and how they are superior traders?

Bottom line is that the people this thread was directed at will not care or change because of some geriatric rant and the people that do care and agree with this post will continue on doing their thing and avoiding the people who this thread was directed at. The world will be unchanged as a result of this post...so I can only conclude that the point of this was to induce a circle jerk of agreement with the OP and scorn on the people described in the post.

 

He's on TO right now.

 

Lol, I almost said the exact same thing. Dude?

Gotta be.

 

Nah, imagine that. Impossible.

If I can take one thing from this thread it's "geriatric rant", lol. Thanks for that one Roon.

 

I always wondered what the guy on a bottle of Old Curmudgeon would sound like.

 

Painful read.

 

Way more entertaining if you just skip right to the comments.

 

Oof.

Dude really shouldn't be concerning himself with alcohol in any capacity, it seems. Sounds like a super-unhappy person.