Trade Value Thread (2020)

Honestly, as someone who trades whisky for beer, why do you start by identifying a handful of scotches you’re going after? Would help from a valuation perspective. Also, having traveled to Washington, I don’t blame you for trying this route, as your liquor tax is pure insanity. Seeing shops list both the msrp and the “Washington” price, makes me go from elated to finding rare whisky to WTF?! when the real cost is calculated lol. Your local distilleries rock, tho!

 

I believe the JK spon bottles are 750 and the anniversary are 375 and 750 but it doesn't matter since Westy 12 can be found in DC and typically ordered online.

 

Northwoods doesn't have much, if any, secondary value in major cities and metropolitan areas. I'm fairly sure you could buy it to-go for the past year at the Goose Island Philly location until it closed recently.

Either way, yes -- unbalanced. Really, really hoping that wasn't an international trade lol.

 

I recently offered 10 bottles of beer worth over $200 retail value for 1 beer with $50 retail. The secondary on my side was double as well. It was a skewed trade in the other trader's favor, but for me they were beers I wasn't going to drink and was happy to trade.

Those Goose Island & Jester King beers may be of value to some, but to others they may just represent beers that are taking space in their house that they aren't going to drink. The context of each trade matters.

 

Well said. It's easy to innocently get too caught up in the secondary "value" of goods sometimes as if they're some kind of objective measurement, but the truth is that they're just guidelines based on what other transactions have occurred and are prone to fluctuate based on the particulars in each instance.

 

I agree its not about secondary. But if the trader was never going to drink the beers that were collecting dust in their house, wouldn't it be better to trade for something that they would drink? Take price out of the equation here.

@Snowcrash000 I think your heart is in the right place, but maybe both sides of the trade left happy. In the end that is the only thing that matters.

 

I guess the allure of what was once considered the world's best beer would drive a trade like this or perhaps fomo. Having only recently peeked into a FB razzle group, I can understand that people are willing to overpay for stuff e.g. Westbrook coconaughty was available at the brewery with proxies and FB people were still buying it for an exorbitant secondary price

 

Or perhaps as @Affinity noted both parties were happy - hopefully that was/is the case

 

Maybe a silly question for you experts, but what kind of trade value does Utopias have? For a beer or bourbon perspective.

 

I think it's retail & secondary value are about the same

 

Want to gauge if this is a fair trade to both parties:

HF Aaron 2016
Eq/Bottle Logic Binary Elements
Goose Island Birthday Bourbon County Brand Stout

For

TG Assassin 2018

(3:1) is the proposed trade. Any insight is greatly appreciated. Thanks Ba'ers!
@luvtotri140

 

Seems fair to me....I would be happy to be on either side.

 

Thanks for the insight.

 

Personally feel the person giving away 3 bottles is giving too much. Assassin 2018 is the worst year of Assassin too. If it were for any other year of Assassin, it wouldn't be as bad. Just my opinion, I would want the Assassin side to add a small plus if possible.

 

Thanks Ba'ers. More feedback is always welcome!

 

Agree, some friends have said they are enjoying Orange Wax Assassin more with age, but I would strongly suggest going with 2016 (more dark fruit) or 2019/2020 (more chocolate and barrel).