bcbs rare for bcbs value?

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  1. ZamaMan

    ZamaMan Initiate (0) Apr 5, 2013 California

    Hey guys quick question

    I'm starting to doubt I will be able to bring myself to drink my rare. =| after 6 months or so of staring at it in the fridge I can't doing. Having invested over 100$ of limited beer into it I can't feel it can live up to that price for me personally. Since bcbs is possibly one of my favorite beers of all time how many do you think could be gotten with a rare? Not sure what's fair and what's taking advantage

    Also if someone wants to send me a homebrew recirculation set up its yours =] haha

    Thanks for any input.
     
    #1 ZamaMan, Oct 17, 2013
  2. HugeBulge

    HugeBulge Savant (1,132) Dec 31, 2012 New York

    recirculation?
     
    #2 HugeBulge, Oct 17, 2013
  3. pmoney

    pmoney Initiate (0) Apr 15, 2011 Illinois

    I think the way it works is you have to convert Rare to KHUs, and then figure-out the KHU:BCBS convertion. There's a function on your highschool graphing calculator as long as you have a TI-86 or better.
     
    #3 pmoney, Oct 17, 2013
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  4. HugeBulge

    HugeBulge Savant (1,132) Dec 31, 2012 New York

    I should remake drugwars on the ti-86 with kh, rare and bcbs
     
    #4 HugeBulge, Oct 17, 2013
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  5. Anonymous1

    Anonymous1 Initiate (0) Mar 19, 2012 Illinois

    My TI-83 says that you should be able to get 3x BCBS '09 bombers, 2x 4-packs of BCBS '10 or '11, 3x 4-packs of BCBS '12, or 4x 4-packs of BCBS '13.

    Not trying to be a jerk, but sometimes stupid questions deserve stupid answers. The value of beer is subjective and different for everyone. Contrary to popular belief, there is no predetermined hierarchy of how beer "should" trade.
     
    #5 Anonymous1, Oct 17, 2013
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  6. pmoney

    pmoney Initiate (0) Apr 15, 2011 Illinois

    Dude, the TI-83 is all problems when it comes to BCBS. I think that's where the 2007 Pappy BCBS chart with the nonsense axis came from.
     
    #6 pmoney, Oct 17, 2013
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  7. ZamaMan

    ZamaMan Initiate (0) Apr 5, 2013 California

    Lol thanks for all the help you guys... Nothing useful in this thread as usual.


    I was thinking just under a case might be a "fair" (still stupid expensive) price for it. Just didn't want crickets.
     
    #7 ZamaMan, Oct 17, 2013
  8. HugeBulge

    HugeBulge Savant (1,132) Dec 31, 2012 New York

    a case sounds fair. its the shipping that would kill it for me
     
    #8 HugeBulge, Oct 17, 2013
  9. drummermattie02

    drummermattie02 Initiate (0) May 10, 2009 Texas

    When is your birthday? Just invite a few close friends over, open up the Rare, share it, and bathe in its glory. Worth way more than $100 in that context.

    Or if you're one of those weird curmudgeons that hates celebrating their birthday, substitute Christmas eve, NYE, 4th of July (or alternate country independence day), Thanksgiving, or Cinco de Mayo with the wife/gf/bf/family and it'll still be a good time.
     
    #9 drummermattie02, Oct 17, 2013
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  10. vonnegut21

    vonnegut21 Initiate (0) Apr 27, 2012 New York

    Once you ship you're probably looking at upwards of $180 and a case of delicious relatively limited beer. But I think you're right. Somebody would probably be dumb enough to do a case.
     
    #10 vonnegut21, Oct 17, 2013
  11. ZamaMan

    ZamaMan Initiate (0) Apr 5, 2013 California

    Yeah that's a lot of dough. I spent I think $150-160 with double shipping all said and done. Just can't imagine any beer being worth that =|
     
    #11 ZamaMan, Oct 17, 2013
  12. kmello69

    kmello69 Initiate (0) Nov 27, 2011 Texas


    Then why did you do it?

    :confused:
     
    #12 kmello69, Oct 17, 2013
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  13. Anonymous1

    Anonymous1 Initiate (0) Mar 19, 2012 Illinois

    C'mon man, that's easy. This hobby isn't about beer, its about obtaining "rare" things (or rather things that people all agree are "rare")....and the funniest thing is that GI Rare isn't even "rare"....but that discussion is for another day.
     
    #13 Anonymous1, Oct 17, 2013
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  14. Stevedore

    Stevedore Grand Pooh-Bah (5,096) Nov 16, 2012 Oregon
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    Just drink your beer, man!
     
    #14 Stevedore, Oct 17, 2013
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  15. luwak

    luwak Initiate (0) Mar 2, 2010 Arizona

    Well the way to go I think is one of three things:

    (1) Offer it up for a bunch of big stouts you've never had. You know you could get several good large format bottles of top tier stouts.
    (2) Try to do IP trade for a case of Regular BCS. That way no shipping...'course you're in California....hmmm...
    (3) Drink it with somebody who like/love/care about or who somebody would be really wowed by it.

    Personally i think you'd be happiest with choice (3) but it depends on your situation in life.
     
    #15 luwak, Oct 21, 2013
  16. MykelJH

    MykelJH Initiate (0) Aug 3, 2011 California

    Ask for case and send some cash to help with shipping
     
    #16 MykelJH, Oct 21, 2013
  17. aasher

    aasher Grand Pooh-Bah (4,557) Jan 27, 2010 Indiana
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    3x 2009 Bombers, that's $4$ and roughly as old
     
    #17 aasher, Oct 21, 2013
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  18. ZamaMan

    ZamaMan Initiate (0) Apr 5, 2013 California

    I ended up trading it for whoever is interested. I got one offer for a case but was already in talks with another real cool guy. We ended up trading 18 bcbs, 4 kbs 2 FBS for the rare. We both were sort happy with the deal so promised nice extras. I know I packed my box with 5 extras some member only beers and some limited shelves as a thank you for the trade.
     
    #18 ZamaMan, Oct 23, 2013
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  19. Siggy125

    Siggy125 Maven (1,318) Nov 10, 2006 California
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    Drink the damn thing. Especially if it's one of your favorite styles and never had it. They'll get tougher and tougher to replace and you may never have another opportunity. You'll kick yourself later if you let it go. I speak from experience having traded away whales due to the rarity/value thing.
     
    #19 Siggy125, Oct 25, 2013
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  20. Anonymous1

    Anonymous1 Initiate (0) Mar 19, 2012 Illinois

    Congrats on extracting maximum value from your oxidized beer with pretty label and box. New BA's take note: this is how you "win" at trading. $250 of beer for one $50 bottle of over the hill stout. Bravo!
     
    #20 Anonymous1, Oct 28, 2013
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