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Beers so good you won't trade them.

Discussion in 'Trade Talk' started by Coirm, Jan 26, 2013.

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  1. Coirm

    Coirm Initiate (0) Dec 12, 2012 Illinois

    This might get nuked but, for BA's that drink more than tick n trade. Are there beers that are just so good, that you will drink them vs trade or store away? I picked up some Black Note which I am having a hard time trading vs drinking. Just curious what I am missing. I am obviously not talking about special brewery one offs, but beers that are hard but not impossible for a determined searcher.
     
  2. acurtis

    acurtis Grand Pooh-Bah (4,376) Sep 27, 2010 New Jersey
    Pooh-Bah Society Trader

    Black Raspberry Lambic
     
  3. Archemedies

    Archemedies Initiate (0) Dec 8, 2011 Massachusetts

    Captain Lawrence Barrel Select Gold
     
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  4. DogfishTail

    DogfishTail Initiate (0) Jun 30, 2011 Rhode Island

    This may get scoffed at, but I feel this way about Parabola. I do like cellaring them though.
     
  5. yojimbo1

    yojimbo1 Initiate (0) Feb 26, 2012 Kansas
    Trader

    Parabola is excellent.

    I feel this way about Caftw.
     
  6. Ungertaker

    Ungertaker Initiate (0) Apr 30, 2010 Minnesota

    Churchill's Finest '12. If I got another one, I would have to drink it!
     
  7. SpdKilz

    SpdKilz Pooh-Bah (2,115) Jan 8, 2009 Illinois
    Pooh-Bah Society Trader

    Black Raspberry Lambic, JP Biere de Mars Grand Reserve, B1 Bambic, B4 Temptation (or Temptation in general), Bottleworks XII, Beatification.
     
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  8. yojimbo1

    yojimbo1 Initiate (0) Feb 26, 2012 Kansas
    Trader

    Is it inappropriate to use this thread to hype up my trade bait?
     
  9. Apuzarne

    Apuzarne Initiate (0) Dec 21, 2011 Connecticut

    Now that I don't live in San Francisco anymore I can't trade my Cable Car's.
     
  10. Douglasjamjak

    Douglasjamjak Initiate (0) Jan 7, 2011 Connecticut

    Backwoods bastard.
     
  11. Andygirl

    Andygirl Initiate (0) Jan 3, 2013 Michigan

    BB4D, Backwoods Bastard, and This one goes to 11.
     
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  12. Anonymous1

    Anonymous1 Initiate (0) Mar 19, 2012 Illinois

    BA9K, Fantome Extra Sour, CFH '12, Bramble
     
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  13. vonnegut21

    vonnegut21 Initiate (0) Apr 27, 2012 New York

    Pretty much any beer that I enjoy so much that I don't think I'd possibly be able to trade for something I like more. Parabola, Sucaba and BCBS come to mind. They're widely available enough that the trade value just isn't high enough to be worth giving them up IMO.

    As far as rarer releases go, Hill Farmstead Birth of Tragedy. It might be my favorite beer of all time. I really doubt I would trade any of my bottle.
     
  14. celfan

    celfan Savant (1,048) Jul 4, 2004 Vermont
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    I'll help some one with Lawson's Double Sunshine if they've been really wanting it (occasionally) but it's so hard to get with low limits that I generally keep it for myself.
     
  15. mikeincharleston

    mikeincharleston Initiate (0) May 1, 2009 North Carolina

    BCBS. If I get them they aren't getting traded.
     
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  16. nharres

    nharres Initiate (0) Feb 8, 2012 Illinois

    Fou' Foune and, um....Fou' Foune!
     
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  17. Romulux

    Romulux Initiate (0) Jan 28, 2008 Michigan

    A Tick-aholic is confuse...by this concept!

    But I suppose if I had another Cable Car, you could only pry it from my sweaty mitts with a CC Kriek.

    So....you know...answer is CC.
     
  18. MykelJH

    MykelJH Initiate (0) Aug 3, 2011 California

    Sounds cliche but there's no way I'm trading Rare
     
  19. Beerontwowheels

    Beerontwowheels Initiate (0) Nov 22, 2009 Maryland

    Nothing has really been off the table. Too much good beer out there...
     
  20. xxcarpxx

    xxcarpxx Initiate (0) Jan 13, 2011 Alabama

    If I had regular access to Parabola, I would feel the same way.... But to me, ET Imperial Biscotti Break is so good I want to drink them all before the aren't on the shelves any longer...
     
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