Just bragging!

Trading and selling is a two-way street. It would appear that all parties involved were agreeable to things, so, yes...good job on spreading the wealth and getting additional good brews for you own enjoyment.

 

Would you like a cookie or a small parade?

 

I'm just here to piss in your Wheaties.

 

I guess two Pliny's for one XII seems fair $4$.

 

Well those aren't that hard to get, right? Or are they where you are? Anyway if you're happy, I'm happy for you. I also got a brick or two and can't decide what to do with the other glasses I don't want and whether I should keep the cardboard boxes. Thoughts?

Fresh Pliny sounds so niiice

 

"Then, I sold 2 Westys and 1 glass for some $$."

The monks that carefully crafted that beer have been very clear about how no one should make a profit on it. You did. As far as I understand they take the money they make off of it to keep the monastery and brewery going. Any surplus is given to charitable endeavors. You took the profit and bought more beer.

You're not the first, nor the last to make money off of Westy. Sure you didn't make big bucks off of it on ebay, but you did make some money on it nonetheless. You asked for feedback, so here it is: Take the money you made (or the equivalent, seeing that you seemingly already spent it on more beer) and donate it to charity. Anything short of that and you fucked up in my book.

 

Is this the generous form of winning trades?

 

You should start a blog!

 

I think this is a valid point, but you're being awfully hard on him. If the monks really wanted to prevent resellers from profiting off their product, there is a simple solution. Nobody makes double their investment on Chimay. I realize the monks are trying to stay "pure," but they're also having it both ways by participating in a market economy. And in market economies, scarcity means demand means higher prices. You can yell all you want at individuals who do it, but it's not going to stop it, and this guy is at least a member of our community so deserves some cordiality even if you don't like what he did, right? You may all now dogpile on me, too.

 

So you took a 6 pack of Westvleteren and bartered it for a bunch of mostly year round shelf beer?


Why are you bragging?

 

Let me know when you get your hands on a bunch of Cantillon. Cheers.

 

These are monks dude, monks. They aren't corporate execs at Inbev. They do good work in the community and just so happen to have the wonderful ability to make a great beer that they in turn sell, in order to maintain their positive community influence. I think that should be respected and given cordiality more than some guy who happened to sign up for a beer website I signed up for too.

 

Me too! I turned French Laundry into a bowel movement. Nbd.

 

Am I the only one wondering whether this guy is serious or not?

 

Yeah fine, but don't you think you'll have a better chance of getting your point across by not jumping down the poor guy's throat? It's not like I disagree with you. But West 12 has so much hype behind it, it's hard to resist. I can imagine many people willing to pay someone to try it since getting it themselves is very hard. Every bottle I've ever had before this whole brick thing, other than gifts, was obtained from the grey market. I never paid more than cost, or slightly more, because the last time was 10 years ago, but does that also mean I fucked up? Or just the people who sold it to me? People offering to shell out a hundred bucks a bottle certainly adds to price and hype inflation, but if I paid $20 or whatever it was, you could say it had a small effect. Anyway, it's not like the monks are being deprived of anything. They're still selling everything they make, and I'm sure the resell market makes that possible to a considerable extent, but I'm just making conversation.

 

I cheered, but it wasn't a standing ovation.

 

Come on over! I'm drinking right now! Bring the Plinys...

 

Mordor, Arbitrator, and ASUBeer are three people I'd like to sit and have beers with but you're invited as well

 

I am having more and more difficulty separating the trolls from the wack jobs.

 

Worst thread ever!!

 

Thread of the year!

 

I can't believe I clicked on this horseshit...

 

Can I have your autograph?

 

If you call my response jumping down someone's throat then you and I come from very different places.

Anyone who profits off of Westy without prior consent of the monks is a chump in my book. If that includes you, which it doesn't sound like it does, then I think you're a chump too.

 

So what charity are you going to donate to?

 

Listen, buddy, I'm a chump FOR ENTIRELY DIFFERENT REASONS. I hope that settles the matter. For what it's worth, I think you're coming from a good place, but we probably disagree about the sanctity of the monks. I'm as glad as anyone else they make good beer, though. Can't imagine reselling it, personally, but mostly because that would require giving it up. Might trade it. If someone offered me $1000 for a brick and I happened to be starving, I wonder what the monks would say. Answer: nothing! They're Trappists! LOL! OK, I'm going out for more beer now. But this was fun.

 

So, what you're trying to say is that you won the trading game?

Bravo!

 

For the record, it's not because of the monks' religious affiliation that I aim to protect their wishes; it's because they do charitable work, which I believe to be very important.

Trading Westy is a different story. I don't have an issue with that. Although, like you, I don't think I'd be able to trade it away (assuming it is as tasty as people say).

 

I am now sober reading this junk.

 

Gee, I have 4 Fou Foune's!!!!!!! Can I have a parade as well

 

I actually had an aged gouda tonight. I don't think it was rare or anything but it was my first experience.

Did I lose?