thood6
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The sampling section seems to be all commercial. Anyone interested in switching a sixer of assorted beers for critique?
tyzippers said:Are you talking about trading homebrew?
jay_mack1 said:Yeah, I am in as well.. hmm we could have community beer shippers.. have to check out u-line... unless someone has a couple old beer of the month shippers laying around...
reinstone said:I'll do it, however it would be nice to be able to choose what you get in trade. For example I love ipas and pale ales..lagers etc....but wouldn't know anything about a stout etc. I have five different kinds bottled and ready to trade.
Before you commit, I would suggest checking out shipping costs to make sure it is "worth it" for you. It could cost $30+ to ship 6 bottles.
If possible it makes a lot of sense to meet up with a local HBT'er and swap in person.
The biggest issue I see is the logistics of who trades with whom and when. I could see a number system working well with a trade every 2-4 months (subject to a vote)
Example:
1 sends to 2
2 sends to 3
3 sends to 4 and so on. Last number, in turn, sends to 1.
To combat from each person only getting the beer of the number above them we could "sound off" a month prior to the next shipping date and everyone is numbered then. By sound off I mean give a "yes I am participating this month." This also helps people that brew less frequently or, god forbid, run out of beer to ship. It gives them the ability to opt out and an "if you don't ship you don't get policy."
It would almost have to have its own sub category on the forums page, if a moderator would allow and create it, with a main rules thread and a new "sign up" thread for each swap. I just think a separate thread would make it easiest to issue numbers each rotation and give the ability to easily delete rotations that have already occurred, keeping the site a bit tidy.
Just my two cents.
Antler said:I saw something like this on a fly tying forum which might be an idea for this. They had a little "wooly bugger" trade.
There were 12 guys participating, each guy made 12 identical flies, there own version of a wooly bugger fly. They tagged each fly with their username and mailed them to the guy organizing the trade. He then took everyone's flies, repackaged them, kept one of each for himself and sent them off again. So basically each guy sent off 12 flies, and later received 12 flies, one fly made from each participant.
Would be an awesome idea for homebrew, if it's legal!
I just checked on UPS website and for me to ship from Louisiana to New York it would cost 15 dollars assuming a normal box with 10 pounds of weight. That is not that cost prohibitive for me and my local scene is lacking right now.
AgentHubcap said:I'd rather send to one or two people in a monthly rotation than send to a dozen.
AgentHubcap said:I'd rather send to one or two people in a monthly rotation than send to a dozen.
I'm in. I've done something similar to this, but it was an one-on-one trade and the beer we traded was in 1 liter plastic bottles. I used UPS and think I paid around $11 for shipping. I paid online and printed my own shipping labels. That way I could just drop it off with minimal interation at the UPS store. It's not illegal to ship with UPS/FEDEX, just against their policies. Sending 'Yeast Samples' on the other hand, is not against their policies. I do reccomned individual ziplock baggies for the beers and of course lots of padding.
I could send to one or two people but not a dozen, that would be too expensive. Someone (OP?) should setup a spreadsheet or something. Maybe host it on google docs or something and everyone signs up in pairs. For example colume 1 lists the persons name and beer(s) they are sharing. In column two whoever wants to recieve that beer puts their name in, but only if they are also in column 1 sharing. That way it stays even. Just an idea. One thing for certain is we need to decide on a standard amount, wether it's a sixer or a 12-pack. I'm leaning towards a six pack just because it's easier to ship and isn't 25% of my batch.
You don't send to a dozen. You send a 12 pack (with return postage) to the guy organizing the trade off. He sends you a 12 pack, 1 beer for every participant.
Antler said:You don't send to a dozen. You send a 12 pack (with return postage) to the guy organizing the trade off. He sends you a 12 pack, 1 beer for every participant.
Antler said:I can't be included in this round. Due to working 80+hrs/week all winter, a new baby a month ago, and ****ty town water I haven't brewed since Halloween. I need to find some charcoal or carbon block filters for the filter setup I bought from brewmasters warehouse to filter my brewing water.
I'm down with a future swap though!!!
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