Trade-Up Tuesday - Part 12

⬆️ TRADE-UP TUESDAY ⬆️

This week may have been one of the biggest weeks for the Trade-Up project. Let’s just hit the ground running here! I’m only going to announce a couple trades as the Old Ezra 7 and EH Taylor SmB are still in my possession, but this really created a resurgence in the project.

Obviously the Weller Full Proof SP and the Weller 12 drew a ton of attention and for the right reasons. Here we go:

1. Weller 12 was traded out for an Old Fitzgerald 11 Year. As you can imagine, I was stoked to add this to the project.

2. Weller Full Proof SP was traded out for the following: Smoke Wagon Uncut Batch 120, Weller Antique 107 and two Henry McKenna 10 Year BiB.

This project took a bit of a turn from Trade-Up to Trade-For-Many haha.

What do you think of these moves?

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Trade-Up Tuesday - Part 11

⬆️ TRADE-UP TUESDAY ⬆️

With an Orphan Barrel Fable & Folly in hand along with a Blanton’s Single Barrel Pick and an Eagle Rare Single Barrel Pick, I had quite a few offers filling my inbox. This week will be broken up into 3 separate trades:

1. Eagle Rare Single Barrel Pick was traded for an Old Ezra 7 Year Barrel Strength. A pretty even swap in my eyes but based on retail valuations, I feel it was still considered a “Trade Up”.

2. Blanton’s Single Barrel Pick was sent out for an EH Taylor Small Batch. Now, before people lose their minds, please remember I’m not just doing this for a crazy hard to find bottle, but also to help people. The big picture is still being painted.

3. Orphan Barrel Fable & Folly was traded for a Weller 12 Year & a Weller Full Proof Single Barrel Selection. Retail valuations, a beautiful swap here!

So here we are…a bottle of JTS Brown has since turned into: Old Ezra 7 Year, EH Taylor Small Batch, Weller 12 Year and a Weller Full Proof Single Barrel Selection. Not only have I been trading up, but I’m building another small collection here.

Who’s already excited for next week’s reveal?

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Trade-Up Tuesday - Part 10

⬆️ TRADE-UP TUESDAY ⬆️

As expected and as has been the case with the most recent bottles being offered, the buzz was crazy. So many offers coming through and so many great conversations I was able to have with y’all.

As I mentioned in previous posts, the trades are starting to get a little more complicated to break down into parts, but here’s the best I can do. Many folks are also visual learners and don’t read my captions so these may start to look a little messy in the next few weeks.

Anyways, here we go: Elmer T Lee for the new Orphan Barrel - Fable & Folly. I felt this was a great trade both ways. The person receiving the ETL was super pumped and that made my day. The second portion (completely separate) had me trading away an EH Taylor Single Barrel and a regular bottle of Buffalo Trace for a Blanton’s Store Pick and an Eagle Rare Store Pick. This trade works as well. Both happy parties and here I am with more “trade bait”.

How do you think it went this week?

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