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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Trade-Up Tuesday - Part 9

⬆️ TRADE-UP TUESDAY ⬆️

Part 9 - Booker’s 2021-01, Four Roses Barrel Strength OBSK NC Pick and Buffalo Trace…what could this possibly land in a Trade-Up format? Well, this is another example where I had to split up the lot to get a better deal in place. While I feel the JTS Brown to these three was a win in itself, I had to keep this going. Let’s get to the first part of this trade:

While I understand this is a “Trade Up” project, I couldn’t pass on the opportunity to obtain a rare bottle even though the retail value is half of what the Booker’s is. So, Booker’s for Elmer T Lee was a done deal. I also knew the Elmer would fetch a great trade next week.

Second part of this week’s reveal was the Four Roses Barrel Strength. Again, looking at the bigger picture and the allure of the Yellow Tube, I pulled the trigger on an EH Taylor Single Barrel. A pretty even trade based on retail and just more play for the next week.

I ended up hanging on to the Buffalo Trace for the time being as a possible kicker if I needed it in future trades.

Recap: JTS Brown —> 9 Parts of trades —> Elmer T Lee, EH Taylor Single Barrel and Buffalo Trace

What do you think?