Good Beer Karma

By now you probably know that my husband is into beer. I mean really into beer! Not only does he drink it, brew it, and collect it, but he also sells and trades it.

Adam has a collection of rare beers that the average beer swiller has never heard of. Individual bottles regularly sell on Ebay for $40, $60, up to $100, sometimes more! However, some people in the beer world frown upon selling beers on Ebay. Apparently it is bad beer karma. To avoid this bad karma as well as enhance his collection Adam also sets up trades through beeradvocate.com.

While mourning the loss of our last Twizzler and surveying our diminished stash of assorted American treats Adam came up with the idea of using this beer bartering system to obtain more than just rare beers! We quickly put together a list of American candy and food not available in Ireland, and Adam put up two difficult to obtain beers for trade on beeradvocate.com.

A 2011 Black Tuesday by the Bruery, a California Brewer; and a 2011 FouFoune by Cantillon in Belgium. These bottles could sell for about $100 each. However this was a trade situation and beer nerds in America heard our call! Within 24 hours Adam had over 40 responses to his request for American treats!

He decided to make the deal with a person who just recently started trading beers. Adam felt that offering hard to obtain beers for everyday items was a nice way to share the beer love with someone with a less extensive cellar. See, good beer karma!

Here is what we were rewarded with:
2 boxes of Lucky Charms (Oh the irony! You can't get Lucky Charms in Ireland!)
2 boxes of Sour Patch Kids
2 boxes of Mike and Ikes
3 boxes of Little Debbie Nutty Bars
2 bottles of Mrs. Butterworth syrup (yes, I like the fake stuff! My apologies to Vermont)
2 jars of Better than Bouillon chicken (really it is better than bouillon!)
9 Reese's Peanut Butter Christmas trees
1 big bag of Twizzlers
1 large bag of Reese's Pieces
3 large cans of Libby's Pumpkin Pie Filling (just in time for Turkey Day!)
1 Giant bag of Tootsie Rolls
1 bag of candy corn
2 cans of chipolte peppers in adobo sauce
6 packets of ranch dressing mix
and
celery salt (apparently you can find it here, but I haven't had any luck)