10 favorite "shelf turds"

I've never completely understood the term "shelf turd". And this thread is only furthering my confusion.

 

Clearly one man's "shelf turd" is another man's treasure. Scarcity is a funny thing.

That being said:
Two-Hearted
Resin
Dirty Bastard
FBS
Alpha King
Maharaja
Stone RIS
West 6th IPA
Dreadnaught

 

Rochefort 10
St. bernardus Abt 12
Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier
Schneider Aventinus
Jai Alai
Wake n Bake
Founders Porter
JW Lees Harvest Ale
Victory At Sea
Rodenbach Grand Cru

 

its eas

its easy convert it to slow seller. or very high priced. the term is crude. a better term would be ex whale, or pricey import etc etc. You know?

besides I would never really call any beer a turd myself. Pricey yes, too damn pricey hell yea.
beer I would like if I was doing better money wise.....

I would buy Trappist every day if I could hit the lotto, lol

 

what a name....never seen that 1.

 

Founders Breakfast Stout
Ithaca Flower Power
Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout
Unibroue Don De Dieu
DFH Palo Santo Marron
Goose Island Sofie
Green Flash Rayon Vert
He'Brew Lenny's R.I.P.A
Dark Horse Scotty Karate
Uinta Cockeyed Cooper Barleywine

 

I haven't seen Dreadnaught in months here. Anywhere.

 

I am an expert on 6 pack "shelf turds" that's mostly what I buy.

1. Maximus
2. Stone IPA
3. FW Pale 31
4. Drakes 1500
5. Double Agent IPL
6. Old Rasputin
7. Moose Drool
8. Black Butte Porter
9. Hop Rod Rye
10. Full Sail Amber

With beers like those shelf turding it up, I rarely see the need to spring for bombers anymore.
CA does not have a good, year round, 6 pack coffee beer, we could use one of those.

 

It's amazing how BCBS has become what it is today. When I got into beer 5+ years ago, it was abundant and sitting all over the place year round in AZ (where I lived at the time). You could walk into a local grocery store and there it was on the shelf, in the cooler, already with 1-2 years on it! (I've heard/read similar stories about Cantillon back in the day as well...) I had a few over the years, good beer and yeah it was the OG BA Imperial Stout, but that beer is so over-hyped at this point it's insane!

 

1. FBS
2. Sculpin
3. FW Double Jack
4. Brother Thelonius
5. Old Rasputin
6. Old Chub
7. Ten Fidy
8. Victory at Sea
9. Burton Baton
10. St Bernadus 12

 

Really?!?! I know its on the other side of the country, but that beer has been around for ages...

 

A beer that simply doesn't sell well. Just sits there on the shelf, collecting dust, and going to waste more or less (depending on the style and how it is kept, it could be aging gracefully or just turning to shit*)

*Maybe that is how the name got started; just a thought.

 

1.) Brooklyn Black Chocolate
2.) Founders Breakfast Stout
3.) Dark Horse One Oatmeal Stout
4.) Bell's Two Hearted
5.) New Holland's Dragons Milk
6.) Sam Adams Boston Lager
7.) Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald
8.) Dogfish Head Chicory Stout
9.) Oskar Blues Ten Fidy (my store got a pallet of 4 packs for $12.99 in the beginning f October, and still has a case remaining)
10.) Jolly Pumpkin Noel Calablaza (holiday sour!)

 

Victory at Sea sits on the shelf? It doesn't even sit on the shelf in San Diego!

 

Rochefort 6, 8, 10
Ballast Point Victory at Sea, Sculpin, Dorado
Brooklyn BCS, Monster Ale
Ithaca Flower Power
Founders Porter, Dirty Bastard, FBS
North Coast Old Rasputin
Goose Island Honkers Ale
Victory Helios
Chouffe Houblon
Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald

Just to name a few.

 

IMO the Brothers should ban the term shelf turds!

 

Black Butte, easily the best porter I have access to at any time and also the cheapest.

I really don't feel the need to list 9 other beers. . .

 

1. Alpha king (I don't live too far from FFF)
2. Union jack
3. Anti-hero
4. Hop stoopid
5. Sucks (when it's out, I don't seem to have an issue getting it. )