10 favorite "shelf turds"

Not turds, but readily available in my area and I'm happy to pick them up...

Victory at Sea
Founders Breakfast
Founders Imperial
Founders Porter
Maine Zoe
Maine Red Wheelbarrow
Ten Fidy
Old Brown Dog
AleSmith Nut Brown
Wulver
Siberian Night
Palo Sano Marron

 

Cool thread.

Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier
Troegs Troegenator
Smuttynose Old Brown Dog
Founders Porter
Two Hearted
Ommegang Abbey Ale
SNPA
Stoudts Pils
Sixpoint Sweet Action
Saison Dupont

 

in no order

1. FBS
2. Hoppin Frog BORIS
3. Revolution Anti Hero
4. Madtree PsycHOPathy
5. Jackie O's Dark App
6. Epic BBB
7. Rochefort 8
8. Stone RIS
9. Ballast Point Scuplin
10. Bell's Two Hearted

not sure about the availability, but I can almost always find any of these

 

1. Odell IPA
2. New Belgium Abbey
3. Odell Myrcenary Double IPA
4. Sierra Nevada Celebration IPA
5. Great Divide Yeti Imperial Stout
6. Funkwerks Tropic King
7. Mother Road Tower Station IPA
8. Oskar Blues Tend Fidy
9. Sierra Nevada Torpedo
10. Deschutes Obsidian Stout

 

Favorite always available brew

Obsidian Stout
Black Butte Porter
Left Hand Milk Stout
FBS
VAS
Ten Fidy
Expedition Stout
Pipeline Porter
Dragon's Milk
Bean Gene

 

I don't know about a list, but bombers in general do really bad around here, especially anything more than a few months old. I routinely find stuff at least a year old. I guess most people probably don't even look at the bomber selection too closely because they think it isn't worth the price per ounce (and most of the time, it's not, but some stuff is only available as a bomber ). And if they do look, they think it's expired so they just pass over it. I've seen Abyss and Mirror Mirror both as far back as 2014 on the shelves, but they're always out of my price range. But yeah, anytime I want a bomber of something distributed to this area, I can pretty much find one somewhere.

A lot of Founders stuff seems to be shelf turds too, and I like nearly all their beers. Their seasonal releases are pretty much year round beers at this point.

 

Old Rasputin
Rochefort 10
Bells Two Hearted
Weyerbacher Insanity
Thirsty Dog Wulver
Ayinger Celebrator
Sam Smiths Organic Chocolate
Sam Adams Cream Stout
Brew Kettle White Rajah
Insert any Lagunitas

 

One local shop has 7 cases of 2013 Bigfoot on the floor! Hardly a shelf turd. Ages wonderfully! Compared it to a 2016 Bigfoot....night and day! Both great, but the aged one was like something I have never experienced with a SN beer!

 

SNPA
Torpedo
60 Minute
Palo Santo Marron
Storm King
Headwaters
Perpetual
Dreamweaver
Dale's Pale Ale
Arrogant Bastard

 

Had a 2011 Bigfoot on tap today. Man that beer is great.

 

I found a six pack place that had 2014 bigfoot, but cases of 13'? NICE!

 

Let's see if I can think of ten....

Prairie Bomb
Founder's Breakfast Stout
Ten Fidy
Rochefort 8
Rochefort 10
Expedition Stout

Suppose you could throw in some Sierra Nevada and Deutsches offerings at the end. I guess most of those are shelf turds. I think the only reason they are on the shelves longer is due to their price tag. $15 a 4 pack is hard to swallow even as a self-proclaimed beer nerd, let alone your average beer fan (thinking of Ten Fidy).

 

....so I was at the Costco in El Paso last week...they had Brother Thelonious for $6.99 and cases or Alaskan IPA for $24.99...prolly shelf turds on the west coast but in Myrtle Beach they are rareties! My point is one mans shelf turd is another mans treasure!

 

Its $18 here for a 4 pack of Ten Fidy, while a 4 pack of Old Rasputin is still $8.99. No brainer there.

 

Will soon be moving to a locale where Headhunter is a "turd". Commence the turdhunting...

 

Lots of shelf turds are my favorites. I can name a few right off the top of my head:
Rochefort (any of them)
DFH 60 and 90 minute
Ten Fidy
Habenero Sculpin
Foothills Hoppyum
Anything by Green Flash
Reaver Beach Hoptopus
Anything by Sixpoint
Anything by Stone

 

FBS
Backwoods Bastard
Founders Porter
Barrel Aged Narwhal & Bigfoot
Lagunitas Sucks
Ten Fidy
The Abyss
Sculpin

 

rodenbach grand cru is the specs import of the month down here apparently, so I grabbed a couple 4 packs over the weekend after having not picked one up in ages. really made me wonder why not as I enjoyed the hell out of the couple I drank so far. obviously that's the first to come to mind. so in no order, and without any reasonable amount of thought to this:

rodenbach grand cru
val dieu tripel
clown shoes chocolate sombrero
if fbs counts, then yes
rochefort 10
storm king
victory at sea
bomb has officially become a shelf turd here
hop hunter/torpedo (cant settle on one)
matilda

tried to exclude local offerings, but live oak hefe, 8th wonder rocket fuel, lone pint yellow rose, and st arnolds endeavour would all replace some on this list if I didn't. also noticed I drink very few non local hoppy offerings these days outside of those with great qc like sierra nevada, stone, lagunitas, etc. and even then I heavily favor the locals

 

Dales Pale Ale
Yards Brawler
60 Minute IPA
Blache de Chambly
Weyerbacher Merry Monks
#9
Forgotten Boardwalks entire line up
River Horse Lager
Sam Smith everything
Flying Fish Dubbel

Always available. I never have a problem getting these. All good beers.
Goose island Sofie just endlessly sits. All their belgians do, so do all Clown Shoes and Stone bombers. 99% of the bomber section has sat there for seriously a couple years. The Bruery, Ommegang special releases, Sam Smith's, Avery bombers, brainless belgians. Its a shame. I enjoy bombers but i wont be the one getting the two years old Port DIPAs. You must really know how things age or youll have a bad time. Plus side, all the dark beers that have sat are probably excellent. Love Child #6, Tank 7, Smoke Stack series from Boulevard. So many sought after beers, i wonder what's done with them after all those years.

Theres a god dam 2014 Barrel Aged Bigfoot like 10 of them just sitting there. I stare at it every time.

 

Prairie Bomb
Big Island Brewhaus White Mountain Porter
Humbolt Black Xantus
Cascade Apricot
Fremont BA Abominable (when I visit Seattle)
Westbrook Gose (when I visit home)
Sierra Nevada BA Narwhal
Primo
COAST HopArt (When I visit home)
Deschutes BA Black Butte

I'm sure there's more, but that's what I can think of right now.