Top Retired Beers list?

I don't think that is available.

 

I, for one, would love to see this list. People trade retired beers all the time. The rankings would be fun.

 

Who else thinks it would be cool to be able to view top rated lists by style of retired beers? Now that CBS has returned it gives you an idea of how highly a retired beer of 4+ years would still rate today (currently #10 on the all-time list). I vote that the bros create duel lists by style of both current and retired beers!

 

It seems at least as valuable as http://www.beeradvocate.com/lists/bottom/

 

Good point, but truth be told, that one is there for our 'valuable' amusement.

 

It would need to have the same rules as the top 250. So that it isn't full of beers with 5 ratings, more like a white whale list

 

I'd love to see this, too. I'm interested in the top beers of the past (without using the wayback machine), and some of them are still possible to come across. What's one more top list that plenty of people would find interesting and informational?

 

I've actually been wondering why some one off/retired beers are listed in the top 250 and other retired beers are not. Whats the criteria to stay vs get the boot?

 

No "retired" beer should be in the top 250. Normally one-offs are retired after a year, but there seems to be some amount of fudge factor in practice. In addition, if someone entered the beer as "rotating" or "seasonal" it won't get retired automatically.

 

Thanks for the responses. Seems silly not to include retired beers in the top 250. Shouldn't a top beer list include all the top beers, not just the ones that are currently being produced?