When is it the best time to shop at a beer store?

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Message michcam8 beers 593 º places 34 º 08:25 Sun 12/30/2012 For those retailers or beer shopping aficionado’s...is there a common thread amongst beer stores when stocked shelves are at their maxium? And when do your fast selling hard-to-find beers come in? Is it Monday morning?
Message keanex beers 1802 º places 65 º 08:36 Sun 12/30/2012 Whenever the shipments come in, well shortly after. This is thursday for my area.
Message JLLSU beers 238 º places 1 º 08:38 Sun 12/30/2012 Depends on who distributes the beer and their delivery day. That’s why it is always in your best interest to take care of your local beer shop employee and they will in turn give you a heads up on the good stuff.
Message cheap P beers 8854 º places 328 º 08:42 Sun 12/30/2012 I know very little about this but all the beer stores in my locale get stocked by different distributors on various days with no set time. So, I guess you could probably ask your favorite store when is the best time to come? Its really cool when I walk in when they’re unloading their new stock and I get first dibs on anything that’s arriving. Sometimes I have to wait for them to find out the price. This happened at the beermuda last week, nice.

Message RABinCO P beers 1511 º places 103 º 09:05 Sun 12/30/2012 A lot of the local shops here do a pretty good job of updating their Facebook or Twitter when they get new stuff in, especially good stuff. So I just always keep an eye out there.
Message kp beers 10877 º places 12 º 09:50 Sun 12/30/2012 It’s better to hit the store before you hit the pub rather than after.
Message brewtopian beers 2 º 10:23 Sun 12/30/2012 Ditto on Facebook and Twitter. We will sometimes even do pre-sales on releases we know are coming down the pipe on our website so you can reserve your bottles before they even hit the floor.
Message SHIG P admin beers 13064 º places 502 º 10:29 Sun 12/30/2012 Originally posted by kp It’s better to hit the store before you hit the pub rather than after. Sound advice right there!

Message TURDFERGUSON beers 4067 º places 154 º 10:40 Sun 12/30/2012 mornings!
Message sloth P beers 3474 º places 102 º 11:05 Sun 12/30/2012 Originally posted by TURDFERGUSON mornings! This! Safer for me.
Message jake65 beers 4400 º places 158 º 12:33 Sun 12/30/2012 Originally posted by TURDFERGUSON mornings! Sunday mornings, so all the church goers can watch me pack around a basket full of beer before noon and think they’re better then me because of it.