If these things are happening in the bottle, the beer is almost certainly faulty, and the flavor will be flat and perhaps ruined. Jackie O's:Uses abottleddate. Older Bush Turns Up the Heat on NASA | Frank Lloyd Wright's Beth Shalom Synagogue Newer , This thread has been archived and is closed to new comments. Nevertheless it's entertaining: There is a much bigger list at beerdates.com but you have to dig the info out of the. From the brewer: On the shoulder of the bottle there should be two rows of numbers. El Toro:Uses abottlingdate on the top of the case. Cases have a sticker with the Julian date code. google_color_link="000000"; [1] Check the bottom of the product, the sides of the container, the lid, and the necks of bottles. Each brewery specifies when its beers should be pulled from the shelves. Visit our parent organization, Consumer Reports, for the latest on scams, recalls, and other consumer issues. Only the year is written on the label. We often have issues with the coder so it might not be there. Steel Toe:Uses abottlingdate on their boxes. It's on the cases only and also on the bottles themselves. google_ad_height=125; On the bottle necks, there should only be the six-digit date (mm/dd/yy) of packaging. google_ad_format="125x125_as"; Their bottled beers are mostly strong so they can age for a couple of years. First two digits represent the year, next three digits is the Julian date. Finch's:Uses acanningdate on the case. Brewers take elaborate steps to minimize the amount of oxygen left in their bottles before they get sealed up. But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience. Mankota:Uses adrink bydate. Mercury:Uses abottled ondate. There might still be some with the date on the labels. We dont go out of our way to tell everyone how old it is.. In a four-digit code the year is often placed after the day and 16 is shortened to 6. The next two digits, "12," refer to the day of the month, and the two numbers after that, "05," are the last two digits of the year. North Peak:Possibly not dating their beers anymore. For example: April = Red, May = Silver, June = Black and Gold. Fantastic (though brief) thread. Example:PD10/14/2008. Example: 06/04/13. No date stamps on the bottles.Black Diamond:Uses aborn ondate which is notched on the side of the label. As for the older beers we found, brewers say its the distributors responsibility to ensure that stocks are fresh. It's on the back label of the bottle and also on the bottom of their cans. It's a sticker on each six-pack. Their beer is best within 3 months of that date but some of their bottles are cellarable and the runs are very small. Lake Placid:Usesbottlingdate. google_ad_client="pub-9703416424830795"; Voodoo:Uses abottlingdate. Format is MM/DD/YY. For the outer cartons they have the bottling date clearly stamped. So you may want to stay away from that fifty cent close-out special at the local liquor store marked M0787DE. Odd Side Ales:Uses abottlingdate. It's in a MM/DD/YY format on all bottles between the neck and the shoulder of the bottle. "We believe in competing on the basis of the taste of our beer, not its age," says Fritz Maytag, owner of Anchor Brewing in San Francisco. Translates to: Thomas Creek Red Feb. 17, 2010. Offshore Ale:Uses both types. One is a date in the lower left side: 0909 1009 1109 1209 (month/year). Ale Industries:No standard freshness info but they change the artwork for their labels seasonally giving the beers a 3 month window. August Schell:Uses a six-digitpulldatecode in MMDDYY format. The year, the first character, is coded from A for 2001 to F for 2006, while the months go from L for January to A for December. Boston Beer Co (Sam Adams):Clearly shows thebest beforedate. San Luis:Uses abottlingdate. I'm sure the "expiration date" is carefully calculated to be well inside the time it takes to sell the beer. This code is 120 days from the date that it was bottled. From the brewer: the code can be found on the back label over the bar code reads as follow:XXBYYY the XXB is the code for the wholesaler and the YYY is the julian day when it was bottled = born on date. One of the other ways we track the age of Herman Joseph's Private Reserve is with the brew number. DC Brau:Uses acanned ondate. We explain how these codes work and what theyre used for. The Julian date code is inscribed in black on the bottles neck. Fremont:Uses abottlingdate.French Broad:Uses abottlingdate on the cases only. From the brewer: We have a date on the case of the beer at this time. Their draft beer has a neck collar saying when it was packaged which corresponds to its filter/transfer and co2 volume check. Laser etched on the bottle. The job falls to locally based distributors, which usually fall into two categories companies that carry Anheuser-Busch products and those that dont. Format is MM/DD/YYYY. Andechs - DDDY. Stevens Point:Uses abottlingdate. : 12365 would be the 365th day of 2012. The first three digits represent the day of the year, last digit is the last number of the year. Olde Hickory:Uses abest bydate. It's on the bottom left of the front label. Format is MM/DD/YYYY.Susquehanna:Uses abest beforedate with a 120 to 150 day window.Swamp Head:Uses abottled ondate. Buffalo Bill's:Uses abest beforedate on their bottles. Format is MM/DD/YY. Recommended shelf life 120 days from that date. If it is a "shorts" bottle bought at the brewery, we probably put bottles into a re-used case box. Should read BOTTLED MM/DD/YY.Seven Brides:Uses abottled ondate on the neck of the bottle. Drake's:Uses abottlingdate. date. Each one is hand applied so sometimes the location varies. Beer will not be harmful to consume, but its flavor will diminish with time. It's a 3 digit number stamped on the neck.Hatuey:Uses a Julian date code which is stamped on the shoulder of the bottle. Which would be the 54th batch of Pale Ale of 09. Undecipherable without goinghere. Brew Kettle, The (OH):Uses apackagingdate on the case carton only. Format is MM/DD/YY. Dunedin:Uses abatch code. The first of these three digits are the day of the year and the fourth digit is the year. First 3 numbers are the day of the year and the last number is the year. "I will look for a date code 100 percent of the time . The last four-digits are thebottlingdate. Cleary printed on the label. Left side is the day of the month, bottom is year, letters are the month.Traveler Beer:Uses abest beforedate. Upstream:Uses abrewed onandbottlingdate. New England:Usespackaged ondate which is on the inside of the case. Adelbert's:Uses abottling dateandbatch numberon each label. Functional cookies help to perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collect feedbacks, and other third-party features. The number of imported beers has also risen. Here is a sampling of the shelf life for some of their beers:Burning River - 90 days,Commodore Perry - 90 days, Eliot Ness - 100 days, Dortmunder - 110 days, Edmund Fitzgerald - 180 days.Great Northern Brew:Uses abest beforedate that is stamped on their cases. National (MD):Uses abottlingdate on their back label. From the brewer: Right now we put a best by date on the bottom of our six packs. Oddly enough, Irish brews have clearly marked expiration dates and our local off-license sells a variety of off-peak beers in foul-smelling wicker baskets for discount prices. Uncommon Brewers:Uses apackagingdate. Only the year is written on the label. Possible 7 month shelf life on their beers (Exit 16 confirmed as such). Santa Fe:Uses abest bydate which is 120 days from bottling/canning. It's MM/DD/YY. On the outside of the cases only. Victory:Enjoy Bydate is now directly etched on the bottle. Santa Cruz Mountain:Uses abottlingdate. This information may be found on the bottom of cans, laser engraved on bottles, or printed on the packages exterior (12, 18 pack etc.). From the brewer: We stamp the bottle (on the barcode) with our bottle date. From the brewer: We try to get it video-jetted on the neck label of each bottle, but some of them get by us on packaging day. Fish Brewing (WA):Uses aspawned on (bottling)date. The number of American breweries, about 50 a quarter-century ago, has ballooned to more than 1,400, including 300 craft brewers that produce some 2,000 domestic brands. It's on the upper right corner of the label, batch number is underneath. Pizza Port:Uses abottlingdate. Each brewery specifies when its beers should be pulled from the shelves. Is it OK to drink beer that is ten years old? Independence:Uses abottlingdate. From the brewer: We have a "bottled on" date on our master cartons and packaged on dates on our 12 pack. Brau Brothers:Uses abottlingcode. A widget is a hollow, spherical piece of plastic with a small hole that resembles a ping pong ball. Distribution-company employees are taught how to translate the codes into dates. Format is MM/DD/YY. Format is still MMM DD YY format. Check out some of our greatest hits below, explore the categories listed on the left-hand side of the page, or head to CR.org for ratings, reviews, and consumer news. The code is printed below the label on the glass. Translates into June 11th, 2005. Straub:Uses abottlingdate. P.S.- Snoqualmie Falls:Uses abottlingdate. From the brewer: All of our bottles are marked with a best consumed by date on the back panel and the cans are stamped on the bottom with the same date. Best consumed by 4 months. Night Shift:Uses abottlingdate on all their beers. In our example, the product should have been pulled from the shelves on Sunday, November 14, 2004.Corner:See Arbor. It's stamped on the outside of their cases as well as the bottles. Shipwrecked:Uses abottlingdate. There should also be a date on the outside of all non-returnable cases.Sudwerk:Uses abest byand abottlingdate. google_ad_host="pub-6693688277674466"; All beers have a 6 month shelf-life except the O'Fallon Gold which is 3 months.Off Color:Usesbottled ondate. Central Coast:Uses abottlingdate. date. From the brewer: We do have a Julian date code which we employ on both the case boxes and the bottle body label. (As if the system werent complicated enough, this one, like many of these codes, has an extra twist: The month code skips over the letter I and uses J for September.) They have akegged ondate on their kegs which is pulled under 90 days. It's burned into the label on the bottom left hand side. Heater Allen:Just started putting abottlingdate on their bottles, will eventually be on all their future beers.Heretic:Uses abottlingdate. Format is MMDDYYY except for the 22oz. Lompoc:Uses abottleddate on their cases and barrel-aged beer only. Coincidentally, Budweiser was recently sold to a Belgian-Brazilian conglomerate, so they are no longer (officially) an American Beer. The date code is similar to a price sticker and is usually applied on the inside of the box on the opening flap. It's on the bottom of each can. Which is 100 days from the day we bottled. Ex. From the brewer: If bought by the case, the dates are only ON the case. Written in black ink just above the label. It's a Julian code. It's notched on the side of the label, on cans and on their kegs. We are working on rebuilding the date coder that attaches to our labeller. Hard to read sometimes. So 0218 was bottled on 21st day of 2008 or January 21, 2008. date. Lucky Bucket:Uses abest bydate. Expiration dates are used in most American beers, while others utilize bottling/canning dates. From the brewer: We've done it a couple ways. Mother Earth Brew (CA):Uses abottlingdate. bottles. Saint Arnold:Uses apackagingdate. google_color_link="000000"; Lagunitas:Uses abottlingdate. From the brewer: The code is for us and our distributor to use to track our beer in the market and if there is any beer on the shelves longer 90 days we pull it. Otto's:Uses abottlingdate.
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