Tag: Freshness Dating

  
To Drink or Not to Drink: What Date Codes Say About Your Beer Feature by

When a beer is labeled “best by,” the brewery makes a judgment weighing freshness against shelf life, and, presumably, the brewery’s bottom line. With “bottled on” dates, buyers must decide for themselves.

On Roman Time Unfiltered by

The Julian system is but one of many tricks that craft brewers employ to confuse unsuspecting consumers into buying old and often lifeless beer. Lacking in simple clarity, it requires customers to come equipped with additional computational skills just to find a relatively fresh bottle.

The Ruse of Best-By Dates Unfiltered by

Best-by dating is the kind of amorphous, arbitrary tactic that only a manufacturer could love. Masquerading as an effort to help consumers, such dating of beer results in the illusion of honesty, leaving drinkers with no actual tangible information on which to base purchasing decisions.

Taking a Stand Against Stale Beer Unfiltered by

We Americans drink far too much stale beer, all the while pretending it’s the best stuff on Earth. Whether it’s from Belgium, Germany, Japan or a few states away, our willingness to spend big bucks to get burned time and again has to be some form of gastronomic psychosis.

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BeerAdvocate users discuss who should be responsible for out-of-code beer.

How Fresh is Your Beer? (Revisited) Beer Smack by

Despite popular belief, beer does have a shelf life. In time, there will come a day when any beer will expire.

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Ron Jeffries, Brian Dunn and Rich Doyle discuss the pros and cons of a national “packaged on” date standard.

National “Packaged On Date” Standard Advocate This by

Would you buy dairy or meat that was past its prime? We’re guessing not, but you are when it comes to beer, and even worse, you don’t even know it.

Question Quality Advocate This by

Beer is a fragile product and should be treated like any other perishable food item. Trust us, there’s nothing worse than losing $10 on a 6-pack of stale IPA.

Home Infection, 2,555-Day-Old Budweiser and Klosterbräu Ask the Beer Geek by

The Beer Geek tackles home infections, old beer, Klosterbräu and beer’s fattening effect.

A Skunkadelic Freakout: A Plea for Decency, and Fresher Beer Unfiltered by

I once served a five-year-old bottle of craft beer to a college buddy, just for laughs. As he popped the top, I waited in anticipation for his first sip, which he promptly spit all over my coffee table. I deserved it.