Ballast Point Sculpin no bottle date...weird.

Yep, my current Sculpin says 13288. Not so sure if it means what I thought it meant because I saw some other ones today that were a number >366

 

When it doesn't say "Bottled on" or "Best by", sometimes I don't know if it's Julian code or some other number like batch number, fermenter number, product code etc.
Doesn't help that a lot of breweries use dark ink on amber bottles, which I don't get.
"Best by" is also kind of annoying, but I see how it's more helpful to the average consumer.
Edit: @gatornation care to weigh in on my post?

 

Bought 13311 2day = 11/07

 

Ballast Point should be reading this thread so they can so how the confusion over dates is having a negative impact on their sales, especially since this beer is best fresh.

So, are you current ones cans or bottles? Does it look like this one?

 

its really very easy and very clear

 

Currently I have cans at home. The bottles I saw at store today looked like the one you posted, to my memory. I bought BIG EYE today instead but in hindsight I wish I had taken a photo of the code I read.

 

Because they keep changing it. New labels, bottles, cans, 3 months, 6 months, there is no consistency.

 

It is, assuming the numbers don't go about 356 or 357. I'm fairly certain I saw that today at the store which is why I posted above in this thread.

*note: meant 356 above in other posts. a few IPA's can have an impact on attention to detail.

 

Uggh, I have no idea then. Bottles you saw have a date in future.

 

Fuck it, go drink Enjoy By, no confusion there !

 

you are looking at the wrong line it is so clear and easy

 

I also think he is looking at the wrong line. The first set of numbers on mine is SC358. I assume that is either a batch code or fill line, etc.

 

Nothing worse than old Scuplin.

 

Agreed. First time I had it was real fresh and I really enjoyed it. A few weeks later I stopped at a place and bought. After I got home and tried it, I was surprised that it was not the same. Checked the bottle...130 days old. Not the same.

 

One of the fastest beers to go bad- there is nothing for the oxidizing/skunking/hop breakdown flavors to hide behind. The malt bill is built for alcohol w/ very little left behind for body/malt flavor. Fresh, it is an incredible beer. Cans do help maintain freshness a bit.

 

He is not. I just picked up a six pack coded as 13395. Guessing the middle digit should have been a 2.

 

Truth be told, I had a bottle that was five weeks old and it reminded me of a bad homebrew.