Did Green Flash STOP bottle dating?

This would have probably been fine.

 

So if I'm reading correctly, the Hop Head Red I saw on the shelf yesterday with an Enjoy By date of 7/15/14 was bottled on 2/15/14? If that is the case, I'm glad I didn't buy a $12 4 pack of 3 month old IPA.

 

I had it near the date of best by and was floored as to how vibrant the hoppiness still was.

 

All the WCIPA at my store still has the old packaging. Can never find any of their stuff fresh, so I never buy it. No clue how these guys stay in business.

 

Grabbed a bottle of the new WCIPA in Florida - and it was delicious. However, the field with "bottled on" was completely blank. This should, and needs to be fixed

 

Wait, what? I thought this was a running joke now? It's like a choose your own adventure beer... BYOMarker

 

I no longer buy Green Flash because I have no reliable way of determining how old their hoppy beer is and their stouts are outclassed by similarly priced competitors. The only exception is when I lived in Seattle and my beer guys could vouch for the beer, a luxury I no longer have.

 

Man, forgot to ask them about this yesterday on the tour. My friend's place has an account with them so they were answering all his questions.

 

Just grabbed a 4pk of the new Road Warrior- a steep 3 nickels, has drink by ,but nothing in the box. With the rye and crystal malts in this one it tastes like it could get awful thick with a long stay on the shelf..........

 

Kinda funny when you think about it. They have the attention to detail to brew good beers but let probably thousands of bottles go by without any date in the date section of the label.. You think they ever bottled any West Coast IPA and forgot to add Simcoe hops or something?

 

The last 4 pack of Green Flash Road Warrior bottles I bought were all missing dates.

 

the last 4-pack of WCIPA had no bottle dates, either. just a blank spot where it should be. I just bought it because it had the new packaging so I figured it must be new enough. tastes good, obviously not super-fresh, but good enough -- probably 45-60 days on it.

 

it looks that way, weird they they have the wording "best before" with an arrow pointing to a blank spot?

 

in brail

 

I purchased an Imperial IPA at Costco the other day for $5. It had no date. It was the new label, so I knew it was pretty fresh. Decent beer but man how my hoppy tastes have changed.

 

Yup!

 

Best before INFINITY

 

I am a retailer in Wichita, Kansas and today I received Green Flash's new packaging. There is a BEST BY date on the outside of the case. On the West Coast IPA it is 16-OCT-2014. But indeed, how would a 4pack buying customer know this? As we've discussed, the BEST BY date on the bottle is blank. I will inform my customers this... I might write "best by" on the price tag itself.

Has Green Flash released a statement about this?

 

I hope my postings can give this community an idea of the longevity of their beer. I will post more dates as I get new packaging. Here's the Double Stout!

 

It could be why every Green Flash I've tried I've hated. It's also why Two Hearted is usually the IPA I buy when I buy outside local because I know the beer I bought today is 19 days old bottled on 5/12. It also has fairly high turnover too so I do suppose guys around here who like IPA's also know it's dated properly. Best by dates are for shit as are Julian codes while better I don't want to think about it. Pick up a Dales the canned date is on the bottom, no thought involved.