Lagunitas Born Yesterday sightings?

Maybe they should relabel it, "Born Last Month".

 

F..K Ya, a step closer to MI and the UP.

 

Been refreshing the store locator for these boys and they finally arrived at a local Whole Foods a couple of neighborhoods away. I wish I could have tried this last Thursday when it was really released - San Francisco used to get Day One distribution.

But the first thing that hits you is the aroma - it leaps off the glass! A touch of dank, but a lot of citrus and papaya. The taste is filled out nicely, with big fruity-hop notes upfront and through the mid-palate. Then the dank character comes it towards the back and lingers, adding some bitterness in the finish.

I agree with @JBogan 's take that this year's doesn't wow me like it did in previous vintages. But I'd be hard-pressed to find a shelf beer as good as this, as cheap as this, and in a standard sixer. I'm quite pleased.

A billion times better than Phase Change, their BY replacement from last year? A couple years back? I forget - but I did not like it at all. I'd say BY is back!
Phase Change

 

I'm on the opposite end. I hated both Phase and, Contents. Thought they were horrible replacements for BY. Glad to have the real one back even if I dont see any

 

Saw these on shelves at the local Whole Foods so it's hit Los Angeles. $13.99 or something

I passed cuz i don't want 6 ipas i gotta drink sooner than later

Do they still make Super Cluster? I used to smash those fuckers

 

Lagunitas is very slow getting these out to the CT every time. They never get here within a month generally. Agravating to know how good they must be under a month old but I will never know. Just venting because there is practically no way I am not purchasing these Born Yesteryear and even with a few more days than I would like on them, They are very tasty. FU Laguntas form being so SLOW!!!

 

I picked up some BY today. Never tried it before and hope to add it as my 800th review soon.

 

Ooh are you in for a treat!

 

I'm not the biggest IPA fan (I know, I know -- I read the label, but...), but even I need a hop fix now and again.

Instilled in me from the early days of the MicroBoom®.

 

Hopefully these landed at Trader Joes

Wife is going there in a bit and i ordered 2 singles

 

Just tell her to get a 6-pk, you drink your two bottles and she can have the rest, it will be cheaper that way, and she’ll thank you for that!

 

She doesn't like beer , shes a bourbon gal .
One is for me and one for her.

 

You're in luck, it's a pale ale!

 

You skimming my posts?

 

Here's a question -- where do they date the bottles on BY?

 

In previous years, it was made clear as day. I feel like I don't see it on the cardboard sixer carrier or the bottle itself this year.

That being said, this beer is brewed ("borned") once each year and that date is 10/5/2023 (with the first available date of the bottled version on 10/6/2023)

 

Annoyingly, on the neck where it's almost impossible to read at the store. Grabbed the below photo from UT.

Not entirely true. There are 10/2/2023 bottle dates in Illinois I know at least (and were packaged in Petaluma too I think but has not been confirmed). @ZebulonXZogg 's post above confirms the same 10/2/23 date.

 

@Jaycase -- thanks, I tried looking for ink-jetting on a bottle, but I probably wasn't in the right light. I'll check again.

 

Black ink on a brown bottle, What a great dating system, not!

Cheers!