Frontier Brewing in Casper uses some glasses like them. Also, back in the 60s, my Dad took me inside a bar in Connecticut. I remember seeing those glasses there; I thought to myself...odd looking glasses.
Stopped into a store I don't usually frequent, 15+ miles away and was shocked to see Summerfest on the shelf. This huge store was pretty impressive when opened a coupla years back but now it's full of Out of Code beer (like Victory Hop Devil with a pull date of last Dec. ) So of course I looked all over for a SN date code on the sixpack, because this seemed early - especially in NJ where we always seem to get their seasonals late (or not at all -no Bigfoot for a couple of years, and I even asked the distributor's rep). "WTF, SN doesn't date the 6 packs? " I spun that thing around quite a few times till I got dizzy (the irony > I was in the area to get Vertigo treatments!). Realized that further down the shelf there were 12 packs, and those were marked PKGD 03/17/25. Doubled checked the calendar - yup, it's 2025. One month from canning? "bout as good as I ever seen SN beers 'round here. In other SN news - is this beer new? I should do a search but I'm out the door. HOP FORWARD (not much beer info in the video...)
Breakfast delayed, so... Hop Forward - Available at 9 am PST on Tuesday, April 22. Another one of these. From a million barrel brewery with coast to coast distribution. Do they realize that stuff like this makes me (and, hopefully others) more reluctant to buy any SN beers?
@jesskidden I can't say that I am following your logic here. Certainly SN has much data to suggest which sales model makes sense with every beer launch. A more local and targeted marketing strategy may also better align with the sustainability goals outlined in the video.
Logic? Who said anything about logic? I just want to have it available so I can buy and drink the beer. But... ( since you brought up those "sustainable goals") - they'd have a hard time convincing me that shipping beer to individuals via whatever service they use (UPS, USPS, FedEx? We've all seen how packages bounce around from depot to warehouse, to truck, to another warehouse, to another truck...) is some how more energy efficient or "greener" than shipping tractor trailer loads all across the country, and then multiple cases from distributor to retailer --- and yeah even including customers' drive to and from the store. (Yeah, I guess the customer gets to sit on his fat ass and keep the car in the driveway, waiting for the delivery...) And if that is the point, don't put out a YouTube video that anyone can watch without mentioning the fact that it's brewery-only (in person or via shipper).
I was fortunate enough to visit Sierra Nevada in NC back in 2015. Their 4 hour tour was great and I got sixer of Southern Gothic. It was delish. Along with Nooner and Summerfest, SN seems to have nailed the style so I hope this makes it to FL. And soon!
I too visited the Mills River brewery (2019) and took the long tour. What a great place!! And the food was very good too!! Cheers!
In my experience, SN dates on six pack boxes can be very hard to notice/locate, but they've always been there.
Was going to say the same thing -- hard to find and in a color that blends in too well with the packaging.
Yeah, and it's strictly the cardboard packaging on the canned six packs. The 12 packs do not have the legibility issue in my experience. Would like a darker ink or more contrast with the packaging (white?) but just glad they print the packaging date so no real complaint from me (well, any loud complaint at least ).
After you found the code on the 12-pack did you look for something similar on the 6? *Edit: Looks like Jaycase may have answered the question.
Yup. (I think so? Maybe? Don't remember? Once I saw that I'd save a coupla bucks with 12 and it had a date, I moved on.)
I turned 21 in the late 60s attending commuter college Portland State. We generally visited "taverns" (beer and wine license). I remember seeing the smaller sham pilsner above (we thought of them as coke glasses) only rarely. Typically we would encounter a 25c beer in an 11 or 12 oz hourglass pilsner (similar to https://libbeyfoodservice.com/product/libbey/hourglass-pilsner/181). Could those be considered prototypes for the current beer glass fad, the Willi Becher? I think the tendency toward the larger size was the health department prohibition on refilling a used glass from the tap. Our pitchers were shrunken, likely by a Liquor commission limit of about a quart (possibly slightly larger).
Torpedo Extra IPA boxes are the worst with black ink on a very dark green. I often need to reach for a phone for tech assistance.
I see Pale Bock is available now. I just might place an order with SN when the Pils is available and toss in some Porter and who knows what else to get up to $100 and free shipping. Most items are sold in 12-packs but it looks like Hop Forward is sold in 6-packs for $15. I guess local and organic = more expensive. YOLO Added: It is odd that you can't see Pils at SN's online store but it is now available 20 miles from me at a store. Hopefully it moves southwards for easy pickup.
