Lagunitas Sucks availability?!?

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  1. VitoFerrante

    VitoFerrante Initiate (0) Sep 11, 2012 Pennsylvania

    In PA, I am seeing more and more Sucks in bottle shops and beer distributors. I don't understand the bottle date code so I am not sure if they are left over beers or not. BA lists the beer as "year round" where Lagunitas' site says it is seasonal. Any thoughts?
     
    #1 VitoFerrante, Jul 11, 2013
  2. mechamifune

    mechamifune Initiate (0) Jan 26, 2008 North Carolina

    best i understand it the first three digits are the day of the year it was bottled (001 would be january 1st and so on), so it should be relatively easy to figure out how old it is.
     
    #2 mechamifune, Jul 11, 2013
  3. MrDave

    MrDave Initiate (0) Jan 23, 2013 California

    Last I heard was that it was going to be year round starting late fall and available in both 6 packs and 32oz. I hope you are onto some new news. I love that goddamn beer.
     
    #3 MrDave, Jul 11, 2013
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  4. MrDave

    MrDave Initiate (0) Jan 23, 2013 California

    If it pours darker than you recall and tastes less than amazing, it's the old stuff.
     
    #4 MrDave, Jul 11, 2013
  5. MrDave

    MrDave Initiate (0) Jan 23, 2013 California

    Also, don't pay too much mind to the info on their website. It's usually dated and often inaccurate. It still says Daytime will be released in July, and here we are halfway through the month.
     
    #5 MrDave, Jul 11, 2013
  6. Danny1217

    Danny1217 Initiate (0) Jul 15, 2011 Florida

    This is ridiculous. Sucks was gone from the shops here within about a month after being released, and I only ended up getting one six pack. Yet somehow there is a ton of it sitting around in Pennsylvania?
     
    #6 Danny1217, Jul 11, 2013
  7. RangnaR

    RangnaR Initiate (0) Dec 17, 2012 California

    Makes sense considering Pennsylvania's strange beer laws...
     
    #7 RangnaR, Jul 11, 2013
  8. VitoFerrante

    VitoFerrante Initiate (0) Sep 11, 2012 Pennsylvania

    I was at a bottle shop / tap house and saw it in the cooler. I bought every bottle they had. Now a good friend of mine said she is picking up a case for me. It was not 100% what I remembered and a bit boozy, but still fantastic!
     
    #8 VitoFerrante, Jul 11, 2013
  9. HokiesandBeer

    HokiesandBeer Initiate (0) Jan 10, 2013 Pennsylvania


    Sucks sold out pretty quickly last time it was here. For what it's worth I haven't seen it in months.
     
    #9 HokiesandBeer, Jul 11, 2013
  10. HokiesandBeer

    HokiesandBeer Initiate (0) Jan 10, 2013 Pennsylvania


    So what's the date on it?
     
    #10 HokiesandBeer, Jul 11, 2013
  11. VitoFerrante

    VitoFerrante Initiate (0) Sep 11, 2012 Pennsylvania


    0058411337
     
    #11 VitoFerrante, Jul 11, 2013
  12. GodlessWatermelon

    GodlessWatermelon Initiate (0) Apr 12, 2012 Maryland

    Last I heard they were waiting for the 32oz bottles, if they did it in 6 packs that would be amazing.
     
    #12 GodlessWatermelon, Jul 11, 2013
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  13. evilc

    evilc Initiate (0) Jan 27, 2012 California

    It was in 6 packs and available in SD for over 6 months. I'll check around.
     
    #13 evilc, Jul 11, 2013
  14. Mikecap

    Mikecap Pooh-Bah (2,098) May 18, 2012 Massachusetts
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    I saw some in a store in Mass yesterday but it was definitely old stuff so I didn't buy it. This store also had BCBS and Founders Breakfast Stout which I did buy
     
    #14 Mikecap, Jul 11, 2013
  15. JackHorzempa

    JackHorzempa Grand Pooh-Bah (3,375) Dec 15, 2005 Pennsylvania
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    “0058411337”

    To state the obvious those beers were brewed on Jan. 5, 2013 (they are 6 months old).

    Why some retailer was unable to sell those beers in February is a mystery to me (and a damn shame).

    Cheers!
     
    #15 JackHorzempa, Jul 11, 2013
  16. HokiesandBeer

    HokiesandBeer Initiate (0) Jan 10, 2013 Pennsylvania


    So does that mean it was bottled Jan 5th? What a waste...
     
    #16 HokiesandBeer, Jul 11, 2013
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  17. YieldToNothing

    YieldToNothing Initiate (0) Mar 13, 2013 New York

    when sucks comes back full time im just gonna walk around with an IV of it attached at all times
     
    #17 YieldToNothing, Jul 11, 2013
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  18. MrDave

    MrDave Initiate (0) Jan 23, 2013 California

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  19. Timceattle

    Timceattle Initiate (0) Nov 28, 2012 Washington

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  20. VitoFerrante

    VitoFerrante Initiate (0) Sep 11, 2012 Pennsylvania

    The number came from the neck. The beer is still very good, but it hop characteristic is lacking for sure. Still a great beer. I would buy more of it if I saw it for sure.
     
    #20 VitoFerrante, Jul 11, 2013
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