SARA bottles

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  1. huddyball

    huddyball Initiate (0) Apr 3, 2013 New Hampshire
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    Does anyone know how you can tell with batch of a SARA brew I have being that I cannot find a bottle date?

    Example:

    I have a bottle of West Ashley from the November release. I know it was bought then because a family member got it for me, but for informational purposes I'd like to know batch info.

    Cheers!
     
    #1 huddyball, Jan 11, 2015
  2. AndresR

    AndresR Pundit (832) Jul 19, 2009 California
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    Nov WA was batch 6.
     
    #2 AndresR, Jan 11, 2015
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  3. huddyball

    huddyball Initiate (0) Apr 3, 2013 New Hampshire
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    I appreciate the response. This is useful info, but still, is there anyway to tell bottle date? I see some etching on the top if the bottle. Does that mean anything?
     
    #3 huddyball, Jan 11, 2015
  4. billf

    billf Initiate (0) Jul 31, 2012 California

    with the exception of Cask 200, that is labeled with batch numbers on the back - knowing the date it was sold is about the only way to know batch number. There are a few other subtle clues like on earlier Bernice batches with a red dashed border on the label, and some of the 16e bottles have a different/rough label feel.

    posting here will almost always get a response with a date, or batch - as above :slight_smile:
     
    #4 billf, Jan 11, 2015
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  5. huddyball

    huddyball Initiate (0) Apr 3, 2013 New Hampshire
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    Thanks bud. I assume the latest release of WA was batch #7?
     
    #5 huddyball, Jan 11, 2015
  6. billf

    billf Initiate (0) Jul 31, 2012 California

    yep, you got it, Friday's bottle release was batch 7 - it was out on draft about a month ago.
     
    #6 billf, Jan 11, 2015
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  7. huddyball

    huddyball Initiate (0) Apr 3, 2013 New Hampshire
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    Thanks guys.

    I have two bottles left to identify. I have a Maiden Fields and a Winter Garde, both from their most recent release.

    Cheers.
     
    #7 huddyball, Jan 11, 2015
  8. mancalledaerodynamics

    mancalledaerodynamics Initiate (0) May 10, 2013 California

    what's left to identify?
     
    #8 mancalledaerodynamics, Jan 11, 2015
  9. huddyball

    huddyball Initiate (0) Apr 3, 2013 New Hampshire
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    Just the two above.
     
    #9 huddyball, Jan 11, 2015
  10. billf

    billf Initiate (0) Jul 31, 2012 California

    winter garde is batch 2 and was released just last weekend
    if the maiden is also latest, then it is batch 3 from the same halloween release as Ashley batch 6
     
    #10 billf, Jan 11, 2015
  11. huddyball

    huddyball Initiate (0) Apr 3, 2013 New Hampshire
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    Thanks again!
     
    #11 huddyball, Jan 11, 2015
  12. billf

    billf Initiate (0) Jul 31, 2012 California

    you need to tell whoever you are trading with to start writing batch numbers on them for you :wink: Just tell them to ask at the brewery when they pick them up, one of us will tell them.
     
    #12 billf, Jan 11, 2015
  13. huddyball

    huddyball Initiate (0) Apr 3, 2013 New Hampshire
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    The person picking these up for me (relative) is very new to the craft beer scene. Mostly they enjoy buying me world class beer in their backyard and sending them out my way. I'm working my hardest to convert them and your beer is making it VERY easy.

    Cheers!
     
    #13 huddyball, Jan 11, 2015
  14. westcoastbeerlvr

    westcoastbeerlvr Grand Pooh-Bah (4,115) Oct 19, 2010 California
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    Does anyone remember the date of the second-most recent release of Weet Ashley? I feel like it was in November 2014, but that period is all blurring together
    .
    Also who wants to start a Google Doc to chronicle SARA batches?
     
    #14 westcoastbeerlvr, Jan 24, 2015
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  15. billf

    billf Initiate (0) Jul 31, 2012 California

    Oct 31 - Halloween - Batch 6

    there is one in the works, hopefully some day soon :slight_smile:

    (Maiden Fields Batch 3 was the same day)
     
    #15 billf, Jan 24, 2015
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  16. AndresR

    AndresR Pundit (832) Jul 19, 2009 California
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    Batch 7 west Ashley was released a few weeks ago. Fyi.
     
    #16 AndresR, Jan 24, 2015
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  17. huddyball

    huddyball Initiate (0) Apr 3, 2013 New Hampshire
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    Can't get enough SARA in my life!!
     
    #17 huddyball, Jan 24, 2015
  18. beerific

    beerific Initiate (0) Nov 8, 2010 California

    I believe Bill is referring to a Google Doc coming soon, but yes Batch 7 was released a couple weeks back.
     
    #18 beerific, Jan 26, 2015
  19. reefer_bob

    reefer_bob Savant (1,010) May 13, 2014 California
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    While drinking SARA bottles at SARA this weekend, I made note of a regular pulling out a bottle and looking at the hand written date on the bottom of the bottle. Seemed very wise and is something I'll be doing henceforth.

    Or you can just by Nona's blend, and each one has it's own number. :stuck_out_tongue:
     
    #19 reefer_bob, Jan 26, 2015
  20. billf

    billf Initiate (0) Jul 31, 2012 California

    sorry, yes that is what I was talking about - a few of us have been putting together a doc that has the release dates/batches etc. of everything bottled.
    everybody has there own way - write it on the bottom, write it on the label somewhere, or my own personal method - big 'ol piece of blue tape on the neck so I can see it in the cellar without having to pull every bottle :slight_smile:
     
    #20 billf, Jan 26, 2015
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