"Born on" or "Best before"

Born on, definitely. The consumer should be able to decide for themselves what age is too old/young for drinking.

 

nuff said, bros lock the thread

 

It should be mandatory that all beers have a clearly marked, standard format (don't want to have to use a decodor ring to figure out the date), born on date.

 

Just what is meant by "born on"? Not of course that beer is born but which point is used as the reference? It begins with the mash, then we have the boil and the fermentation.It then needs time before it's ready for sale, quite a lot of time if it's a properly made lager.
I would suggest that the date it's put into the final container should be given.Easy to understand that way.

 

smutty is 6 months out. under 4 it's good, under 2 it's great.

If it's been in a cooler, I wouldn't worry 'bout it.

 

If the date is a best before date, you need to check to see how many months the brewery thinks their beer will be at its best and subtract that number of months from the best before date. That gives you the bottled on date and you can then do you own calendar math.

 

At what point is a beer "born?"

 

I would suggest that the date it's put into the final container should be given. Easy to understand that way.[/quote]


Ummm. That's the bottled on date. I believe that born on and bottled on are one and the same but if I'm wrong, I'm sure someone will correct me.

 

It's the same, everyone knows the OP means bottled on when he says born on (I think born on is a Miller or Bud term). I just think people here like arguing for the sake of arguing.

 

Not really. beer can be standing round in the brewery for some time before being packaged.
You don't say a child is "born on" the day it leaves the maternity hospital

 

“I believe that born on and bottled on are one and the same ..” My understanding is the same as yours.

The ‘invention’ of the terminology of “born on” is courtesy of Anheuser-Busch. The marketing by the BMC type breweries is quite something!?!

Cheers!

 

So, when you blend batches and bottle a gueuze, is the beer "born again?"

 

I figured. I was replying to a post by marquis.

 

Asked and answered: http://beeradvocate.com/community/threads/best-by-vs-bottle-on-dates.43835/#post-553185

 

bottled on > born on > best before

 

If you go to Bell's website they claim their beers (excepting Expedition and Old Coast) are good up to 6 months. If you don't already know that you may be led to believe a beer is "fresh" because of it's "best by" date when in fact it could be 5 1/2 months old.

Bottled date leaves no room for interpretation.

 

Drrth ‘nailed it’ on the referenced thread: “Both have their problems and the best solution is to have both.”

Cheers!