Ballast Point Sculpin no bottle date...weird.

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  1. pixieskid

    pixieskid Initiate (0) Jun 4, 2009 Germany

    The only thing I can find that is an indicator of the bottle date is a code on the bottom left corner of the label:
    SC 286
    13183

    Is this a new form of bottle dating and if so, what does that mean?

    Thanks in advance!
     
    #1 pixieskid, Sep 17, 2013
  2. ODYSEYY

    ODYSEYY Initiate (0) Jul 30, 2013 Ohio

    The code means: Day 183 of the year 2013. So July 2nd, 2013.
     
    #2 ODYSEYY, Sep 17, 2013
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  3. darkandhoppy

    darkandhoppy Savant (1,099) Dec 26, 2008 Connecticut

    Julian dating?....183rd day of 2013.

    the one I picked up Sat had:
    292 ENJOY
    12/7/13
     
    #3 darkandhoppy, Sep 17, 2013
  4. pixieskid

    pixieskid Initiate (0) Jun 4, 2009 Germany

    Guess that has
    Thank you. I always forget the order in which the Julian dating is. So they've switched from a BB date to Julian bottled on date...when did this happen?

    I assume it has something to do with their expansion...
     
    #4 pixieskid, Sep 17, 2013
  5. pixieskid

    pixieskid Initiate (0) Jun 4, 2009 Germany

    So yours had a best by date?
     
    #5 pixieskid, Sep 17, 2013
  6. Hanzo

    Hanzo Initiate (0) Feb 27, 2012 Virginia

    They need to stop screwing around and date their bottles in a normal standard format. That goes for every brewery.
     
    #6 Hanzo, Sep 17, 2013
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  7. darkandhoppy

    darkandhoppy Savant (1,099) Dec 26, 2008 Connecticut

    that's the way I read it, yes. I wasnt really planning to buy a $10 bomber that day but Enjoy (by) 12/7/13 seemed to fresh to pass. It was very juicy
     
    #7 darkandhoppy, Sep 17, 2013
  8. ODYSEYY

    ODYSEYY Initiate (0) Jul 30, 2013 Ohio

    That's odd. Sounds like the bombers kept the enjoy by date while the bottles went to Julian...
     
    #8 ODYSEYY, Sep 17, 2013
  9. pixieskid

    pixieskid Initiate (0) Jun 4, 2009 Germany

    Glad it was good, any idea how long they give the best buy? I'm under the impression that it is 6 months, so if that is the case then it was bottled at basically the same time as mine but with a different way of writing it...really wish everyone would just put the bottled on date and be done with it.
     
    #9 pixieskid, Sep 17, 2013
  10. Cubatobaco

    Cubatobaco Pooh-Bah (2,057) Jan 27, 2013 Virginia
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    Good call, Mike. Just put a bottled date or an "enjoy by" date on there and call it a day. The last few Union Jack bottles I've looked at says "Bottled on" and then the date is cut off. WTF! I bet I've seen a dozen 6pks like that. I just can't bring myself to roll the dice on a $12 6/pk.
     
    #10 Cubatobaco, Sep 17, 2013
  11. fredmugs

    fredmugs Initiate (0) Aug 11, 2012 Indiana

    Sculpin goes bad after, what, 3 days?
     
    #11 fredmugs, Sep 17, 2013
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  12. Stokes_

    Stokes_ Initiate (0) Aug 13, 2013 Virginia

    They want to be able to sell their overpriced beer to ignorant consumers. Sculpin is without a doubt the most frequently 'on-sale' beer that I see in shops, mainly due to it being ridiculously overpriced.
     
    #12 Stokes_, Sep 17, 2013
  13. utopiajane

    utopiajane Grand Pooh-Bah (3,982) Jun 11, 2013 New York
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    If you find that beer fresh enough like within a couple of months - buy it no matter what it costs. Once you get the hang of the julian calendar dating you will recognize the pattern easily enough in it's many forms on lots of beers. It's good for about 3-5 months. honest - I'm cheap so I know. (wait that didn't sound right=)
     
    #13 utopiajane, Sep 17, 2013
  14. dedbeer

    dedbeer Pundit (767) Jun 23, 2013 Illinois

    I follow the date codes ignore best by dates anyway. No IPA is good six months after bottling.
     
    #14 dedbeer, Sep 17, 2013
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  15. utopiajane

    utopiajane Grand Pooh-Bah (3,982) Jun 11, 2013 New York
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    I had some and it wasn't two days old and it was fine. Honest. I think it was close to 2 and half months and it was just fine. This was back in May when it was springtime and the torpedoes be dammed. I saw it and I bought it. It's my highest rated ipa to date and it wasn't just born when I got it. Some say 60 days for it, but I would say if refrigerated, I'll drop off one month and say 4 months.
     
    #15 utopiajane, Sep 17, 2013
  16. darkandhoppy

    darkandhoppy Savant (1,099) Dec 26, 2008 Connecticut


    I guess I sorta thought 90 days.....which wouldve had it bottled less than 2 weeks ago. Maybe it was older. It would be interesting to know if they went to the "Enjoy" marking after the Julian or if they went to Julian after trying "Enjoy". Like Hanzo said, they gotta quit screwing around and adopt a standard.
     
    #16 darkandhoppy, Sep 17, 2013
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  17. darkandhoppy

    darkandhoppy Savant (1,099) Dec 26, 2008 Connecticut

    over here, http://beeradvocate.com/community/threads/ballast-point-dating.19047/, people mention speaking with reps who say the Best By date is 110 days from bottling. Best By dating was supposedly new back in May of 2012 though...so who the hell can tell what's going on. There's Julian dates indicating a July 13 bottling, AND Enjoy by dating. What a cluster....
     
    #17 darkandhoppy, Sep 17, 2013
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  18. darkandhoppy

    darkandhoppy Savant (1,099) Dec 26, 2008 Connecticut

    there you have it. who the hell knows what's going on
     
    #18 darkandhoppy, Sep 18, 2013
  19. SammyJaxxxx

    SammyJaxxxx Initiate (0) Feb 23, 2012 New Jersey

    Starts off as "average at best" and drops off pretty quickly
     
    #19 SammyJaxxxx, Sep 18, 2013
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  20. BEEER

    BEEER Crusader (435) Jul 27, 2013 Ohio

    I just got a 6pk with the new packaging, Julian coded August 15.
    First time trying Sculpin. It's good but I'm failing to see why it deserves a price $4-6 more than most other amazing IPAs. At least it's still relatively cheaper than 99% of bombers....
     
    #20 BEEER, Sep 18, 2013
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