Ballast Point starting to can.

Good stuff. I'm in California. Cans have been a favorite go to for me!
Best is the sculpin, but all the brews are good.

Prost!
-M-

 

Is there a formula for converting Julian date codes to Gregorian dates, or do I need to download another app on my phone?

 

Seems like it's YY-XXX, where XXX is the number day of the year. So 13001 would be Jan 1, 2013 (the first day of the year). 13365 would be Dec 31, 2013.

 

I got that part, but I was thinking it'd be nice to have a formula or something where I can put a Julian date in and come out with a Gregorian date.

I guess since beer expiration isn't a concrete date, approximations work well enough by counting backwards in 30s to mark off months. All such as: "Okay, the date is 13237. Count 365, 335, 305, 275, 245. 5 months before December 31. So, mid-August 2013."

 

A quick google search will bring up PDF charts that make it easy to convert from one to the other.

 

why the fuck cant they just print "enjoy by" like any civilized brewer?