Belhaven Date Code

Possibly from late 2012

 

That beer should be very low carbonated

 

Time to vote with our wallets. If the breweries need our business, then it's high time they put readable dates instead of some cryptic code that leaves the consumer guessing.

 

Most codes are fairly straightforward and not hard to learn. Just be happy that there is anything at all on the bottle instead of demanding more.

 

The OP has done his research and come up with nothing, and the best answers to his question all tend to be guesses. You wouldn't buy a milk carton with a cryptic batch code printed on it, so why should beer be any different, after all it still is a consumable/perishable product? Each to his/her own, I'll pay for a product that has all the necessary information I need, right there on the bottle. No point spending good money on drain pours...

 

This is an old argument that has been addressed by many. Milk is perishable, and old milk can make you sick. Beer will not. That is the difference.

Yes, each to his own. By learning a few simple coding schemes I will enjoy access to many more beers than you will by holding onto this mentality.

Not saying it wouldn't be nice to have all breweries adopt a standard, but by and large these codes are printed for their own use, not the consumer's. In the case of European breweries, their standard date code would most likely be misread by Americans anyway.

 

Is just a regular Julian date code. It says the 312th day of 2013.

 

They have BBE dates on cans printed here quite clearly, maybe they don't bother for export

although you could try emailing them with the codes, they might be able to tell you when the batch was made



I've never had it, looks like it's for export only and Belhaven are owned by Greene King so I suspect you aren't missing much.

 

Fair enough